Events

Make sure and get your wee box and this year's campaign material. The fourth Sunday of Lent (19th March) is the most important collection of the year. Watch out for details of our SCIAF supper!

Pancake Tuesday. The day before the great fast! Why not come to Mass and then pop into the hall for a cuppa a chat and – of course - a pancake!

Justice & Peace formation. Our team has organised 4 seminars – Catholic Social Teaching and real live issues. This, the last, is on tackling dehumanising poverty’. Come and take part with Dr Mary Cullen & Dr Duncan McLaren. Since its the last and is Pancake Tuesday we’re having some cheese and wine!

Ash Wednesday. Lent means ‘springtime’! This is not only a period of penance – it is a pilgrimage towards the Triduum. Today we impose ashes on us but we will end when we gather at the Easter fire!

Day of sorrow and shame for the horror of sexual abuse by clergy and within the life of our church. This first Friday of lent we beg healing for victims and forgiveness for this great stain. Stations of the Cross in the church at 7pm

RCIA Retreat day. Our 11 friends who are joining the church at Easter will be at day-retreat today. Lent is an intense time for them as they draw close to Jesus. Lets pray for them – and for each other!

Men’s breakfast. This month’s breakfast in the Viking Lounge at 9.30 – all welcome!

Safeguarding statement. Each year we take the opportunity to make the congregation aware of our safeguarding policy. Pauline – our safeguarding co-ordinator - will present the statement at all the Masses this weekend.

Lent Sunday 1 On this first Sunday of Lent we hear about Jesus being drawn into the desert. In his long fast he is tempted by Satan in different ways to power and vanity. However, the fundamental temptation is to pretend you are something you are not – the temptation to deny your very self.

Rite of Election. In the Cathedral today our friends in RCIA will be going to enrol their names in the ‘Book of Life’

Newman Association. Child/Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: Current Challenges. by Brother Brendan Geary, FMS, PhD. (Editor of this essay collection, Sexual Issues) 7.30pm, Thursday 2nd March. Parish hall. All welcome. This connects closely with the first Fridayof Lents day of sorrow for sexual abuse scandal. All welcome; free but chance to donate to cover costs.

Visit of the Revd. Ian Greenshields, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Coming to see for himself our partnership with Maryhill Ruchill Parish church – together we make Maryhill – and what we are up to!