VOCATIONS SUNDAY:
Special Collection – 11th & 12th May:  Good Shepherd Sunday Second Collection for our Seminarians: This collection pays for our Paisley seminarians studying in Rome.  In Autumn 2018 our number increased to four, whose seminary fees are around £20,000 per year. This collection also assists the upkeep of our Scots College in Rome.  In 2018 we received £27,000 in funds (£17,000 from today’s Second Collection and £10,000 from our Friend Fundraising Campaign).  The total costs for the year were £84,000, which means a shortfall of £56,619 or 66%, which had to be found from   reserves.  Due to an increase in the number of our seminarians we anticipate this                expenditure will remain high for some years to come.


VOCATIONS NEWS:

DIACONATE ORDINATION

Ryan Black, one of our students for the Priesthood, has been ordained a deacon at the Scots College in Rome by Bishop John. (5May 2019) Please keep Ryan and our other students in your prayers.  

Please keep all our seminarians in your prayers.   

Rev. Matthew Carlin

We offer our congratulations to Matthew on his Ordination to the Priesthood (30 June 2016)  

Please keep him in your prayers.

Matthew's ordination
is the first for the Paisley Diocese in over 10 years.


Mass of Thanksgiving


 

Are you being chosen to give life to His people 
  as a Priest, Deacon or in the consecrated life?    

   CONTACT:  FR. JOHN MORRISON
                                      Vocations Director (Paisley Diocese)   
                                         Email:  vocations@rcdop.org.uk
 
                                        /Paisley-Vocation     @vocationpaisley   
 

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If you want to find out more about vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life,
click on the links below:

  
 http://priestsforscotland.org.uk/

   http://scottishdeacons.org.uk/
 

http://www.ukreligiouslife.org/





 

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                "Called and Chosen"

At the end of June, 2016, we celebrated the ordination of Rev. Matthew Carlin to the priesthood. Matthew's ordination was the first for our Diocese in over ten years. The ordination provided all of us with a unique opportunity
to reflect on the Rite of Ordination and how it speaks to us as we all follow our different vocations in the Church. With this in mind, our Diocesan Vocations Commission developed a programme entitled:

'Called and Chosen: Reflections on Ordination'.

Parishioners throughout the Diocese are encouraged to reflect upon different aspects of the
Rite of Ordination.  If you wish a pdf copy of the booklet please e-mail

Father John Morrison:  vocations@rcdop.org.uk or visit the Diocesan website http://rcdop.org.uk.

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VOCATIONS Magazine

The Vocations Commission has produced a "Vocations Magazine." The first edition focusses on our Seminarians.  Future editions will be broader in scope.

Please take one if you are interested in finding out about the Priesthood, or, if you know anyone who may be interested.
When you have finished with it - please pass it on to someone whom you think will appreciate it.
 

* SHARING JONATHAN’S JOY: 2016-2017









Jonathan Whitworth, one of our student priests, was Ordained to     the Diaconate at the Pontifical Scots College in Rome, in 2016.    









* ORDINATION: 2017

 

Vocations Magazine - Latest Edition -January 2016