to take the bulletin home with you.

Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & Recitation of the Holy Rosary from 9am. Mass 10am

We encourage prayerful silence as you come into the church.

 

is issuing an extraordinary appeal during the month of November to anyone who may have been affected by any kind of abuse at the hands of clergy or church officials … ‘tell us where we went wrong and how we can do      better’.During the designated month, The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCEI) is conducting an external, independent review of the Archdiocese of Glasgow to hear from people with first-hand experience of how the Archdiocese has responded to reports of abuse.  

 

A spokesman for the Archdiocese said: “This is a genuine attempt to listen and learn. The Social Care Institute is a totally independent body which will conduct this month long audit. The Archdiocese will have no role except to help to publicise that the audit is taking place, and that the external team want to hear directly from abuse survivors.  “The Social Care Institute wants to understand what is happening today and what has gone wrong in the past. They are looking at the responses of people in diocesan roles to knowledge of abuse by clergy or risks posed by clergy and others in Church-related roles, paid or voluntary.  “While the audit will concentrate on the last 5 years, we recommend that anyone who has experience of how we have dealt with abuse claims should speak to SCIE staff directly. Nobody at any level in the Church will be told that they are taking part. What they you tell SCIE will be confidential and will not be shared with the Archdiocese except as part of an overall report which will absolutely not identify any individual.” Dr Sheila Fish, SCIE Head of Audit and Review, said: “We want to understand what is working well and where there are problems. We want to hear from people with first-hand experience of how people in diocesan roles have responded to disclosures of abuse or sharing of concerns.”   

 

When the work has been completed the Archdiocese will publish the report and copies will be made available to survivors.  Anyone who may wish to report on their experience should contact SCIE directly by email at learningtogether@scie.org.uk or by phone on 07921 251614. SCIE will then get in touch to arrange a time to report to the auditors in a way that suits each individual

 

The Bishops have launched the updates Safeguarding Manual ‘In God’s Image’ v 2  

The manual can be read on the BCOS website as a flip book and can be    accessed on  https://www.bcos.org.uk/InGodsImageV2/tabid/131/Default.aspx  Meantime, if anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate in contacting the Safeguarding Team. The newsletter can be found on the BCOS website   https://www.bcos.org.uk/Safeguarding   or by using this link: https://bit.ly/3h4TkiB

 

As always, we should keep wearing face coverings (which is a legal obligation in church anyway), unless exempt and keep sanitising hands. Although we no longer have to practice social distancing we do need to be conscious that some people are more wary, or at a higher risk, than others and make arrangements for them to be able to sit further apart if they wish (e.g. have stewards keep others away from them, or have some seats distanced wider, or have some cards that can people can leave next to them saying “please do not sit too close”).

Track & Trace – ongoing

We will publish more information as and when we receive it.

 

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