An important aspect of any parish community is the amount of community involvement in the parish. There are many ministries in our parish. If any of those ministries have attracted your attention and you want to get involved, or even if you would like to learn more about the individual ministries, contact the named person in the relevant category from the file (pdf format).
If you are already involved and would like to put in any information about your group, please email them to enquiries@stpatricksdumbarton.org.uk.

Below are a list of the parish groups and what they do:

Advent Tree	Organises the collection and distribution of gifts to those in need.
Altar Servers - Junior and Adult	Serve in teams at all parish services.
Apostleship of Prayer	Structured prayer group. Meet first Thursday of every month.
Bereavement Group	Support for bereaved families.
Care of All	Is concerned with the organising of a variety of events in the parish.
Carillon	Bell ringers.
Children's Liturgy	Service of the Word for children at 10:00 am mass.
Choir	Enhance the liturgy of the 12 noon mass.
Church Banners	Care of church banners.
Church Cleaners	Care and cleaning of the church building.
Ecumenism	Meeting and sharing with other denominations
Editorial Team	Responsible for producing the Bulletin and the Latest.
Eucharistic Ministers	Distribution of Eucharist at all masses and communion to the housebound.
Events Team	Responsible for organising social events in the parish.
Fabric and Finance	Responsible for the maintaining the fabric of the building and grounds.
Family Group	Responsible for organising family events in the parish.
Flower Arrangers	Responsible for the flowers in the church.
Gardeners	Responsible for the care of the church grounds.
Hall Committee	Responsible for the letting and care of the church hall.
Justice and Peace	Meet monthly in the parish and aim to raise awareness of justice and peace issues.
Legion of Mary	The Legion aims to help Catholic lay-people fulfil their baptismal promises and be able to live their dedication to the Church in an organised structure, supported by fraternity and prayer. A group meets and works weekly in the parish.
Library	Is open every Sunday before and after mass.
Liturgy Group	This group meets to prepare the liturgy throughout the year.
Men's Group	Opportunity to meet and support.
Messengers	A group of volunteers who undertake to deliver the 'Latest' to each family in the parish.
Music Group	Lead in the singing at the 10:00 am mass on Sunday.
Passkeepers	Provide a welcome to everyone and assist by taking up the collection and tidying up the church after mass.
Pastoral Council	Supports the Parish Priest in matters that concern the pastoral life of the parish.
Prayer Group	Meets monthly in the parish.
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults	This small group of parishioners share their faith with persons who have expressed an interest in learning more about the Catholic faith.
Readers	Assist by reading at daily and Sunday masses.
Senior Citizens	Meets in the church hall for social activities every Thursday at 1.30 pm from September to June.
St Vincent de Paul	The SVDP support the poor of the parish and visit the housebound and sick in hospital. They also arrange transport for frail senior citizens to enable them to get to mass.
Study Group	Meet regularly to study various aspects from the Bible.
Toddlers	Parents, babies and toddlers meet every Friday morning in the church hall.