St Bernadette's Motherwell

07/06/2026

Congratulations to our First Communicants who received this sacrament today. We look forward to seeing them all again and perhaps seeing some of them serve on the altar.

07/06/2026

The Festival of Synodality…

02/06/2026

24/05/2026

Today we celebrate the great feast of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles and the Church was sent out to share the Good News. As we celebrate this joyful feast, may the Holy Spirit fill our parish, our families, and our hearts with faith, hope, and love. Come, Holy Spirit!

22/05/2026

The Office for the Care of Creation was established by the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland in 2021. Inspired by Pope Francis’ documents Laudato si and Laudate Deum , it provides advice and guidance to dioceses and parishes to assess their carbon footprint and discern how to work towards carbon n...

21/05/2026

19/05/2026

Consultation Meeting on Scottish Diocesan Structures:

An open meeting, to which you are most welcome to attend, to participate in the Consultation on the Structures of Catholic Dioceses in Scotland will take place on Monday 25th May in St Bride’s Centre, Motherwell, at 7pm.

The format of this meeting will be a Conversation in the Spirit in which those present will be invited to share their thinking on the following questions:

• Where do we see good examples of mission in our parishes, deanery, diocese and country?
• Where does mission need to develop or even begin? What are the barriers to better mission and what can encourage it?
• Does the present structure of eight dioceses in Scotland support mission? Does our Diocese already have all that it needs? Would it help if we shared resources with another diocese or dioceses? Would it help if our Diocese merged with another diocese?

It is intended that all opinions, including minority positions, will be recorded and the report of the meeting sent to Bishop Toal by 31st May. The Bishop will feed the report into the diocesan submission for the national discussion with the other bishops. It is intended that the national report will be submitted to the Dicastery for Bishops in Rome to make them aware of how Scottish Catholics understand the Church’s Mission in our country today and the diocesan structures which will best serve this Mission.

17/05/2026

We regret that, due to unforeseen circumstances, performances scheduled for 26-28 March 2026 have been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience and hope to begin touring in May. Wherever possible, we will reschedule performances that should have taken place in March. All tickets purchased onlin...