A global pandemic means the fair trade world is suffering.
By choosing to stay at home and shop fair trade, you are directly helping producers and artisans get back on their feet – all from the comfort of your own home!                     https://www.traidcraftshop.co.uk
 

HOSPITAL MASSES
SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE
DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

 

In accordance with the aims of our Diocesan Synod, Monsignor Tormey, Catholic chaplain to the RAH in Paisley, is looking for Eucharistic Ministers and Readers who would be willing to 'Do their bit, make it happen' by helping at the hospital Mass at 4pm on Saturday afternoons.
This would be a great help for those patients and staff in RAH who attend the hospital Mass.
Your help would  be asked to serve on a rota basis. If you are able to help please give your name and contact details to Canon Eddie
or contact:
Monsignor Tormey
St. Aidan's Johnstone
phone number 01505 320900


 

Saturday vigil - rah

*WHEELCHAIR ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR SATURDAY HOSPITAL VIGIL MASS AT RAH, PAISLEY:
Once more, in the spirit of Making All Things New, we are appealing for some volunteers to join our rota for wheel chair  assistance to enable patients at the RAH to attend the 4pm Saturday Vigil Mass. You will assist a person from the ward to the hospital chapel, stay with them for Mass, and then take them back to the ward. Volunteers need to have or need to obtain a PVG as standard Diocesan practice. Can you please contact Monsignor John Tormey for further details on 01505 320 900 or email him at staidan@rcdop.org.uk. You will be asked to join our rota of helpers, probably helping once every three or four weeks. You are free to change your day with another helper if you can’t do the day  when it’s your turn. We  have had some helpers leave the rota recently and we really do need some fresh recruits. Please consider giving some of your time to help those who are ill and who will benefit from your kindness. Thank you. Mgr John Tormey.

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SPRED is a special faith programme to help parishioners with a learning disability.  Due to changes within one of our groups (17-21 years) we find ourselves in need of new volunteers.  
We have six young people who urgently need your help, to become a one-to-one friend.  
If you are available for a couple of hours on a Wednesday evening, please consider responding to this appeal.  
Further details from spred@tiscali.co.uk

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The Ozanam Club,
Paisley

The Ozanam Club is a social club for adults with additional support needs and meets on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month in
St. Mirin's, Cathedral Halls (6.30pm to 9.30pm). 

The Club is run by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and benefits greatly from the support of many non-SSVP volunteers. 

If you are a “people person", with patience and a good sense of humour and have some time to spare on a Friday evening then you could be exactly who we're looking for!

If you would like to find out more, please
phone Caroline O'Neill 07722445109 (After 6pm).  (All volunteers must be 18+ and will require a Paisley diocesan PVG) Thank you.

ACN Solidarity Prayer

Please join
Aid to the Church in Need
in prayer and ask God to protect the Christian people in the Middle East who are suffering discrimination and oppression because of their faith:  

Heavenly Father, we ask that you sustain, comfort and heal the hearts of Christians in the Middle East who are living in fear of the Islamic State. We especially remember those in Iraq and Syria.

May we in Scotland be encouraged by their example and may we never take for granted the freedom we have to follow you.

Come Holy Spirit and fill the hearts of thy faithful and enkindle in them thy love and mercy.

Compassionate creator, please forgive those who persecute Christians, reach out to them with your grace and your love.

We ask all this through your Son, Jesus.                   Amen

For further information about ACN and our work please contact Lorraine McMahon on 01698337470 or email lorraine.mcmahon@acnuk.org

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The Project Truth Roadshow gets together young people from across the UK to spend a week travelling around Scotland’s towns and cities, bringing the pro-life message to the public
with real joy: because life is beautiful. 

THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT!  For more details, click on the following link:

https://www.rcdop.org.uk/news/the-project-truth-roadshow

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Are you interested in becoming a member of the leading men’s lay apostolate organisation in the United Kingdom?  The Knights would be delighted to welcome like-minded men to the Order   
to assist in their work; to assist us in Serving God by Serving others.  If you are interested please contact

  Director of Membership  http://www.ksc.org.uk
mailto: membership@ksc.org.uk

Knights of
St. Columba: Centenary Recruitment Drive.

If you are over 16 and a practicing catholic and want to join and organisation to promote the Catholic faith and help others, please contact –

John O’Donnell Mob:  07854886425  john.odonnell1@hotmail.co.uk
or Paul Laird on 07875499608 paullaird@outlook.com

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* TEXT A DONATION:

Please note that the Diocese have now set up their ‘Text a Donation’ Service which allows you to send a donation to the Diocese through your mobile phone.
All you have to do is text DOPF01 to 70070. £5 is only a suggestion.
Any amount will be very much appreciated.



