VOCATIONS

Anyone thinking about the priesthood should make contact with  

Rev Brian Lamb
St. Joseph’s R.C. Church
Mayberry Place
Blantyre, Glasgow, G72 9DA
Email: info@sjblantyre.org

In order to be ready to be accepted for next year’s Propaedeutic Period those considering the call to priesthood need to make themselves known now.

In your prayers please remember Kieran Hamilton will be ordained in St Barbara’s, Muirhead, on 1st July, Kevin  Lawrie’s ordination takes place in St Aloysius, Chapelhall, on July 16th.  Charles Coyle, who will be ordained on June 27th in St Columbkille’s, Rutherglen, and Mark O’Donnell whose ordination date is July 3rd in St Thomas’ Wishaw.

Permanent Diaconate

If you feel God may be calling you to his service as a permanent deacon, please take time to pray about this, ask the advice of a priest or an ordained permanent deacon. After praying about it, and, if married having discussed it with your wife, and family, you should approach your parish priest or diocesan diaconate-director:

Rev James A. Grant,
Holy Family,
57 Hope Street,
Mossend, ML4 1QA.
Telephone: 01698 843165
Email: jamesagrant@live.co.uk

or

Rev. Deacon Jim Aitken,
St. Francis Xavier,
Taylor Avenue,
Carfin,
Motherwell.
Tel: 01698 746619.