Carol Picken receiving the Archdiocesan medal from Archbishop Tartaglia for her sterling work in St Louise over several years.

More pictures can be found here:
St Louise photos

St Louise Solemn Dedication
St Louise Solemn Opening

St Louise was founded on the Sunday before Christmas in 1973 by Fr. Donal Burke. The new church was commissioned in the spring of 1981 and the first Mass celebrated on the Sunday before Christmas, 19 December 1982. The solemn opening took place on Sunday 30 January 1983.

The final Mass in the Church was concelebrated by Parish Priest Fr. Gerard Hill, Canon Patrick Kelly and Archbishop Philip Tartaglia on Sunday 20 November 2016 when the Church was decommissioned and merged with St Vincent de Paul.
You will find a number of photographs of this very poignant service here:
St Louise photos
 
There are also two scanned publications in PDF format for the Solemn Opening and the Order of Service for the Solemn Dedication of St. Louise on Sunday 30 January 1983. Click on these documents to open in a new window.
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Solemn Opening of St Louise, Sunday 30 January 1983

 
The following article was published in Flourish, written by Hugh Quinn
 
Four young parishioners studying at St Mary’s College, Blairs, and a young postulant, Verona Sisters represented the youth of the parish at the opening of St. Louise church Arden, by Archbishop Thomas Winning.
The five young parishioners were chosen to take part in the Offertory procession at the mass celebrated by the Archbishop.
Bishop Charles Renfrew and Bishop Joseph Devine concelebrated the Mass with Father John McKee, parish priest, Father O’Farrell, Father Joseph Murphy and the priest who founded the parish in 1973 Father Donal Burke.
Father McKee said: “After a lapse of nine years it was a wonderful day for the parishioners to at last witness the Archbishop opening their church. It was their day and they deserve to enjoy it.”
The parish was founded in 1973 when the first Mass was celebrated in the parish on the Sunday before Christmas.
Building of the Church, which seats 300, began in 1981 and the first Mass was celebrated on the Sunday before Christmas last year.
The altar, the centre piece of the church will always serve to remind the people their church was built in the year the Pope visited Scotland.
The marble of the altar has as its centre piece a large portion of the papal altar from Bellahouston.
 
The following article was published in the Scottish Catholic Observer
 
Special Date for Arden Mass December 1982
 
The Sunday before Christmas is a very special day in the history of St Louise parish, Arden.
On that day in 1973 the first Mass was celebrated in the parish and now this year on 19 December Parish Priest Fr. John McKee will celebrate the first Mass in their new Church.
The parish are looking forward to the occasion and being able to celebrate Christmas in their Church.
HAPPY
Although Mass will now be celebrated in the Church, work is still going on in the interior. It will not be officially opened until sometime in the New Year.
Parish Priest Father John McKee Said: “I did not know until last week that how important a date 19 December is to the Parish. I didn’t arrange for the first Mass to be on this date, it is just a very happy coincidence.”

The two statues shown below were donated by Fr Hill to Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Cardonald when St Louise was closed. They continue to be on display in the school.
The statues were originally donated by the Coia family to St Louise Parish when it opened in 1983