Helping build a future for the Faithful of Paisley Diocese

* Worth a Thought?

Legacies: When making your Will have you thought of leaving a legacy to the parish or diocese? 

Gift Aid:  If you pay tax ask for a Gift Aid form and with your one-off signature we get an extra 25%.

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EMERGENCY APPEALS
Responding to any disaster presents huge challenges. Often, communications are limited and damaged roads, bridges and airports all make it extremely difficult to get emergency aid to survivors.
Further, many hospitals have been damaged or destroyed. There is an urgent need for temporary shelters, medical supplies, food and clean water. Long term help will be needed to help families rebuild their homes and livelihoods in the months and years ahead.
SCIAF is working closely with Caritas and others wto distribute food, water, and non-food items like soap and blankets to families in need. You can help us to provide emergency support to those who need it most by donating to our emergency appeals. United, we can help the people who are suffering throughout the world. 

To make a donation you can go online at www.sciaf.org.uk and click the donate button.  
You can, if you wish, donate directly via the link: https://www.sciaf.org.uk/
You can also send a cheque to SCIAF, 19 Park Circus, Glasgow, G3 6BE 
Or, make a donation on the phone on 0141 354 5555.

Please keep everyone affected by disasters
in your thoughts and prayers. 

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Mary's meals - founder's message

Mary's Meals founder, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, has recorded a special message in the hope that you will help to spread the word about "our beautiful mission to feed hungry children around the world."

The coronavirus pandemic is causing challenges for us all, and we are very sorry that we cannot visit your church at this time to share the Mary’s Meals story.
Until we can be together again, our founder, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, has recorded a special message for your parishioners. His message was filmed outside the shed in Argyll where it all began for Mary’s Meals. For ways to donate to  Mary's Meals, please visit their website: https://www.marysmeals.org.uk/donate

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There has been a huge rise in abortion, following the Scottish Government’s introduction of a policy  permitting abortion procedures to take place at home. We are most alarmed that this trivialises abortion, further cheapens human life and put women at risk.
SPUC has taken major actions to try and stop this. Last year, in 2018, we decided to take legal action to stop this damaging and reckless policy. The generous contributions from our supporters have made this possible. Unfortunately, just before Christmas, we heard that we had lost the first stage of this case and that the Court of Session viewed woman’s home as an appropriate place for abortion. In March 2019 we launched an official Appeal against this decision. Sadly, we learned a fortnight ago, that our court battle was lost, and we are now facing the prospect of going to the Supreme Court and taking on all the demands that sucha path entails.  The 2018 abortion statistics for Scotland have just been released and highlighted how damaging the new policy has been. The statistics have shown a corresponding huge jump in the number of abortions—an extra 1000 in Scotland just last year (an increase of 8.9%). Having worked with politicians across the political divide, I can tell you that many (even those who are pro-abortion) are shocked and saddened by the introduction of home abortion.
At SPUC we know we cannot do our work without YOUR HELP. Please support us
by signing our petition. Thank you.  

More details at   https://spuc.org.uk


SPUC - Volunteer Speakers Required: SPUC (Scotland) has a network of local volunteers who work hard pro-actively raising awareness of the pro-life movement across parish communities in Scotland. Our local speakers motivate and inspire other parishioners to support SPUC's work, playing an active part in building a culture of life in Scotland.  Would you like to be a part of our volunteer team, helping to spread the Gospel of Life? Would you like to join a national movement while being a local ambassador for the most voiceless member of the human family - the unborn?  If so, email info@spucscotland.org TODAY!

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Earth Day at 50/Laudato Si’ at 5:
An Urgent Appeal for Action

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection.
 
The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes a concern to bring the whole human family together to seek a sustainable and integral development…Humanity still has the ability to work together in building our common home. Young people demand change. They wonder how anyone can claim to be building a better future without thinking of the environmental crisis and the sufferings of the excluded. (Laudato Si’ 13)
 

Earth Day Network’s 50th anniversary theme is, “Climate Action” and help us commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Pope’s encyclical letter, Laudato Si’.
 
Humanity is at a critical crossroad. Most scientists, policy-makers, and religious leaders agree that climate change is an existential threat to God’s creation.

• In 2015, Pope Francis exhorted us to take urgent action against climate change and to protect our common home.
• The United Nations tells us we have a decade to take action before irreversible damage destroys critical ecosystems, and adds to the burdens of our most vulnerable brothers and sisters.

Yet, young people are taking action. THIS is the moment for all to join with them in their call for action.
2020 is the year we MUST take action. From pews to polling stations, you and your faith community can step up and take action at all levels: as individuals as communities, as states and as a nation. You can call for greater global ambition to tackle our climate crisis and you can lower your carbon footprint. This is YOUR moment.
 
