Our Parish
St Mary’s proudly claims to be the “Mother Church”, not only of Greenock, but of the whole area of Lower Clydeside. Established in 1808 as the Greenock Mission, its early priests served a wide area, stretching from Dumbarton to Ayrshire. Several of the parishes in the surrounding district were founded directly from St Mary’s.
Today, St Mary's has an active parish community, with many people assisting in Welcoming, Music, Children's Liturgy, Readers, Altar Servers, Eucharistic and other ministries. Not only parishioners and local Greenockians attend services and activities in the church each week but visitors arriving at the nearby docks often call in.
For the wider Inverclyde community St. Mary's provides a quiet place for all. An outreach philosophy ensures it serves the housebound and nursing homes, welcomes student study groups and is active in local ecumenical initiatives.
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New version of the Roman Missal
On the First Sunday of Advent 2011 a new version of the Roman Missal will come into use in all parishes of Scotland. To help us to adapt gradually to the changes, some of the new texts will be introduced from September.
In his homily at the Chrism Mass in Holy Week, Bishop Philip commended the new Missal to the Priests and Faithful of the Diocese. Click here for the full text.
Below are some links to help with our preparation.
Click here for an article by Bishop Philip on the new Missal.
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Roman Missal Scotland is the official Scottish website giving information about the new Missal translation. (It is still partly under construction.)
The full revised texts, with other useful information can be found on the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Compare the new texts with the old.
Forth in Praise is the liturgical music website of the Archdiocese of St Andrew's and Edinburgh. It has lots of information about musical settings of the new Mass texts.
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Saint Mary's Catholic Church, 14 Patrick Street, Greenock, PA16 8NA, Scotland. UK
