DIVINE MERCY MONTHLY DEVOTIONS The Friends of Divine Mercy Scotland invite you to a Divine Mercy Mass at 7 p.m. followed by Adoration on Wednesday 26th January 2022 which will be celebrated by Monsignor Joe Burke in St Mary’s Church, 163 George Street, Paisley PA1 2UN. All are welcome. These devotions will be held on the last Wednesday of every month so please put a note in your diary (please note there will be no Divine Mercy Mass in the months of July, August and December)

St. Cadoc's Parishioners are invited to participate in a discussion on the Rome Synod 2023 — in the parish hall on Wednesday 23rd February at 7pm. A copy of the document is available in the porch for collection. It is also available to read/download on the parish website.

CANON BENNY O’KEEFFE R.I.P. Fr Benny’s remains will be received into St Andrew’s Church, Greenock, on Thursday 27 January at 7pm. The Requiem Mass will take place on Friday 28 January at 12 noon in St Andrew’s. Thereafter, he will be buried in the Priests' plot in St Conval’s Cemetery, Barrhead, at 2pm.

For more information, please visit the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust website - https://www.hmd.org.uk/

Mary’s Meals are pleased to announce their Double the Love campaign. From 1st November 2021 to 31st January 2022, all donations up to a total of £1.6 million will be matched by a generous group of private donors. Every little act of love for the hungry children who eat Mary’s Meals will be doubled during this period, so please consider supporting this campaign and praying for its success. There are many ways to donate, including choosing Mary’s Meals gift cards as a meaningful gift this Christmas, or setting a virtual place at your Christmas table – find out more at Home | Mary's Meals UK (marysmeals.org.uk).

Canon Benny passed away peacefully today in the Holy Rosary Residence, Greenock. We thank God for the wonderful gift of his holy, priestly ministry among us for over sixty years. We commend him with prayer and confidence to his Heavenly Father and home.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins on Tuesday 18th January. Please pray for this intention in your daily prayers. Resources are available at: http://www.christianunity.va/content/unitacristiani/en/settimana-di-preghiera-per-l-unita.html

Catholic Erskine: We will be launching a new Alpha Experience on Wednesday 19th January online from 7.00pm. What is Alpha some of you may be asking. Alpha is a course used for bringing people to a deeper understanding of God in their life. Alpha is a series of 14 sessions carried out over a 10 week period. The format of each session is always the same. Part 1: informal get together; Part 2: watch a video; Part 3; short period of discussion. The topics covered in Alpha are: Is there more to life than this? Who is Jesus? Why did Jesus die? How can I have faith? Why and how can I pray? Why and how should I read the Bible? How does God guide us? Who is the Holy Spirit? Does Jesus heal today? If you are interested in taking part in the Alpha Experience please register on our website: catholicerskine.website or email [email protected].

On Thursday 13th January, we will mark the first anniversary since the death of Archbishop Tartaglia, the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Paisley. The 10am Mass in St Mirin’s Cathedral will be celebrated by Bishop Keenan on Thursday 13th January 2022. All are welcome to attend. FEAST DAY Thursday 13th January is the Feast of St Kentigern (518-603). His mother, St Enoch, was a Lothian princess who became pregnant because she was raped. Her father had her cast off into the Firth of Forth in a coracle. She landed on the opposite shore at St Serf’s monastic school at Culross. It was he who named him Mungo. He became the first bishop of Glasgow. He was forced out by pagan opponents and spent some time in England and Wales. He returned to spend many years preaching the Word and praising the name. Please remember in your prayers Archbishop Tartaglia, the most recent bishop of Glasgow, on this first anniversary of his death. May he rest in peace.