At Christmas this year we will bring to a close the Jubilee Year of 2025, so let us give thanks for the blessings received and the Spirit of Hope renewed. Through Advent that same Hope has been stirred up as we look forward with expectancy to the Celebration of Our Saviour’s Birth, and to the Lord coming again in glory and majesty. The Advent liturgies have called on us to be ready and watching so that we “may inherit the great promise in which now we dare hope”. Yes, we are

With Christmas just a few days away, please find the times of Christmas Masses in parishes across our Diocese. Everyone is most welcome to join any of our parishes for Holy Mass to celebrate the birth of Our Saviour Jesus Christ. Please make a special effort to attend Mass this Christmas.

On the First Sunday of Advent, a phrase from the Reading from St Paul’s Letter to The Thessalonians caught my attention – it was “more...

Dear Brothers and Sisters, At Christmas we enjoy singing Christmas Carols. We also enjoy listening to others singing them, particularly...

With Christmas just a week away, please find below details of Christmas Masses in Churches across Motherwell Diocese this year. Please...

Bishop Toal’s Christmas Message 2022. As Christmas approaches, I send my best wishes to all the people of Motherwell Diocese and offer...

The Diocesan Choir this year will give three performances of their annual Carol Concert, entitled Unto Us is Born a Son. Wednesday 14...

In present circumstances it does feel difficult to look forward to Christmas as we are made aware of further restrictions due to the new...