Lent Retreat Deepen your prayer life through Lent with scripture reflections and resources, and discover different ways of praying. What are you intending to do during Lent? Why not join thousands of people on an online Lent retreat run by the Jesuits in Britain. What is the Lent Retreat? It is a daily time of prayer (aiming at 15-30 minutes) and weekly meeting of around an hour and a half with others doing the retreat and a prayer guide. There are two groups that are already known, others may come together. St Columbas Church , Renfrew on Tuesday evenings at 7 pm. Begins Tues 5th March St Joseph’s Church Hall, Clarkston also on Tuesday evenings at 7pm

40 Days for Life: What are you doing for Lent? Please consider joining our peaceful prayer Vigil across the road from the Hardgate Road entrance to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital . Our Vigil starts on Ash Wednesday at 8am. To sign up email: Ogilvie2019@outlook.com As we pray we stand in prayerful solidarity with those children, women and men whose lives have been taken/ damaged by abortion. Scotland now has the legislative power over abortion so think on these words when praying, ‘for what we have done , for what we have failed to do’ .

Pray for the Clergy of St. Charles', Paisley...Prayer to Our Lady of Paisley Our Lady of Paisley, as you guided pilgrims on their journeys to holy places, may you guide me on my journey of faith. Amen. Hail Mary … Our Lady of Paisley, pray for us.

To prepare ourselves for the Celebration of Easter Bishop John will celebrate a Station Masses with the people in our MATN cluster areas.  At each Mass he will used the readings of the day to preach a short catechetical homily, Walking With Mary, on the spirituality of Lent: on Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving, on Simplicity, Chastity and Obedience, and on Reconciliation.  ​​​​​​​Please come along to your cluster Mass, or maybe your Lenten discipline could be travel with the bishop and attend all of them!