"The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower.
All who come to him will live forever."
All who come to him will live forever."
These past weeks have been a great joy for our parish community welcoming over 160 young people and their families for the First Holy Communion & Confirmation Masses. A huge thanks to all who were involved in the organisation, the preparations and the participation of the Masses, and we pray that the blessings of the mystery of the Eucharist and Confirmation will stay with the boys and girls for a long time to come.
Just a reminder to all P4, P7 & S1 families that if you haven't registered yet for the booking process for Mass, it's easy to do. Just click on this link.
Congratulations go to the Pope Francis Faith Award P7 champions. All PFFA candidates have been successful and will be receiving their award this Tuesday at St Nicholas’s Primary School. This is great news for the school and both parish communities.
For P5, it is time to start thinking about becoming a candidate. Invitations to enrol will be going out in the new school term, and parish sign up will be arranged at that time too.
Walk, Cycle or Scoot to the Vigil or Sunday Mass next weekend 19th / 20th June - An opportunity to take climate change action! Thinking about the air that we breathe and doing our bit to make it cleaner.
St Nicholas' P7 Leavers’ Masses
P7(2) in St Andrew's at 1.15pm on Monday 21st June
P7(1) in St Joseph's at 1.15pm on Tuesday 22nd June.
We pray for the P7 pupils as they prepare to start high school, that they will grow and flourish and always remain faithful to Christ.
As the Scottish Government and East Dunbartonshire Council are not permitting parental involvement at end of school year events, these Masses are for pupils only. The Masses, however, will be live streamed with each family being given a password link.
Primary 7 Leavers' Parties! These will take place in St Andrew’s Hall for P7(1) on Monday 21st June, and for P7(2) on Wednesday 23rd June. Organisers are busy getting these celebrations arranged.
Are you interested in becoming Catholic? Or do you know someone who is? If you or someone you know are interested in becoming Catholic, or if you know anyone who might be interested in the Church, why not sign up for St Andrew's RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)? This group – which meets from after summer through to Easter / Pentecost each year – is for those who are interested in becoming Catholic. No commitment is made until fairly late in the annual process. For more information, call 942 4635 or [email protected]
Year of St Joseph - Don't forget you can write out your petitions and place them under the sleeping St Joseph statue in the church grounds. It's also possible to send in your special petitions by post in a sealed envelope.
Catholic Social Teaching Thought for the Week – 13 June ~ Indeed, “from the heart of the Gospel we see the profound connection between evangelisation and human advancement”. For Christian communities, this entails a clear commitment to the justice of God’s kingdom through work for the advancement of those who have been “discarded”.
Querida Amazonia, para 75
Bishops’ Pastoral Letter celebrating the 6th anniversary of Laudato Si is on the J&P Scotland website and available here Justice & Peace Scotland - Pastoral Letter on 6th Anniversary of Laudato Si (justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk)
Catholic Social Teaching in Practice There are many ways to turn interest in Catholic Social Teaching into a loving praxis that transforms people and ultimately the world. Please take a look at this blog on the Justice & Peace Scotland website which tells the story of how you can exercise this teaching in your own pluralistic local community.
Catholic Social Teaching: From the Global to Local Praxis
St Andrew’s Church The 29 Club 2021 Summer Double Draw
Our latest Draw took place with Social Distancing at the Church on
31 May 2021. To the Winners below ... Enjoy!!
£1000 : No. 154 : Betty & Barry Heenan
£1000 : No. 96 : Judith Taylor
£100 : No. 7 : Bernadette & Derek MaArthur
£100 : No. 61 : Patricia & Allan Gibson
£100 : No. 37 : Teresa & Jim Cullen
£100 : No. 51 : Sylvia & Sergio Guidi
£100 : No. 57 : Dorothy MacLean
£100 : No. 127 : Anne Marie McNicol
£100 : No. 53 : Margaret MacDougal
£100 : No. 3 : Christina Mayer
Many thanks to Fr Joe and Maureen Jackson for making the draw.
To all you 29 Club members Thank You for your great support!! … and have a safe and happy Summer wherever you may be..
All proceeds from The 29 Club are used to support our Parish Development Fund and various charitable causes.
Vacancies are available for the new season starting in the Autumn. Membership remains at £6 per month or £65 per annum.
Come and Join Us !! - (spaces available now!!)
Contact Brian Donnelly on 07484 707750 or Father Mackle on 942-4635.
