St Alphonsus R.C. Church, Calton, Glasgow, Scotland
Welcome
Welcome to the St Alphonsus Parish website, bringing you news and information from our parish and it's parishoners
Times of Services
Regular services held at St Alphonsus :
4:30pm (Vigil), 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 12:00 noon and 5:00 pm
Monday to Saturday - 12:00 noon
Mass - 12:30pm
(Except Wednesday - Perpetual Help Novena)
Monday to Saturday - 12:00 noon - 12:30 pm (Except Wednesdays)
Saturday 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Novena to St Peregrine -Last Saturday of each month at 1:00 pm
Novena and Mass to St Pio of Pietrelcina - 2nd Monday of each month at 7:00 pm
Eucharistic Adoration - Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Boab fae the Barras - Thought for the week
Sometimes, especially when kids are relating something that happened, they include the goriest of details, causing us to say: “too much information or too much to handle.” I can well imagine that Mary, being “deeply troubled” with the Angel’s message (Mother of God, Son of the most high, King, Kingdom will never end…), might have thought “too much to handle”, yet Mary ended up saying: “may it happen to me as you have said.” Can we “handle” what God is telling us this Christmas?: “In spite of substituting “Xmas” for Christmas, paying more attention to presents than my presence, spending your money on others instead of your time with others and generally being more concerned with dinner than with my Eucharistic banquet…I love you as much today as I did when I decided to send you my Son. Will you not work with me as Mary did?” Wow… so much to take in! We know Mary’s response, what will yours’ be? Boab.
Our Patron Saint - St Alphonsus
Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (September 27, 1696 – August 1, 1787) was an Italian Catholic Bishop, spiritual writer, scholastic philosopher and theologian, and founder of the Redemptorists, an influential religious order. He was canonized in 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI and declared a Doctor of the Church
More information on St Alphonsus (from Wikipedia)
Our Clergy
St Alphonsus Parish is in the care of the Xaverian Missionaries. The late Father John Ceresoli was Parish Priest and the parish is also ably served by Father Ian Bathgate anf Father Eugenio Montesi.
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Our Parishoners
As well as local Calton people, the parish is home to a wide diversity of people from around Glasgow and beyond. The Saturday evening vigil is an especially busy mass where shoppers from the city centre and the famous Barrowland market make their way to worship.
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Parish Notices
October Pilgrimage
The Canonization of the Conforti Xaverian founder takes place later this year, on Mission Sunday, 23rd October 2011. A pilgimage to Rome and Parma has been organised, from Friday 21st - 28th October. If interested please give your name to the Parish Priest. More information will be provided later.