Are you ready? Whether you’re taking your first step or have been a long time actor in addressing climate change, you can find a path forward and make a difference just by amending your own and your family’s practices.

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We pride ourselves on being a specialised adoption service and encourage you to takea look at our most recent inspection report at http://www.careinspectorate.com         

*Have you ever considered  adoption? 
*Could you give a loving, stable home to a child who has suffered abuse or trauma? 
*Do you have what it takes to be a ‘Therapeutic Parent’? 

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, please visit our website at  http://www.stmargaretsadoption.org.uk for more information
or call 0141 332 8371 and speak to our duty worker
                                 or e-mail info@stmargaretsadoption.org.uk.

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* St. Vincent's Hospice:

The Hospice wishes to recruit
local volunteers
for their Skye Crescent charity shop.

                                 Volunteers are required to commit  
                                       to a few hours each week.                 
                               If interested, please call in at the shop
                                 and speak with the person in charge.

ST VINCENT’S HOSPICE Could you spare a few hours a week?
We urgently need more volunteers to help in our Skye Crescent Shop.
Please contact St Vincent’s Hospice today
on 01505705635; pop-in today for a form; or  email volunteering@svh.co.uk for further information. Thank you.

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* FAIRTRADE and RAINBOW TURTLE, PAISLEY:

Fairtrade and Rainbow Turtle need your support:

Please consider shopping from Rainbow Turtle
either at Gauze Street or on line. 

It is a shocking fact that millions of poor farmers who produce the food we love still do not earn enough to feed their own families.  It is time for this injustice to end. 

Through Fairtrade, millions of poor farmers and workers are already coming together to demand change.  They are working hard to close the door on exploitation and transform their communities, supported by Fairtrade. 

For ways to get involved go to:

http://www.fairtrade.or.uk/Get-Involved/Currentcompaigns/ 

Also remember there is a Fairtrade shop in Paisley, Rainbow Turtle, 7 Gauze Street,
opposite the Abbey where you can buy Fairtrade coffee, tea, biscuits, jam, chocolate, gifts and much more.  Maybe you could make a point of going into the shop during this fortnight and supporting the Fairtrade movement.
 

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Fundraising: Can you help make a difference?

Our charity, Traidcraft Exchange, works with some of the world’s poorest farmers, producers and artisans, helping them to work their way out of poverty.

Fundraise for Traidcraft and your efforts could transform the lives of real families in some of the world’s poorest communities. Help us continue our life-changing work.

You can start organising a fund-raising event today...
For ideas click on the link below:

http://www.traidcraft.co.uk/fund-raising

 

The world is full of potential – for families to be fed, children educated and poverty consigned to the history books – but we need to 'Let It Grow'.  Join us today and help farmers, families and communities to build a better future.

Every pound you give to Traidcraft's Let it Grow appeal will help people in developing countries to boost their skills, work together with their peers and dramatically increase their incomes. This means they'll be better able to feed 
                                their families, keep their kids in school and get
                                healthcare when they're ill.

http://www.traidcraft.co.uk/let-it-grow

 

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Could you be a Street Pastor? 
Working on Saturdays
 during the night time hours -
10pm until 4am

 

Street Pastors patrol the streets late on Saturday nights to care for, listen to and help those
who are vulnerable. 

                                                     

We are part of a national team first pioneered in 2003, and Street Pastors continues to grow throughout the UK and across the world.

Street pastors are trained volunteers from local churches and we care about our community.

We are usually on patrol from 10p.m. to 4a.m. on a Friday or Saturday night to care for,
listen to and help people who are out on the streets.

We are led by our local coordinator and we also have support from local churches and community groups in partnership with the police, local council and other statutory agencies.

If you are over 18 and interested in finding out more about our work, or are interested in becoming a Street Pastor, please contact us using the details below:

https://streetpastors.org

INVERCLYDE: contact the local Street Pastor Coordinator, on 0774 020 1853
or by email at inverclyde@streetpastors.org.uk 

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One-in-seven adults in local parishes are at three months behind with bills or feel their debts are a heavy burden?

Community Money Advice Scotland (CMAS) is a Christian charity supporting independent advice centres run by churches to tackle this growing problem.

Local volunteers receive accredited training to develop their own skills and provide free face-to-face advice for anyone struggling financially due to rising rents, unpaid bills or benefit sanctions.

We need your help to reach out and support those affected
across our Diocese. 

If you are interested in becoming a trained adviser for this vital service or would like more information, please contact: 

communitymoneyadvice.com

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