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!

Meditation group in the oratory 7pm – non threatening welcoming exploration of Christian meditation – all welcome

Lenten Adult Education; The Woman at the Well. Fr Jim will offer some input on this gospel using art, music and literature. Time for discussion and ending with prayer.

RCIA meeting – our 12 candidates are now all among the Elect, having met the Archbishop, so we’re super excited for the Easter Vigil this year.

​Feast of St John Ogilvie. Scotland’s only Reformation period saint. From the North East, he studied on the continent and came back to Scotland to rekindle faith. He was caught and tried for treason and executed at Glasgow Cross in 1615.

Feast of Saint Kessog. An early Celtic monk, connected to Columba and Iona. Kessog spread the gospel the length and breath of the land  (The Kessog Bridge in Inverness honours him as does Keswick in the lake district!) He mas martyred at Loch Lomond and his cult flourished around his shrine at Luss. of Saint Kessog. … Continued

Third Sunday Lent (A). The woman at the well. One of the huge encounters where Jesus meets a woman outcast by her own community and also a foreigner before Jesus. Yet he engages her and leads her to a deeper sense of herself – and brings her forgiving peace.

First scrutiny of our RCIA candidates as they stand before the congregation and ask to be admitted at Easter.

CAT Club for P3 as they prepare to make their First Confession.