Many thanks for last weekend's generous collections:

• Saint Joseph's Offertory: £2,029
• Mary's Meals Appeal — Saint Joseph's: £3,429
• Saint Bridget's Offertory: £100
• Mary's Meals Appeal — Saint Bridget's: £180

Thank you for your continued generosity — especially to all who gave so generously to the Mary's Meals appeal.

There is a second collection today for the Building Fund. Next weekend the second collection will be for the National Day of Life.

If you are able to set up a standing order with your bank's online banking, this would be of great benefit to the volunteers who deal with the weekly collections. For bank details please email the Parish House.

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Double Money Summer Promotion! Over the past five years this has become the most successful parish lottery in Scotland, generating over £65,000 for the church building and grounds. This year there is more repair work to be done, and you can help by joining for just £5 per month.

As a special summer promotion, for every five new entries taken out during May and June we will add an extra £100 prize to the July draw — up to a maximum of eight £100 prizes (double the usual amount)! If you have been thinking about joining or taking out an additional entry, now is the perfect time.

Join on the parish website at stjosephclarkston.com/lottery/ or telephone/WhatsApp/SMS Chris McLaughlin on 07957644546.

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You are warmly invited to a Mass of Thanksgiving in Saint Joseph's on Thursday 11th June at 7pm to celebrate Fr Dan's 25 years of priesthood.

Envelopes are available at the back of the church if you would like to contribute to a presentation. Please place envelopes in the normal collection basket in the usual way. All parishioners and friends are most welcome to join us for this very special occasion.

A Mass for the Anointing of the Sick will be celebrated on Saturday 13th June at 12 noon in Saint Joseph's Church. All are welcome.

The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is offered to all those who are ill, elderly, or facing surgery, bringing comfort, strength, and the healing grace of Christ. If you or someone you know would benefit from this sacrament, please do come along or let Fr Dan know.

Our apologies to those who rely on the Induction Loop System — it is currently offline. We are waiting for the engineer to come and carry out the repair. We hope to have the system restored as soon as possible and are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Do you have one of our parish hymn books at home? If so, please bring it back to church at your earliest convenience. Thank you!

Bus drivers and escorts are needed for the bus that brings older parishioners to 12 noon Sunday Mass. If you are able to help, please contact Pat on 07876486121.

June is the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Throughout this month, the Church invites us to meditate on the immeasurable love of Christ for each one of us — a love revealed most fully in his Passion, Death, and Resurrection.

The following prayer of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque is offered for your private devotion this month:

Lord Jesus, let my heart never rest until it finds You who are its centre, its love, and its happiness. By the wound in Your heart, pardon the sins that I have committed whether out of malice or out of evil desires. Place my weak heart in your own divine heart, continually under your protection and guidance, so that I may persevere in doing good and in fleeing evil until my last breath. Amen.

Young people from across the Diocese of Paisley are raising funds for a pilgrimage to Paris in September 2026 with a Sponsored Walk across the Greenock Cut this Sunday 7th June.

On pilgrimage, the young people will visit shrines and landmarks across the French capital and celebrate Holy Mass in historic churches and basilicas. Prayers will be offered for all benefactors.

To support our young people, visit justgiving.com/page/dpy-paris-26. Thank you for your support!

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In partnership with SPUC, you are invited to join Bishop John Keenan on his coach to London for March for Life UK 2026.

The coach departs midnight Friday 4th September from Paisley Saint Mirin's Cathedral, with a pickup at 12:30am from Glasgow Saint Andrew's Cathedral, arriving in London at Emmanuel Centre at approximately 7:30–8:00am on Saturday 5th September for the Exhibition, Mass, talks, and stall.

The return journey departs London at approximately 6:00pm on Saturday 5th September, with drop-offs at Glasgow and Paisley. Cost: £30 per person.

For further details, visit rcdop.org.uk/marchforlife2026.

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Pregnant? Worried? No support? You can choose to have your baby and we will help.

Any woman, from any ethnic origin, any religion or none, faced with a crisis pregnancy is welcome to contact the Cardinal Winning Pro-Life Initiative for help and support (see poster in porch).

📞 0141 433 2680 or 07377 565291.

If you are a new volunteer, or one who completed Part 1 training more than two years ago, please sign up for one of these sessions. Contact Sarah Jane Colhoun, Safeguarding Office, to register.

📞 0141 847 6138
✉️ safeguardingadmin@rcdop.org.uk

2026 Training Dates:

• Tue 9 June, 7pm — Diocesan Centre, Paisley
• Tue 25 Aug, 7pm — Diocesan Centre, Paisley
• Sat 19 Sep, 10.30am — St Mary's, Greenock
• Tue 6 Oct, 7pm — St Joseph's, Clarkston
• Sat 14 Nov, 10.30am — Diocesan Centre, Paisley

Safeguarding Thought for the Month of June: The Church seeks to restore the fabric of broken lives and heal the pain of survivors.

Register for Training →

For the values of sports. Let us pray that sports be an instrument of peace, encounter, and dialogue among cultures and nations, and that they promote values such as respect, solidarity, and personal growth.