The Diocese of Paisley Podcast

In this episode of the Diocese of Paisley Podcast Vanda meets Caroline and Ann who help to run the Ozanam Club. Proudly sponsored by Consilium Contract Services - one call for all trades, your Paisley family owned company available 24/7.

Vanda meets up with the Team behind NET Scotland, to learn about the great work they do with the Youth of our Diocese, and speaks with their modern day Missionaries about why it’s so important to bring the word of the Lord into schools. Proudly sponsored by Consilium Contract Services - one call for all trades, your Paisley family owned company available 24/7.

In this episode we get to know Monsignor John Tormey, from Saint John the Evangelist in Barrhead, as he reminisces over his vocation of 45 years in the priesthood, and his hopes for the future of the Church. Proudly sponsored by Consilium Contract Services - one call for all trades, your Paisley family owned company available 24/7.

In this episode we get to know Father David Boyd parish priest of Saint Bernadette’s and Saint John Bosco in Erskine as he reflects over his forty years in the priesthood, how different life is for new priest’s today, and his favourite culinary delights. Proudly sponsored by Consilium Contract Services - one call for all trades, your Paisley family owned company available 24/7.

In this episode we get to know Father Matthew Carlin from Christ the King, Howwood and Saint Aidan’s, Johnstone, as he prepares to take up his new role as Vice Rector of the Pontifical Scots College in Rome, and shares his most cherished moments of his vocation so far. Proudly sponsored by Consilium Contract Services - one call for all trades, your Paisley family owned company available 24/7.

In this mini-series, the Diocese of Paisley Podcast meets the wonderful Clergy, who not only make up the Diocese, but also our community. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be chatting to a few of these Priests, Canons and Monsignors who will give us a very personal insight into their Diocesan lives, and they’ll also lift the curtain letting us into their personal lives too. In this episode, we hear f...

In this mini-series, the Diocese of Paisley Podcast meets the wonderful Clergy, who not only make up the Diocese, but also our community. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be chatting to a few of these Priests, Canons and Monsignors who will give us a very personal insight into their Diocesan lives, and they’ll also lift the curtain letting us into their personal lives too. In the first episode we he...

Featuring Tony Waterston - Diocese of Paisley Communications Commission; Paul McGrath - founder and owner of Consilium Contracting Services Ltd. Proudly sponsored by Consilium Contract Services - one call for all trades, your Paisley family owned company available 24/7.

In this episode Vanda Kettelhut meets Bishop John Keenan, Joe Kelly from Aid to the Church in Need, and pupils from Saint Andrew's and Saint Ninian’s in Paisley to learn more about the importance of Red Wednesday, and the persecution of Christians around the world. You can find out more about Red Wednesday at: https://acnuk.org/redwednesday Or you can follow ACN on Instagram and Facebook @ACNScotl...

Featuring Vanda Kettelhut - Diocese of Paisley Communications Commission; William Moore - ACN UK; Timothy Cho - North Korean defector. Recorded at Aid to the Church in Need's public event at Saint Joseph's parish, Clarkston on Wednesday 10th September 2025. Find out more about Aid to the Church in Need and their work at acnuk.org .

Featuring Vanda Kettelhut - Diocese of Paisley Communications Commission; William Moore - ACN UK; Timothy Cho - North Korean defector. Recorded at Aid to the Church in Need's public event at Saint Joseph's parish, Clarkston on Wednesday 10th September 2025. Find out more about Aid to the Church in Need and their work at acnuk.org .

Featuring Vanda Kettelhut - Diocese of Paisley Communications Commission; Peter Diamond ACN Community Fundraiser for Scotland; Lorraine McMahon - ACN Head of Community Outreach in England, Scotland and Wales; William Moore - ACN UK; Timothy Cho - North Korean defector. Recorded at Aid to the Church in Need's public event at Saint Joseph's parish, Clarkston on Wednesday 10th September 2025. Find ou...

Featuring Jim Brannigan - Diocese of Paisley Communications Commission; Jim McFadden SSVP Conference Treasurer and Inverclyde President; Anne-Louise Buchanan SSVP Conference member. Find out more at about the work of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Scotland at ssvpscotland.com .

Featuring Yvonne O'Hara - Vice Chair Diocese of Paisley Communications Commission; Anthony Horan - Director Scottish Catholic Parliamentary Office.

Featuring Jim Brannigan - Diocese of Paisley Communications Commission; Canon Sean Cunney.

Featuring Vanda Kettelhut - Diocese of Paisley Communications Commission; Helen McMunn - Chair Saint Joseph and Saint Patrick Pastoral Council; Gerry McCauley - Saint Joseph and Saint Patrick Pastoral Council; Christine Malcolmson - Joint Secretary Saint Joseph and Saint Patrick Pastoral Council.

Featuring Patrick O'Hara - Depute Chair, Diocese of Paisley Communications Commission; Geraldine Warner - parishioner Saint Thomas' parish Neilston; Ray Pirotti - parishioner Saint Mirin's parish Paisley; Paul and Josephine McGrotty - parishioners Saint Mirin's parish Paisley; Margret Docherty; Michael - parishioner Saint Mirin's parish Paisley; Aileen McCart - parishioner Saint Mary's parish Pais...

Featuring Tony Waterston; Mark Booker - Schools Officer for SCIAF; Jenna Fulton - Community Education Officer for SCIAF; Ricky Ross - Musician and broadcaster. Find out more about the work of SCIAF and make a donation at https://www.sciaf.org.uk/ .

Featuring Vanda Kettelhut; William More - ACN Community Fundraiser for Scotland; Peter Diamond - ACN Community Fundraiser for Scotland. The ACN Scottish Catholic Conference takes place Saturday 29th March 2025 from 9:30am to 4:30pm at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, followed by 5pm Mass at Saint Aloysius, Garnethill. Book tickets at https://acnuk.org/event/scottish-catholic-conference/ or telephone +4...

Featuring Yvonne O’Hara; Rolando Streber of the Dicastery for Evangelisation. Full information on the diocese's pilgrimages to Rome and Assisi  in 2025 can be found on the diocesan website at: rcdop.org.uk/2025RomeAssisi .

Featuring Patrick O'Hara; Christopher McLaughlin - Tommy Burns Cause for Canonisation coordinating team. To contact the Tommy Burns Cause for Canonisation coordinating team please email: contact@tommyburns.org .

Featuring Yvonne O'Hara - Communications Commission; Vanda Kettelhut - Communications Commission; Father Jonathan Whitworth - parish priest; Ann Graham - parishioner; Hayley McIntyre - parishioner; Bishop John Keenan - Bishop of Paisley; Father Joe Burke - former parish priest; Jack McAlindon - parishioner; Canon Joseph Balmer - former parish priest; James Gemmell - parishioner.

Featuring Canon Jim Duggan - Vicar Episcopal for Evangelisation; Vanda Kettelhut - Communications Commission.

Featuring Tony Waterston; Kerry Miller - Youth Commission; Father Ryan Black - Vicar Episcopal for Youth.

Featuring John Mallon and Brian Timmons - cofounders of Sancta Familia Media; Christie Downie - Head Teacher of Saint Luke's High School, Barrhead; Karen Hunter - Deputy Head Teacher of Saint Luke's High School, Barrhead; Reverend Jim Gibson - Minister of Paisley Abbey; His Excellency Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía - Papal Nuncio to Great Britain; The Right Reverend Bishop John Keenan - Bishop of...