Sunday 11th December 2022 Third Sunday of Advent

"Fill us all with Joy!"

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Caring Sunday ~ A second collection will be taken up this weekend for the St. Nicholas Care Fund, which ensures practical help where most needed. Please return Advent Caring Boxes by 15th January. 
 
Masses for Christmas
Christmas Eve 5pm & 9pm (8.30pm Carol Service)
Christmas Day 10am (Children’s Choir) & 12noon

Masses for New Year
New Year's Eve – 5pm
New Year's Day - 10am & 12 noon
 
Advent Confessions in St Andrew’s 6pm – 7pm on Monday 19th December, ( as well as the usual Saturday and Sunday times) and in St Joseph’s at 2pm on Tuesday 20th December 
 
Advent reflection Evening in St Joseph’s - at 7pm Thursday 15 Dec. For anyone who requires transport, please enter your details on the sheet in the porch.
 
Festive Teas and Coffees -Sun 18th Dec.   Please join us for mince pies and tea/coffee/mulled wine in the Upper Hall  after 10am Mass. This month we will be raising funds for the St Nicholas Care Fund, (which helps so many different kinds of good causes).

Gifts for the homeless  ~ we are SO grateful for the incredibly generous donations of gifts for the homeless communities that St Andrew’s parish serves. The gifts will be taken this week by our volunteers to the centres that we visit  and will be very gratefully received before Christmas.   Many many thanks 🙏🙏
Veronica McLaughlin and volunteers

St. Andrew’s Whist Drive Christmas Party will take place on WEDNESDAY 14th December in the Lower Hall, from 2pm – 4:15pm. Tea and coffee and party food will be served. Entry £2. Looking forward to seeing everyone. New members always welcome.
 
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – each Saturday from 10.00am until 11.00am with confessions throughout.Please consider coming to spend time in adoration and prayer.
 
Remember in your prayers – Gemma, Millie and Eleanor who are all journeying through RCIA to receive the Sacraments and become Catholic this Easter.
 
Archbishop Nolan will celebrate a “Month’s Mind” Mass for Archbishop Conti in St Andrew’s Cathedral on Thursday 22nd December at 1pm.  All are most welcome.
 
Drumchapel Foodbank-Holiday Closure   Last delivery before Christmas is Wed 21st Dec. Re-opens 28th/29th Dec for 2 days. Re-opens Wed 4th Jan. More than 30 bags were delivered in week ending Friday 2nd Dec. Many thanks for all donations this year.

To express our thanks for Monsignor Ryan’s 8 years’ faithful service, there will be a celebratory Mass and presentation at the 5pm Vigil next Sat 17th Dec. After Mass - buffet and bar / tea & coffee to which all are most welcome.   If you would like to contribute to a gift for Monsignor, there’s the opportunity via collection boxes in the porch.

St Andrew's is now registered with easyfundraising, which means you can raise FREE donations for the parish every time you shop online. Over 7,000 brands will donate to us when you use easyfundraising to shop with them – at no extra cost to yourself!
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Thank you so much!

Catholic Social Teaching Thought for the Week - Sunday 11 DecemberIt is no use saying that we are born two thousand years too late to give room to Christ. Nor will those who live at the end of the world have been born too late. Christ is always with us, always asking for room in our hearts. Servant of God Dorothy Day 

Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home - Each year sees the disappearance of thousands of plant and animal species which we will never know, which our children will never see, because they have been lost for ever. The great majority become extinct for reasons related to human activity (#33)

Pilgrimage to Knock 18th April 2023.  £699.00 per person sharing.  Price includes flight, all transfers, 4 nights’ in Knock House Hotel with full board.  All entertainment and excursions included.  Contact Patricia on 07740 175557 or email [email protected]. 

St. Andrew’s lunch club -  Thurs 15th  Dec  12.30pm. Great the numbers attending are growing, but it means we are looking for more helpers. If you are able to help please contact Jim Cameron - 01419424439 or 07985129119

The Church is looking to set up a network of counsellors for married couples in difficulty. If you are qualified as a counsellor and would be interested in completing some further training to work in this area, particularly here in Glasgow, please contact 07706 063936.

Before receiving Holy Communion, we are asked to make some preparatory act of reverence such as a bow.

For women affected by separation and divorce – next meeting of this confidential and peer support group is Fri 6thJan  in St Patrick's hall, Dumbarton 6pm - 8pm.  All new members are most welcome.  email: [email protected]

Forthcoming Special Collection –  11th Dec Caring Sunday.

Drumchapel Foodbank. Regularly your donations are dropped off at the foodbank by our parish volunteers. Thanks for continuing to give the foodbank your support.   Our soup-run volunteers continue to collect donations from M&S, Byres Rd & Milngavie for delivery to Drumchapel & St Gregory’s Foodbanks, the Wayside Club & Aspire. 

Parish Bulletin: Items for inclusion should be sent in by 6 p.m. on the Tuesday before publication. Copies of the bulletin are available on Facebook, Twitter, the parish website and the noticeboard in the Church porch.
The bulletin is also emailed to many of our parishioners every Sunday morning. If you do not currently receive it by email and would like to, please complete this form.

SCIAF Real Gifts - why give more jumpers or ties or IT for Christmas?  Give your loved ones an ethical gift that makes a difference.  Visit shop.sciaf.org.uk

Please remember in your prayers those in need, those who are sick and housebound and those in hospital:
Recently Dead: Bobby Caw, Philip Donnelly, Ian Hamilton, Helen Henderson, Mary McIntyre, Alan Russell.
Anniversary: Francis Xavier Deighan, Isabelle Fallon, Maureen McGhee, Fr John McKelvie.

A5 version of the bulletin available on this link

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