This Sunday is the Fifth World Day of the Poor. The Holy Father has written a beautiful, if dense, message for the occasion. You will find his message and a number of other useful reflections and proposals at the following link: http://www.pcpne.va/content/dam/pcpne/pdf/Eventi/GMDP2021/SVGMP%202021%20In.pdf

https://archbishopgomez.org/blog/reflections-on-the-church-and-americas-new-religions

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...

The Diocesan Youth Office has produced the video below to promote the Youth Sycamore meetings in Ayr over the coming Sundays.    SYCAMORE.mov  

https://nypost.com/2021/08/31/catholic-bishop-harvard-jumped-the-shark-with-atheist-chaplain/   https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2021/09/jonahs-prayer   https://www.firstthings.com/article/1990/04/conservatism-against-itself

Dear Brothers and Sisters I received the following email from Mr Ian Dunn and commend it to your consideration:   Dear Father, 2021 is the first year in almost a century and a half Catholics in Scotland have been without a national publication. It’s a loss that’s left a void...