August Prolife Mass
Our last Prolife Mass in the church Our Lady of Consolation, Govanhill, Glasgow will take place next Wednesday 20th August 2014. From next month, September the Prolife Mass will be held in Blessed...
View ArticleAssumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Today we celebrate the Assumption of Our Lady into heaven. Pope Benedict expresses the beauty of what Our Lady means to us “By contemplating Mary in heavenly glory, we understand that the earth is...
View ArticlePope’s visit Not Reported
By all accounts Pope Francis’ visit to South Korea last week went well with lots of positive publicity surrounding what he did there. However it is extremely disappointing to realise just how little...
View ArticleA Prolife Roasary
A pro-life rosary challenge!!!As you all know, the ice bucket challenge is trending on social media. Thank you to this group of young people who added their own pro-life twist! They all said a rosary...
View ArticleBishop Eagan’s Foresight
This interview spells out what we need to know about this historic forthcoming synod on the Family and tells us what are the challenges in this area.
View ArticleSeptember Prolife Mass
This month’s Prolife Mass is being held in our new venue, Blessed John Duns Scotus. 270 Ballater Street. Gorbals Glasgow. G5 0YT. Photograph by Stuart Maxwell Fr Antony OFM will be celebrating mass...
View ArticleSt Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor
St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) was born in Montepulciano, Italy, and died in Rome. The son of noble parents, he entered the Society of Jesus, finishing his theological studies at Louvain, Belgium....
View ArticleWords of Wisdom
“Is it consistent to profess our beliefs in church on Sunday, and then during the week to promote business practices or medical procedures contrary to those beliefs? … Any tendency to treat religion...
View ArticleSt Padre Pio
Today is the feast day of the much loved St Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, cannonized in 2002. This short video gives a glimpse of who he was http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=311 but...
View ArticleThe Power of Adoption
Some people think adoption is not an option when a woman is pregnant in difficult circumstances. We in the prolife movement must turn this image of adoption around to let the light in to what the real...
View ArticleBishop Speaks Up for Life
Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury (Mazur/Catholicnews.org.uk) An English bishop has urged the faithful to promote “the cause of life at this moment of crisis across the western world”. Speaking at the...
View ArticleFeast of Michael, Gabriel & Raphael Archangel
The liturgy celebrates the feast of these three archangels who are venerated in the tradition of the Church. Michael (Who is like God?) was the archangel who fought against Satan and all his evil...
View ArticleSt Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi (born Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone; 1181/1182 – October 3, 1226) was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men’s Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St....
View ArticleSaint John Paul II
Poet, philosopher, and priest, Karol Wojtyla (1920-2005) was born in Poland and served as pope for twenty-eight years. Rooted in the conviction that Christ reveals man to himself, his apostolic...
View ArticleSt Anthony Mary Claret
Claretian archbishop and founder. Anthony was born in Salient in Catalonia, Spain, in 1807, the son of a weaver. He took up weaving but then studied for the priesthood, desiring to be a Jesuit. Ill...
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