Pancake Tuesday at St Patrick’s - Tuesday, 16 February 2010

There was a big turnout at the Shrove Tuesday Mass in St Patrick’s Church, Dumbarton. Read more ... (pdf file)

Pancake makers (left to right) Veronica Adam, Annie Haggerty, Ann Dougan and Jean McColgan.

Some of the parishioners enjoying the pancakes and tea in St Patrick’s Church Hall.

Christmas Vigil Mass at St Patrick’s, Dumbarton - Thursday, 24 December 2009

Hundreds of people flocked to the Christmas Vigil Mass at St Patrick’s Church, Dumbarton, on Thursday evening. Read more ... (pdf file)

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Carols for Life at St Patrick’s - Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Ellen creates new banner for St Peter the Apostle - Friday, 08 January 2010

St Patrick’s parishioner Ellen Cunningham recently completed a lectern banner for the new St Peter the Apostle Secondary School on the Boulevard at Clydebank. Read more ... (pdf file)

Shot of the lectern banner which was made by St Patricks parishioner Ellen Cunningham for the new St Peter the Apostle Secondary School in Clydebank.

Carols for Life at St Patrick’s - Wednesday, 16 December 2009

A successful evening of Christmas music and readings raised £400 for the new Life Shop in Dumbarton High Street. Read more ... (pdf file)

The choir of St Patrick’s Church who sang at the Carols for Life concert in Dumbarton.

Monsignor Peter Magee from the Galloway Diocese who played Mozart on the piano.

Come home to Church for Christmas - Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Catholics in Dumbarton who are “resting” from practising their religion are being urged to “come home for Christmas.”. Read more ... (pdf file)

Archbishop makes annual appeal at St Patrick’s, Dumbarton - Sunday, 13 December 2009

Archbishop Mario Conti has urged Catholics in West Dunbartonshire to support the St Nicholas Care Fund which provides support to local people suffering the effects of deprivation, unemployment, poverty and addiction. Read more ... (pdf file)

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Parish doubles cash aid for Zimbabwe orphans - Sunday, 13 Dec 2009

Parishioners of a Dumbarton church raised an ”astounding” £2,000 on Friday night to help make Christmas special for 300 orphaned, abandoned and deaf children in Zimbabwe. Read more ... (pdf file)

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New Life shop opens on Dumbarton High Street

(* This article and pictures was reproduced by kind permission of Tina Kemp and Brian Averell of the Lennox Herald.). MARGARET Beattie remembers the day the girl came to say thank you. Margaret had counselled the young woman when she discovered she was pregnant. Read more ... (pdf file)

Oonagh McBride, Mary McCarte, Therese McAtear and Frances Friel at the Life Shop opening.
Canon Gerry Conroy, of St Patrick's, and Canon George Bradburn, of St Michael's, were amongst those at the opening of the Life Shop in the High Street.
Life Shop's Frances Thumath welcomes people with a few words at the opening of the Life Shop.
Councillor David McBride cuts a ribbon to officially open the Life Shop in Dumbarton.
Cutting the cake in celebration of the opening of the Life Shop in High Street.
Canon Gerry Conroy with supporters of Life at the opening of the new shop.
Canon Bradburn (left) and Canon Conroy with Life Shop supporters at the official opening.

Child’s play at St Patrick’s

Article by Vincent Toal and picture by Paul McSherry. After less than a year, it has over 50 children eager to get through the doors on a Friday morning. The baby and toddler group at St Patrick’s, Dumbarton, is thriving. Read more ... (pdf file)

St Patrick’s Babies and Toddlers group celebrate the support from the St Nicholas Care Fund.

