There are a variety of activities on offer for young people as part of our parish community. These include:
Children's Liturgy of the Word:
Every Sunday at 11.30 a.m. Mass (during school term time), Children's liturgy of the Word takes place allowing our children of primary school age the opportunity to share in the Word of God at a level they can understand. Children are always welcome at our celebrations, but here we have a special place for them.
Parish Youth Group (P5-P7):
The Youth Group meets in St. Bernadette's hall (back hall) on Friday evenings from 6.15- 8.15 p.m.
Lourdes Youth Group was started on the 25th April 2008 by Fr Gerard Byrne. On the first evening we had 140 children! Thankfully it has settled down to around 70 per evening. All children from Primary 5, 6 and 7 are welcome.
The Youth Group uses both halls, the back hall, St Bernadette’s, is used primarily for sports/Wii and the front hall is used for crafts and board games.
Rules:
The rules are fairly straightforward:
1. All children must be dropped off and picked up at the end of the evening by a parent or guardian.
2. An information/consent form must be completed for every child.
3. The weekly subscription is £2.
4. We start at 6.15pm and finish promptly at 8.15pm.
5. We expect the children to behave when they are with us, and have respect for each other, the leaders and the hall.
Trips:
We usually have 4 trips per year. Previous outings have been to the Panto, Lourdes Theatre Groups Productions, M&D’s, Seaworld, amd the Time Capsule.
We have also been on several residential trips to Ampleforth for a week to “Little Faith”, and weekends to Pluscarden.
Fun Days:
Our Fun days are spectacular, with other youth clubs visiting, and a whole day of games, sports and crafts.
Pope Francis Faith Award
The Pope Francis FAITH AWARD is an award of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, designed to help children to show “signs of love” in their daily lives and to be active members of their local Church. It invites young people at the Primary 6 and 7 stages to use the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and to see how they can bear fruit in their homes, schools and parishes. It is directly connected to what young people are learning about the Sacrament of Confirmation. The award is open to all Catholic Primary schools and parishes, normally involving children across the years of Primary 6 & Primary 7. For more information, visit sces.org.uk/faith-award/
Caritas Award:
This involved S6 pupils and is arranged through Lourdes Secondary school.
The Pope Benedict XVI CARITAS AWARD encourages and promotes the ongoing faith journey of young people. It recognises that some are already active and committed within their homes, schools, parishes and dioceses and it invites others to respond to God’s call of love. It supports and celebrates the faith witness which young people give within their communities.
Introduced in 2011, as part of a legacy of the UK visit of Pope Benedict XVI in September 2010, this award asks young people to use their faith learning as a starting point for further faith reflection, leading to actions which show their faithwitness. Participants in the Caritas Award will be supported in deciding how they can develop and use their gifts in a way that witnesses to God’s love (“Caritas”) in their communities.
Any pupil in their final year of school can be enrolled to participate in the CARITAS AWARD. Parishes may nominate young people for the award, where no Catholic school is available to do so. The award is designed to be inclusive of all young people and is open to all pupils who can meet the succes criteria for the award. Pupils can choose how they would like to record and share their learning, reflection and witness from a number of formats. Pupils studying at all levels will be able to achieve the requirements for the award.
For further information, visit sces.org.uk/caritas-award/
Beavers, cubs and Scouts
Meet on Wednesday evenings in St. Bernadette's Hall:
Beavers 6pm-7pm
Cubs, Scouts and Explorers 7.15pm-8.45pm
7th Clyde Scouts
In our group, we believe in preparing young people with skills for life. Girls and boys aged 5¾ - 18, take part in an exciting programme of activities that develop character skills like resilience, initiative and tenacity; employability skills such as leadership, teamwork and problem solving; and practical skills like cooking, first aid and generally doing things for themselves. They participate in creative activities ranging from arts and crafts to drama and song – some even on stage in the Gang Show. Recently, they have been involved in gymnastics coaching, physiology awareness in STEM, fundraising and community work. In addition to these activities, we are committed to providing our young people with a wide range of outdoor activities and regularly camp (sometimes indoors), go hillwalking, kayaking, and learn camp skills. We’ve even had the Beaver Section (5¾-8) under canvas. We build their experience in camping as they progress through the sections culminating in the Explorer Scouts camping in the Norwegian Arctic in 2017 and participating in an expedition to the Swiss Alps in 2019. We also strive to ensure that young people achieve their potential and successfully completely the highest awards each section offers. Most of our older scouts have achieved their Chief Scouts Gold Award and are working towards their Platinum Award, as well as embarking on the Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award. All in all, we aim to give the young people the widest range of activities and opportunities we can but, most of all, we have fun!
