St Ninian's & St Clement's

St Ninian's & St Clement's, Catholic Churches Together

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Fatima Pilgrimage

14 Pilgrims from St Ninians and St Clements recently spent 5 days in Fatima and Lisbon. Unfortunately Fr Johney could not join them since he could not obtain his visa . 

Bernadette Dailly was the organiser of this pilgrimage ( what a great organiser she is too!) and has written this account of their trip

In the sanctuary we visited the Holy Trinity Church, the Basilica, celebrated Masses in the Chapel of Apparitions, visited the museum where we saw the crown of Our Lady of Fatima which contained the bullet that hit Pope John Paul ii in 1981, walked the Way of the Cross, the Candle lit procession with the statue of Our Lady of Fatima and the next evening, in the Blessed Sacrament procession.

We also visited  Aljustrel where the three children lived.

Also Nazare  with its lovely beaches and ended the pilgrimage with an overnight stay in Lisbon visiting St Anthony’s Church and Lisbon cathedral .

We arrived home feeling very privileged to have had the opportunity to be part of such a special pilgrimage. 

Basilica in the Rain
The Way of the Cross
Margaret & Kathleen at the children’s house
Our Lady’s crown

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Civil Rights Party

On Monday evening 19th June, the group who had attended Jim Ashwood’s very interesting and entertaining talks about the American Civil Rights, met for a fun evening of chat, quiz and refreshments. Jim had encouraged them to dress up or bring along something with an American theme, and as you can see from the photos, they certainly all rose to the occasion.

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Afternoon Teas are back

Winter is over, we hope, so ‘stovies, no more!’ Thursday past, saw the return of our very popular monthly afternoon tea which is always fully subscribed. We are very fortunate that we have a wonderful group of volunteers, willing to give up their time, to prepare and serve our lovely customers.

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Earth Day

UK nature is beautiful and precious – but it’s in crisis. That’s why from 28th April – 1st May it’s important that people come together to sow, grow, and create thriving habitats for the nature on our doorstep.

Whether it’s a garden, a balcony, or an unloved community space, any outdoor area can become a flourishing wildlife haven.  

The truth is, every one of us, no matter who we are, or where we live, can and must play a part in restoring nature” Sir David Attenborough

So, Louise, from our Parish Garden Gang has put together packs of compost with a few nasturtium seeds which are so easy to grow even on a windowsill if you’ve no garden. These are being offered to parishioners this weekend at the Vigil and Sunday morning Mass.

Judi has once again made up Sunflower Growing Kits for the children. We look forward to hearing about all the lovely flowers that are so good for wildlife!

For more information about Earth Day go here

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Almsgiving Update

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This weekend sees the end of our fundraising efforts for Lent. There’s still time to make a donation by taking a guess at the Gin/Whisky trails, buying cards and raffle tickets or placing a donation in the box for Rosily at the back of church.

For parishioners who have taken part in the “Grow your Fiver” challenge, Louise is asking if you could please return your profits to her or in an envelope marked Grow your Fiver which can be placed in the box for Rosily. It would be great if you could write what you did on a star and stick it on the board.

Thank you so much for everyone’s efforts, it is very much appreciated and has brought some lovely community spirit too 🙂

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Tesco Award

Every little blue token certainly helped us! Our parish was one of the local causes chosen by Tesco for their community award scheme and after a huge effort by all connected to St Ninian’s in amassing those little blue tokens, we came second after Shelter.

We are very grateful to Allison, the Community Champion and her team at Riverside. They are hugely supportive of us. The money will be used to buy furniture for CC’s, our community cafe in the church hall, which we run every Thursday.
The cafe is proving very popular with people making it a regular lunchtime date in their diary every week.
Throughout Lent all the money we are raising is being sent to the Turkish/Syrian Earthquake Appeal.
Huge thanks to Tesco and to our CC’s regulars. Every little donation they are making is helping us serve our local community.

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Parish Orchard

As we continue our Eco Congregation journey, our Garden Gang are delighted to announce that, with the help of a grant from Scotmid, they purchased and have planted a number of fruit trees in the parish garden on the piece of grass in front of the house kitchen and garage.

The orchard consists of 2 apple trees, pear trees, blueberry bushes as well as a plum tree and 10 raspberry canes! We look forward to tasting the produce in the summer!

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Raffle!

An amazing raffle prize has been very kindly donated to help with our fund raising! Enjoy a week, from October to April, in the Western Isles!

Win a week’s stay in a beautifully appointed 3 bedroomed bungalow in Loch Boisdale, on the Hebridean island of South Uist. It makes a convenient holiday spot especially for those who may wish to save the expense of taking the car to the Western Isles as it is very close to the Ferry! Find out more here

If you wish to buy a ticket, email ecogroupchat@gmail.com