Christmas lunch for Ben View Resource Centre clients - Wednesday, 09 December 2009

The Christmas celebrations got off to a cracking start on Wednesday when more than 60 elderly and disabled people from Ben View Resource Centre in Dumbarton enjoyed a superb Christmas dinner at St Patrick’s Church Hall. Read more ... (pdf file)

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Sisters bid to generate cash for deaf children and orphans in Zimbabwe

Parishioners of a Dumbarton church are preparing to make a special effort to raise funds to help a local nun who is working with 300 orphaned, abandoned and deaf children in Zimbabwe. Read more ... (pdf file)

Large congregation at cemetery service in Dumbarton - Sunday, 08 November 2009

A large congregation gathered in brilliant autumn sunshine at Dumbarton Cemetery on Sunday for the annual service of prayer for their deceased family and friends who are buried there. Read more ... (pdf file)

Dumbarton’s three parish priests – Canons Gerry Conroy, George Bradburn and Father Thomas O’Rouke lead the service in Dumbarton Cemetery.

The congregation sing hymns at the service in Dumbarton Cemetery.

Pupils collect old clothes for charity - Tuesday, 10 November 2009

The pupils of St Patrick’s Primary School in Crosslet Road, Dumbarton, have collected been busy collecting nearly new clothes and other goods for charity. Read more ... (pdf file)
Some of the pupils who worked on the project are pictured here with the school’s deputy head teacher, Mrs Peters. Picture by courtesy of the Dumbarton Reporter.

Ben View lunch club goes Doon the Watter - Tuesday, 03 November 2009

The Ben View Lunch Club in Dumbarton is moving along on the crest of a wave … despite the recession. Read more ... (pdf file)

Cathie and Jack Lowe enjoy the trip Doon the Watter.

Mary Joyce and Kathleen McKinley on board the paddle steamer Waverely.

Agnes Hamill, Margaret Smith and Winnie Trearty pictured on the Waverley as it passes Dumbarton Rock.

Family fly in for double christening at St Patrick’s - Sunday, 11 October 2009

Little Jenna Veronica Docherty jetted across the world from Hong Kong via Donegal to be christened with her cousin Ruth Frances Docherty at a service conducted by Canon Gerry Conroy in St Patrick’s Church, Dumbarton, on Sunday (October 11, 2009). Read more ... (pdf file)

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Hundreds flock to honour relic of Little Flower - Friday, 02 October 2009

Hundreds of people flocked to two services in St Patrick’s Church, Dumbarton, on Thursday (October 1) to honour the memory of St Therese of Liseux -- and to venerate a recently rediscovered rare relic of the saint. Read more ... (pdf file)

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Couples renew commitment to marriage and family life - Tuesday, 22 September 2009

More than 50 couples took part in a special Mass of Thanksgiving for marriage and family life in St Patrick’s Church, Dumbarton, on Tuesday (Sept 22).. Read more ... (pdf file)

Four couples with more than two centuries of married life between them (left to right) – Frank and Therese McAtear, Pat and Ella Scullion, Danny and Bridie Kerr and Catherine and John Moy.

Father Frank Wilson (right) congratulates Pat and Ella Scullion, who have been married for 57 years.

Father Frank Wilson reading a prayer during the special Mass for married couples.

St Patrick’s choir, conducted by Marie Therese Cleary, sung during the celebration Mass.

Relic will be displayed at special service to honour The Little Flower - Friday, 18 September 2009

The shrine to St Therese of Liseux has always held a special place in the hearts of parishioners of St Patrick’s, Dumbarton. Read more ... (pdf file)

Members of Dumbarton’s Carmelite community of nuns who will pray for households for a week.

Canon Gerry Conroy

St Patrick’s parishioner Betty Montgomery lights a candle at the shrine to St Therese in St Patrick’s Church, Dumbarton.

The shrine to St Therese in St Patrick’s Church, Dumbarton.

Church workers – everyone is equally important - Wednesday, 09 September 2009

The annual Mass of Thanksgiving for the work done throughout the year by volunteer church workers was concelebrated at St Patrick’s Church in Dumbarton on Tuesday (September 8, 2009) by Canon Gerry Conroy, the parish priest, and retired assistant priest, Father Dan Friel. Read more ... (pdf file)

Canon Gerry Conroy with some of the volunteers at the reception in the Church Hall after the Mass.