Children's Liturgy of the Word:
Every Sunday at 11.30 a.m. Mass (during school term time), Children's liturgy of the Word takes place allowing our children of primary school age the opportunity to share in the Word of God at a level they can understand. Children are always welcome at our celebrations, but here we have a special place for them.
Parish Youth Group (P5-P7):
The Youth Group meets in St. Bernadette's hall (back hall) on Friday evenings from 6.15- 8.15 p.m.
Lourdes Youth Group was started on the 25th April 2008 by Fr Gerard Byrne. On the first evening we had 140 children! Thankfully it has settled down to around 70 per evening. All children from Primary 5, 6 and 7 are welcome.
The Youth Group uses both halls, the back hall, St Bernadette’s, is used primarily for sports/Wii and the front hall is used for crafts and board games.
Rules:
The rules are fairly straightforward:
1. All children must be dropped off and picked up at the end of the evening by a parent or guardian.
2. An information/consent form must be completed for every child.
3. The weekly subscription is £2.
4. We start at 6.15pm and finish promptly at 8.15pm.
5. We expect the children to behave when they are with us, and have respect for each other, the leaders and the hall.
Trips:
We usually have 4 trips per year. Previous outings have been to the Panto, Lourdes Theatre Groups Productions, M&D’s, Seaworld, amd the Time Capsule.
We have also been on several residential trips to Ampleforth for a week to “Little Faith”, and weekends to Pluscarden.
Fun Days:
Our Fun days are spectacular, with other youth clubs visiting, and a whole day of games, sports and crafts.
Pope Francis Faith Award
The Pope Francis FAITH AWARD is an award of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, designed to help children to show “signs of love” in their daily lives and to be active members of their local Church. It invites young people at the Primary 6 and 7 stages to use the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and to see how they can bear fruit in their homes, schools and parishes. It is directly connected to what young people are learning about the Sacrament of Confirmation. The award is open to all Catholic Primary schools and parishes, normally involving children across the years of Primary 6 & Primary 7. For more information, visit sces.org.uk/faith-award/
Caritas Award:
This involved S6 pupils and is arranged through Lourdes Secondary school.
The Pope Benedict XVI CARITAS AWARD encourages and promotes the ongoing faith journey of young people. It recognises that some are already active and committed within their homes, schools, parishes and dioceses and it invites others to respond to God’s call of love. It supports and celebrates the faith witness which young people give within their communities.
Introduced in 2011, as part of a legacy of the UK visit of Pope Benedict XVI in September 2010, this award asks young people to use their faith learning as a starting point for further faith reflection, leading to actions which show their faithwitness. Participants in the Caritas Award will be supported in deciding how they can develop and use their gifts in a way that witnesses to God’s love (“Caritas”) in their communities.
Any pupil in their final year of school can be enrolled to participate in the CARITAS AWARD. Parishes may nominate young people for the award, where no Catholic school is available to do so. The award is designed to be inclusive of all young people and is open to all pupils who can meet the succes criteria for the award. Pupils can choose how they would like to record and share their learning, reflection and witness from a number of formats. Pupils studying at all levels will be able to achieve the requirements for the award.
For further information, visit sces.org.uk/caritas-award/
Beavers, cubs and Scouts
Meet on Wednesday evenings in St. Bernadette's Hall:
Beavers 6pm-7pm
Cubs, Scouts and Explorers 7.15pm-8.45pm
7th Clyde Scouts
In our group, we believe in preparing young people with skills for life. Girls and boys aged 5¾ - 18, take part in an exciting programme of activities that develop character skills like resilience, initiative and tenacity; employability skills such as leadership, teamwork and problem solving; and practical skills like cooking, first aid and generally doing things for themselves. They participate in creative activities ranging from arts and crafts to drama and song – some even on stage in the Gang Show. Recently, they have been involved in gymnastics coaching, physiology awareness in STEM, fundraising and community work. In addition to these activities, we are committed to providing our young people with a wide range of outdoor activities and regularly camp (sometimes indoors), go hillwalking, kayaking, and learn camp skills. We’ve even had the Beaver Section (5¾-8) under canvas. We build their experience in camping as they progress through the sections culminating in the Explorer Scouts camping in the Norwegian Arctic in 2017 and participating in an expedition to the Swiss Alps in 2019. We also strive to ensure that young people achieve their potential and successfully completely the highest awards each section offers. Most of our older scouts have achieved their Chief Scouts Gold Award and are working towards their Platinum Award, as well as embarking on the Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award. All in all, we aim to give the young people the widest range of activities and opportunities we can but, most of all, we have fun!