For the information of St. Mary's parishioners, below is a list of the membership of our various parish advisory groups. They already express synodality in our parish to a certain extent! If you have any ideas, questions or constructive criticisms that you wish to bring to a member's attention, or...
Safeguarding Matters, November 2021
The Diocesan Youth Office has produced the video below to promote the Youth Sycamore meetings in Ayr over the coming Sundays. SYCAMORE.mov
To all parishioners: A bit belatedly, I have received notification that our own Bishop, William Nolan, will be the keynote speaker at an event organised by faith institutions who are showing leadership on fossil fuel divestment and investment in climate solutions ahead of COP26. If you wish to participate in the...
What is a synod? It literally means “on the way together.” Call to mind for a moment the journey of Jesus with his disciples from Galilee to Jerusalem. During it, he taught and showed them how he wanted them to live and to love in imitation of himself. Think also...
What is the seal of confession? A Q&A with Cardinal Mauro Piacenza
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2021/10/the-body-is-more-than-a-tool
On this last Sunday in the Season of Creation, the Word tells us how God completed creation: by creating marriage. It is he who joins man and woman together as one, in flesh and in spirit. Marriage is God’s masterpiece of creation. He alone designed it; he alone defines what...
SAFEGUARDING ANNUAL UPDATE 2021 This time last year, Galloway Diocese’s safeguarding update ended like this: The months ahead remain very uncertain. There is no doubt that living with Covid-19 is going to be a way of life for the foreseeable future, and that means our Christian duty to...