Just a reminder to all the families of our First Communicants and Confirmandi ~ If you haven't registered yet for the booking process for Mass, it's simple and easy to do.
Go to this page. Register just once, and book each time you want to come to Mass.
Bishops’ Pastoral Letter celebrating the 6th anniversary of Laudato Si is on the J&P Scotland website and available here Justice & Peace Scotland - Pastoral Letter on 6th Anniversary of Laudato Si (justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk)
SPRED Open Hour Have you ever wondered about the work of SPRED in support of parishioners who have learning disability? Have you ever wanted to know about volunteering with SPRED or how SPRED could help someone you know? Please join us on Zoom for one of our open hours on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th June at 7 p.m. when we will share with you what we do, introduce you to some of our volunteers and answer any questions you may have. To receive your zoom invitation please email [email protected] or send a Facebook message to @GlasgowSPRED.
Children’s Liturgy: each week in the form of a video of the week’s Gospel reading. Available at : https://www.rpbooks.co.uk/celebrate-following-your-faith This is an excellent resource in these exceptional times of no public Masses with children’s liturgy.
Safeguarding: Attention all volunteers who work in the parish with children and vulnerable adults. If you have still to attend Safeguarding Induction Part 1 and/or Part 2, please contact the archdiocese at [email protected] or call 0141 226 5898 to book. Courses run until September.
Just a reminder ~ Confessions are now being heard again back in the church – Saturdays 4.15pm – 4.45pm & Sunday 9.15am – 9.40am, and on request.
Drumchapel Foodbank. Regularly your donations are dropped off at the foodbank by our parish volunteers. Thanks for continuing to give the foodbank your support.
Parish Website – Bulletin - Just to say that on the latest page and the bulletin page, a subscribe button has been added which allows users to have a daily summary sent each morning with the previous day's posts. If you don't use social media, but would like to be kept posted, then all that's asked for is your email address – you can unsubscribe at any time – it's all clearly marked.
Parish Bulletin: Any items for inclusion in the bulletin (including names for recently dead, month's mind and anniversary lists) should be put through the letter box of the Chapel House or sent by email: [email protected] by12noon on the Wednesday before publication. Copies of the bulletin are available on Facebook, Twitter and on the parish website.
Recently Dead – Mr Cumming, Stephen Farrell, Mary McIlroy, Bridie McKay.
Anniversaries – Raymond Allan, Bridie Best, Michael Fox, John McAuley, Margaret McCallum.
Just a reminder to all P4, P7 & S1 families that if you haven't registered yet for the booking process for Mass, it's easy to do. Just click on this link.
Congratulations go to the Pope Francis Faith Award P7 champions. All PFFA candidates have been successful and will be receiving their award this Tuesday at St Nicholas’s Primary School. This is great news for the school and both parish communities.
For P5, it is time to start thinking about becoming a candidate. Invitations to enrol will be going out in the new school term, and parish sign up will be arranged at that time too.
Walk, Cycle or Scoot to the Vigil or Sunday Mass next weekend 19th / 20th June - An opportunity to take climate change action! Thinking about the air that we breathe and doing our bit to make it cleaner.
St Nicholas' P7 Leavers’ Masses
P7(2) in St Andrew's at 1.15pm on Monday 21st June
P7(1) in St Joseph's at 1.15pm on Tuesday 22nd June.
We pray for the P7 pupils as they prepare to start high school, that they will grow and flourish and always remain faithful to Christ.
As the Scottish Government and East Dunbartonshire Council are not permitting parental involvement at end of school year events, these Masses are for pupils only. The Masses, however, will be live streamed with each family being given a password link.
Primary 7 Leavers' Parties! These will take place in St Andrew’s Hall for P7(1) on Monday 21st June, and for P7(2) on Wednesday 23rd June. Organisers are busy getting these celebrations arranged.
Are you interested in becoming Catholic? Or do you know someone who is? If you or someone you know are interested in becoming Catholic, or if you know anyone who might be interested in the Church, why not sign up for St Andrew's RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)? This group – which meets from after summer through to Easter / Pentecost each year – is for those who are interested in becoming Catholic. No commitment is made until fairly late in the annual process. For more information, call 942 4635 or [email protected]
Year of St Joseph - Don't forget you can write out your petitions and place them under the sleeping St Joseph statue in the church grounds. It's also possible to send in your special petitions by post in a sealed envelope.