Brilliant bell ringer joins celebration with recital at St Patrick’s - Tuesday, 08 September 2009

The bells rang out in celebration from the imposing red sandstone tower of St Patrick’s in Dumbarton on Monday evening (Sept 7, 2009) following the annual Mass to mark the consecration of the church in 1950. Read more ... (pdf file)

Michael Boyd plays the carillon at St Patrick’s. Looking on (left to right) are Anne Lusk, Marie Therese Rainey, John Rainey and Canon Gerry Conroy.

Expert Michael Boyd plays the carillon.

Michael Boyd with Canon Gerry Conroy in the bell tower at St Patrick’s.

Encyclical says we should take responsibility as Christians for our world

In his latest encyclical on Social justice, the Pope has issued a call to engage the world—not only through evangelization, but through economic, social, and political thought and action; through commitment to the cause of integral human development and social progress. Read more ... (pdf file)
Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI

Father Joe celebrates 25 years in the priesthood, Tuesday, 7th July 2009

Father Joe McAuley celebrated the 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood at a special ceremony in St Patrick’s Church, Dumbarton, on Monday (July 6). Read more ... (pdf file) Below are some of the photographs, more photographs can be viewed from the Picture Blog.

Father Joe McAuley concelebrates Mass with his brother, Canon John McAuley, and uncle, Mgr Dan Hart

Father Joe and concelebrants process from the altar

Father Joe and some of the priests who took part in his Thanksgiving Mass

Father Joe is congratulated by parishioners Kitty and Elizabeth Jones

Concert for Carmel raises nearly £3,000 - Saturday, 20 June 2009

The Concert for Carmel, an evening of music, culture and song in St Patrick’s Church, Dumbarton, on Friday night (June 19) was a huge success and raised almost £3,000. Read more ... (pdf file) Below are some of the photographs, more photographs can be viewed from the Picture Blog.

The large audience enjoying the concert

Organist Monsignor Peter Magee has the pages turned for him by Canon Gerry Conroy

Fr Frank Wilson does a subtle take off of a certain Archbishop

Our Lady of St Patrick's High School instrumentalists (l to r) H. Doyle, E. Cartwright and G. Connachan

Young singers from St Patrick's Primary School

The month of June is traditionally devoted to the Sacred Heart

Observant parishioners will have noticed that the banner in front of the pulpit has been changed to mark this fact.. Read more ... (pdf file)

The Sacred Heart banner currently on display in St Patrick’s.

First Holy Communion held on the 9th and 16 May 2009

Congratulations to the 50 children of the parish who received their First Holy Communion on the 9th and 16th May 2009. This is a time of rejoicing with their parents and siblings; our First Communicants can now share fully at the table of the Lord. Photographs by courtesy of Brian Averell of the Lennox of Herald.

Canon Gerry Conroy, Fr Noel Colford and the First Communicants - 9th May 2009

Canon Gerry Conroy and the First Communicants - 16th May 2009

Summer evening of music, culture and song on Friday, 19th June at 7.30pm

A summer evening of music, culture and song is currently being organised to raise funds for the Carmelite Monastery in Kirktonhill, Dumbarton.Read more..Read more ...

Nearly £2,000 collected from fund-raiser for Zimbabwe - Thursday, 26 March 2009

Nearly £2,000 has been raised to help some of the poorest children in Zimbabwe, one of the most dangerous and desperately deprived countries in the world. Read more..Read more ...

Sister Paulette – comes from Castlehill in Dumbarton.


Raising money for Zimbabwe – sisters Elizabeth and Kitty Jones with Canon Gerry Conroy, of St Patrick’s.









Supporters of the Zimbabwe fund-raiser with St Patrick’s assistant priest, Father Frank Wilson, and Canon Gerry Conroy.