SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Parents of children in Primary 3 who wish their child to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation this year should enrol their child now. The application form can be downlaoded here and should be completed and returned personally to one of the priests.
The Sacrament will be celebrated on 24th March 2012.
Children who make their First Confession on this date will go on to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation later this year and First Holy Communion in May 2013.
The Parish Team
Monsignor Paul Murray was
ordained in 1988 and has served in Saint Mary Immaculate,
Pollokshaws and Saint Bartholomew's, Castlemilk before being
appointed Parish Priest of Saint Helen's in 2007. As well as his
parish duties, Monsignor Paul has responsibility in the Archdiocese
for Pastoral Planning and the formation of candidates for the
Permanent Diaconate. He is also the secretary of a group which
advises the bishops of the United Kingdom and Ireland on bioethical
matters.
Father Piotr
Zielinski was ordained 2002 in Archdiocese of Czestochowa in
Poland. He had served in Parzymiechy forfour years before coming to
Scotland to diocese of Aberdeen where he worked for five years in
St Peter's and after that in St Mary's Cathedral serving Scottish
and Polish Catholics. In September he transferred to the
Archdiocese of Glasgow and was appointed as full time assisitant
priest in Saint Helen's.
Deacon Kevin Kelly was among the first men ordained for service as
Permanent Deacons in Glasgow in 
June 2009. He is a Registered Mental
Nurse and a Registered General Nurse and currently works as an
Epilepsy Nurse Specialist within the Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Health Board. After his Ordination he pursued further Theological
Studies and graduated with a B.A. (Hons) in Applied Theology from
the Maryvale Institute in Birmingham
