Sr Andrea at XPO

On the the first Friday of every month the Archdiocese of Glasgow Youth Pastoral team invites young adults to XPO, an opportunity to come together for prayer and reflection, focused on a particular theme.

Sr Andrea will lead today’s XPO in the Frassati room at Our Lady of Consolation, Govanhill, at 7.30 p.m. Sr Andrea will reflect on mission and identity as the people of God.

There is also an opportunity to spend some time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament and an opportunity to socialise together afterwards. All welcome, especially those aged 16-35. For more information, please email fr.david(at)btconnect(dot)com

Scottish Catholic Observer article.

As part of a series of articles commemorating this year’s Day for Life, last week’s Scottish Catholic Observer featured the following article, written by Sr Andrea.

Only this excerpt is available online, so click the link at the bottom of the post to read the article in full.

‘The Gospel of life is at the heart of Jesus’ message. Lovingly received day after day by the Church, it is to be preached with dauntless fidelity as “good news” to the people of every age and culture.’ So begins Evangelium Vitae, the encyclical written by John Paul II in 1995. It has been hailed as the Church’s love letter to the world; it is also profoundly prophetic, a painfully lucid appraisal of what we human beings are doing to each other in the name of freedom and progress. Yet there is no contradiction: the words of St Augustine, ‘One cannot enter into the truth except through love’, are perfectly expressed in Evangelium Vitae. For while the Church says No to abortion and euthanasia, she says a far louder and greater Yes to the human project itself, to which God, in Christ, has allied Himself for ever. We have been created in His image and, even though we botched it up through sin from the beginning, God’s loving mercy towards His creatures never ends, nor does His call to turn from death and enter fully into life.

Day for Life 2008

This year’s Day for Life is fast approaching (31 May, Feast of the Visitation). Mental health is the theme and we’ll be focusing on the mental health issues surrounding crisis pregnancy and abortion with our ‘Stumbling Blocks into Stepping Stones’ campaign. We’ll be posting more in coming days but for now look here to see how you, your class, parish or group can get involved.

Deliveries

With many thanks to Anne who’s letter and parcel arrived today.

For a mother needing your help and encouragement, and a baby needing love.
With love from Anne

Thank you and God bless you!

Fr Roger Nesbitt at Canmore

We mentioned last week that Sr Roseann was in St Andrews with Fr Roger Nesbitt. Here’s Fr Nesbitt with some of the students of the wonderful Canmore Catholic Society.

Would anyone like..?

Unusually, we’re not scrounging but rather have some things to give away. If you’re in Glasgow and have access to transport we have a knitting machine, an electric cooker and a computer (it’s not broadband-ready, it doesn’t have an ethernet connection) looking for good homes. If you’re interested, email us for more details. Thank you and God bless.

Sr Roseann at the Linacre Ethics Forum

The Linacre Ethics Forum provides an opportunity for junior healthcare professionals and students (medics, nurses, pharmacists etc.) to explore and discuss Catholic healthcare ethics. Each month a senior practitioner or other expert is invited to give a 30 minute presentation, followed by discussion. The aim is to understand the Church’s teaching, and explore ways in which it can be presented sympathetically to patients, colleagues and managers.

Next week (Tuesday 13 May) Sr Roseann will be speaking on crisis pregnancy counselling. The talk is at 6.30pm (for 7pm) take place in Vaughan House, Francis Street, SW1P 1QN (behind Westminster Cathedral, near Victoria tube station). There is Mass at 5.30pm in the Cathedral.

Thank you…

…to Lynne Flatley for the book that she sent some weeks ago, it’s very much appreciated.

Barbies!

We’ve received this letter in response to our Barbie post and felt that we just had to put it up…

Dear Sisters,

We saw on your website that you needed some Barbie clothes. We are not good enough to make them yet, but we are sending some of our Barbie clothes and we hope they will help.

We are glad that sister Andrea is well.

Love and prayers from Maria (age 7) and Margaret-Mary (age 5)

 

Thank you to both girls - that was an incredibly kind and generous thing to do. The clothes are lovely and some of the other little girls we help are going to love them. God bless you both!

Sponsor a Mum for a Month

One of the ways we help some of the women who come to us is to provide a small monthly cash allowance (usually between £60-£100) for the first two years of life, to help pay for things like nappies and toiletries, which are very expensive.

Raising money for this allowance would be a great way to get involved in the work of the Pro-Life Initiative. You or your group for example, could undertake to sponsor a particular mum for the whole or part of the period, or for a month as a one-off .

This would be a great activity for a pro-life group, a school or a parish, or as a sustained commitment for an individual looking to help us in our work. If you’re interested, get in touch and we’ll work out an individual plan to suit you or your group’s needs.

Thank you and God bless.