Sunday 1st December - Tuesday 24th December

Come Home for Christmas! On Thursday 12th December, priests will be available to hear Confessions from 8.30am (after 8am Mass) until 7.30pm in St Mirin’s Cathedral. There will be 30-minute breaks while Masses are celebrated at 10am and 1pm.

CELEBRATE have create a brilliant family resource, the Advent Online Family Activity Pack, which can downloaded from here for free https://www.celebratetrust.org/onlinefamilyactivitypacks The Advent pack is full of wonderful things for families to do, pray, read and watch together. It also features the CELEBRATE Advent Matchbox Manger which can also be downloaded for free from their website from here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScj0GxNXsRV9sL4oJPiDS1ShLDKIGMaEufhQ6T7ksh5nCwmhg/viewform Children can cut out their own manger and Baby Jesus. During Advent, every time they do a kind deed or make a little sacrifice, they place a little piece of straw in the manger, and on Christmas Day they can place the Baby Jesus on the straw. It's a really lovely way to help children prepare their hearts for Jesus during Advent.

The Church seeks to restore the fabric of broken lives and heal the pain of survivors.

"Watch so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the cares of this life.” Are worldly cares dragging you down? Be a follower of the Master. If you think God is calling you to be a priest in the Diocese of Paisley please contact our Diocesan Vocations Director, Fr John Morrison hone 01418892602 or email [email protected].

MPs have voted by 330 votes to 275 in support of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill. This means that the Bill will now proceed on to Committee Stage.

The children will be performing a short nativity play during the 10am Mass on Sunday 22nd December.  All welcome! Following the Mass, everyone is invited into the Pastoral & Social Centre for some festive fun and refreshments. Letters have been issued today to all parents/carers of children who attend Liturgy giving further information.  If however, you require any further details please do not hesitate to contact Catherine Senior(email: [email protected] or 07555-094304).  

Annually, during the season of Advent, the Children's Liturgy Group bring Christmas gifts for distribution to this charity which seeks to help children and families in crisis both at home and overseas. The gifts which the children bring are distributed by the charity to needy families in the West of Scotland, in time for Christmas. For some children, this may be the only present that they receive, and the charity are always extremely grateful for any gifts that are donated from our Parish. It is appreciated, especially at this time of year, that there are many demands placed upon your generosity. We invite all individuals/families in the Parish who are able, to participate in this initiative. You are asked to bring a gift - suitable for a boy or girl (or both) aged between birth and sixteen years of age. The gift should be wrapped and a gift tag placed on the outside stating whether the gift is for a boy/girl or both and the age group the gift is suitable for. The gifts will be taken to the charity at the end of the 10am Mass on Sunday 8th December. Please place your gift in the box in the Church porch by this date. If you require any further details, please do not hesitate to contact Catherine Senior (email: [email protected] or 07555-094304) for further information. Many thanks in anticipation of your support for our appeal.

Christmas Concert - 8th December at 3pm in Newton Mearns Parish Church; Ticket £7.

August -November 2024 Training has been organised into one course only. If you are a new volunteer, or have completed Part 1 training over a year ago, you are invited to sign up for the following training session: Saturday 30th November at 10.30am in St. Mirin’s Cathedral Hall, Paisley. Details at Diocese of Paisley | Safeguarding Training | Paisley, UK (rcdop.org.uk) and on our Parish web. Please inform your Parish Safeguarding Coordinator. To book, contact Sarah Jane Colhoun at [email protected] / 0141 847 6138.

Journeying through Advent with the Scriptures. You are invited to some/all of four talks on the scriptures of Advent with Fr Ryan Black, in the Diocesan Office from 7pm. Tue 26th Nov; Wed 4th Dec; Wed 11th Dec; and Tue 17th Dec.

Fr Joe Balmer will be installed into the diocesan Chapter of Canons in St Mirin’s Cathedral on Thursday 5th December 2024. All are welcome to attend for Evening Prayer at 6pm.

The next Divine Mercy monthly Mass is on Wednesday 27 November at 7 p.m. followed by Adoration in St Mary’s Church, 163 George Street, Paisley PA1 2UN. Monsignor Joe Burke is the celebrant. All are welcome.

My Kingdom does not belong to this world”. Are you being called to proclaim the glorious reign of Christ the King as a priest? Speak to our Diocesan Vocations Director, Fr. John Morrison - call 01418892602 or email [email protected].

Sunday 17th November 2024

Theme —‘Pilgrims of Hope.’ CLUSTER MASS on Tuesday, 19th November at 7pm in St Joseph’s Church, Clarkston. Cluster Schools: St. Ninian’s High School, Isobel Mair School, St. Cadoc’s P/S, St. Clare’s P/S, St. Joseph’s P/S & Our Lady of The Missions P/S.

All the podcasts are available on the Diocesan website (www.rcdop.org.uk/podcast). Latest: Tony Waterston joins the SPUC Torchlight Procession, which took place in Glasgow last month.

 To help celebrate the 50th anniversary of St Columba’s Renfrew, Fr. Bernard Fox and Sr. Sally will be leading us in a time of reflection and Prayer beginning with the celebration of the Masses in St. Columba’s on 23/24 November. On the evenings of Monday 25 November to Wednesday 27 November  they will lead us in prayer and Reflection.    Bishop John Keenan will be celebrating our 50th anniversary Mass  on Sunday 1st December which is the first Sunday of Advent and the First Sunday of the Holy Year. There will be refreshments in the hall after Mass.   Please bring all the family and friends along to join in the celebration. All welcome.

- 31 March – 5 April 2025: A 5-day version of the Ignatian Exercises offered specifically for men (whether lay or ordained), this retreat will be preached by the Benedictine Monks of St Joseph’s Abbey, France. Founded in 1988, this community has retained its charism of a specific apostolate to men and of engaging them through a shortened version of the Ignatian Exercises. One-to-one direction will be offered alongside the talks. Priests are welcome to attend and concelebrate or celebrate their own Mass. For more information and to book: https://christianheritagecentre.com/events/mens-spiritual-exercises/

On Sunday 10th November 2024, Remembrance Sunday, Renfrewshire Interfaith Group and East Renfrewshire Faith Forum will host an event in the Peace Garden at Barshaw Park, Paisley. They will gather outside the cafe at 2.45pm then walk to the garden, where people of different faiths and organisations will speak for a few minutes on the Scottish Interfaith Week theme “Discovery”. The groups are always supported by Friends of Barshaw who tend this garden and are there to kindly assist on the day. After the service, everyone will return to the cafe for soup/tea/coffee/hot chocolate and a chat. All are welcome.