On this National Day of Prayer for Those who have Suffered Abuse, the faithful are invited to join their prayers with those of the Catholic Church throughout Scotland for people in our families and communities who carry within themselves the deep and traumatic wounds of abuse in any way inflicted by the Church.

A Liturgy of the Word will take place via live-stream in St. Mary’s, Largs, at 3pm on Friday, 19th February.

Alternatively, the attached order of service above can be used at home.

If you are using it at home, then, in preparation for this time of prayer, you are invited to place a crucifix and a lit candle on top of a white cloth on a table nearby.