Catholic Social Teaching Thought for the Week – 13 June ~ Indeed, “from the heart of the Gospel we see the profound connection between evangelisation and human advancement”. For Christian communities, this entails a clear commitment to the justice of God’s kingdom through work for the advancement of those who have been “discarded”.
Querida Amazonia, para 75
Bishops’ Pastoral Letter celebrating the 6th anniversary of Laudato Si is on the J&P Scotland website and available here Justice & Peace Scotland - Pastoral Letter on 6th Anniversary of Laudato Si (justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk)
Catholic Social Teaching in Practice There are many ways to turn interest in Catholic Social Teaching into a loving praxis that transforms people and ultimately the world. Please take a look at this blog on the Justice & Peace Scotland website which tells the story of how you can exercise this teaching in your own pluralistic local community.
Catholic Social Teaching: From the Global to Local Praxis
St Andrew’s Church The 29 Club 2021 Summer Double Draw
Our latest Draw took place with Social Distancing at the Church on
31 May 2021. To the Winners below ... Enjoy!!
£1000 : No. 154 : Betty & Barry Heenan
£1000 : No. 96 : Judith Taylor
£100 : No. 7 : Bernadette & Derek MaArthur
£100 : No. 61 : Patricia & Allan Gibson
£100 : No. 37 : Teresa & Jim Cullen
£100 : No. 51 : Sylvia & Sergio Guidi
£100 : No. 57 : Dorothy MacLean
£100 : No. 127 : Anne Marie McNicol
£100 : No. 53 : Margaret MacDougal
£100 : No. 3 : Christina Mayer
Many thanks to Fr Joe and Maureen Jackson for making the draw.
To all you 29 Club members Thank You for your great support!! … and have a safe and happy Summer wherever you may be..
All proceeds from The 29 Club are used to support our Parish Development Fund and various charitable causes.
Vacancies are available for the new season starting in the Autumn. Membership remains at £6 per month or £65 per annum.
Come and Join Us !! - (spaces available now!!)
Contact Brian Donnelly on 07484 707750 or Father Mackle on 942-4635.
Just a reminder to all the families of our First Communicants and Confirmandi ~ If you haven't registered yet for the booking process for Mass, it's simple and easy to do.
Go to this page. Register just once, and book each time you want to come to Mass.
Bishops’ Pastoral Letter celebrating the 6th anniversary of Laudato Si is on the J&P Scotland website and available here Justice & Peace Scotland - Pastoral Letter on 6th Anniversary of Laudato Si (justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk)
SPRED Open Hour Have you ever wondered about the work of SPRED in support of parishioners who have learning disability? Have you ever wanted to know about volunteering with SPRED or how SPRED could help someone you know? Please join us on Zoom for one of our open hours on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th June at 7 p.m. when we will share with you what we do, introduce you to some of our volunteers and answer any questions you may have. To receive your zoom invitation please email [email protected] or send a Facebook message to @GlasgowSPRED.
Children’s Liturgy: each week in the form of a video of the week’s Gospel reading. Available at : https://www.rpbooks.co.uk/celebrate-following-your-faith This is an excellent resource in these exceptional times of no public Masses with children’s liturgy.
Safeguarding: Attention all volunteers who work in the parish with children and vulnerable adults. If you have still to attend Safeguarding Induction Part 1 and/or Part 2, please contact the archdiocese at [email protected] or call 0141 226 5898 to book. Courses run until September.
Just a reminder ~ Confessions are now being heard again back in the church – Saturdays 4.15pm – 4.45pm & Sunday 9.15am – 9.40am, and on request.
Drumchapel Foodbank. Regularly your donations are dropped off at the foodbank by our parish volunteers. Thanks for continuing to give the foodbank your support.
Parish Website – Bulletin - Just to say that on the latest page and the bulletin page, a subscribe button has been added which allows users to have a daily summary sent each morning with the previous day's posts. If you don't use social media, but would like to be kept posted, then all that's asked for is your email address – you can unsubscribe at any time – it's all clearly marked.
Parish Bulletin: Any items for inclusion in the bulletin (including names for recently dead, month's mind and anniversary lists) should be put through the letter box of the Chapel House or sent by email: [email protected] by12noon on the Wednesday before publication. Copies of the bulletin are available on Facebook, Twitter and on the parish website.
Recently Dead – Mr Cumming, Stephen Farrell, Mary McIlroy, Bridie McKay.
Anniversaries – Raymond Allan, Bridie Best, Michael Fox, John McAuley, Margaret McCallum.