Sunday 14th December 2025 Third Sunday of Advent (Year C)

"Fill us all with Joy!"
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UPDATE ON MASSES/SERVICES – 
Due to Fr. John being on Sick Leave, the following schedule of Masses/Services will continue and be reviewed at the end of January 2026. Many thanks for your understanding and please keep Fr. John in your prayers.
​There is a little flyer in the porch with these details on it. If you haven't already done so, pick one up and for anyone you know.
 
 St Andrew's, Bearsden. 

• Vigil Mass (Saturday evening) - 5.30p.m. 
• Sunday Morning Mass - 10a.m. with Confessions before Mass from 9.10a.m. to 9.40a.m.
• If you wish to speak to Fr. Michael on Sunday mornings, it would be good to do this after Confessions have finished. 
• Eucharistic Service - Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday - 10a.m. 
• Masses - Thursday and Friday-10a.m. 

CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Wednesday, 17th December

• ​Advent Confessions from 6p.m.-7p.m.

Christmas Eve

• Vigil Mass - 5p.m.
• Carol Service - 8.30p.m
• 'Midnight' Mass at 9p.m.

Christmas Day

• Mass - 10.30a.m.
• No Mass Boxing Day. 

New Year's Day Mass

• Mass 10a.m.
• No Mass 2nd January.

 
Saturday mornings Holy Hour

• 10a.m.-11a.m.
• This usually takes place every Saturday and you are welcome to pop in for whatever amount of time you can give.

 
St Joseph's, Milngavie. 

• Vigil Mass - 4p.m. Confessions from 3.30p.m. to 3.40p.m. 
• Sunday Morning Mass - 11.30a.m. 
• Mass - Monday - 10a.m. 
• Eucharistic Service - Wednesday and Friday - 9.30a.m.

CHRISTMAS SERVICES

• Christmas Eve - Vigil Mass– 5.30p.m and 7.30p.m. 
• Christmas Day - 10a.m. 
• New Year’s Day Mass – 11.30a.m. 
• Christmas Masses in St. Joseph's this year will be celebrated by Canon Joe McAuley and Canon George Bradburn.

Plate Collections. 
7/12/25. 

• Plate - £855.
• Gift Aid £4,577.33
• Standing orders £ 372.00 - for November 2025.   
• Many thanks. 
• ​There will be a second collection this weekend, 13th/14th December. This is the St Nicholas Care Fund (Caring Sunday) and helps those who are in need. 
• If you wish, Advent Care Boxes are in the porch for you to take away and fill up for those in need. Return them to the church when full.

 
Advent Prayer - God of hope and love, fill me with your hope, that I may always reach out to others with joy.
 
LAST COFFEE MORNING OF THE YEAR

• Sunday 14th December. 
• Please join us for mince pies, tea/coffee/mulled wine in the Upper Hall after 10a.m. Mass.
• This month we will be raising funds for the St Nicholas Care Fund. Last month we raised an amazing  £527 for The White Lily Fund!
• Thanks to all our wonderful bakers/helpers/parishioners for your continued support and generosity.
• We wish you all the compliments of the season, Veronica and David Maguire.

 
THE FIRST 29 CLUB DRAW

• Sunday, 14th December at the Coffee Morning after 10a.m Mass.
• Good luck to all who have entered!

 
FireCloud Nativity 2025
Make the most of Advent by coming to see the Christmas story brought to life in music and drama.

• Sunday 14th December, 7pm (Doors open 6.30p.m.) St. Margaret’s Church, Clydebank, G81 1AE.
• Tuesday 16th December, 7.30p.m. (Doors open 7.00p.m.) St. Flannan's Church, Kirkintilloch, G66 2HY

Lunch Club A special invite to all for the Christmas Lunch Club.

• Thursday, 18th December, 12.30–2.30 p.m. in the Upper Hall.
• As always everyone is very welcome.
• Come along, bring a friend, a neighbour, a family member and enjoy a Christmas lunch with carols, mince pies and good fun for all in good company.
• Come along and start Christmas happily!

 
Confessions in the Cathedral on Tuesday, 16th December from 9am to 5pm.
 
Our parish Advent Service for Peace

• Friday, 19th December at 6.30p.m. followed by a short festive celebration with refreshments in the Upper Hall.
• This service is organised by the Youth Ministry Team whose spirits would be raised by a good turn-out of families and friends to spend a brief moment of calm together at this busy time.
• Please join us!

 
Advent Appeal for Christmas Gifts  - your help needed to make it happen! 
Please leave in the porch 12th – 14th December: 
Glasgow’s Homeless men or women.

• Either a gift bag with all items below OR in box provided, any of items below:
• Socks/underwear
• Scarf/gloves
• Toiletries - toothbrush/paste, shampoo, shower gel, shaving foam/ razor, deodorant,
• Selection box
• Book
• Christmas card

Many thanks   Veronica McLaughlin and team

Catholic Social Teaching Thought for the Week –Sunday 14 December (Nearest Sunday to International Migrants Day (18 December)) 
The émigré Holy Family of Nazareth, fleeing into Egypt, is the archetype of every refugee family. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, living in exile in Egypt to escape the fury of an evil king, are, for all times and all places, the models and protectors of every migrant, alien and refugee of whatever kind who, whether compelled by fear of persecution or by want, is forced to leave his native land, his beloved parents and relatives, his close friends, and to seek a foreign soil. 
Pope Pius XII, Exsul Familia Nazarethana
 
Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home
If we reflect on the proper relationship between human beings and the world around us,…. the question arises as to the meaning and purpose of all human activity. This has to do not only with manual or agricultural labour but with any activity involving a modification of existing reality, from producing a social report to the design of a technological development. (#125)
 
Children's choir dates

• 14th December
• 21st December
• 25th December.
• If your child is not in St Nicholas and would like to join, please contact Annamaria Strachan ([email protected]) 07749 715514 for details.

 
The Knights of Saint Columba (KSC) invite all youth and young people (4 -18 Years) to actively participate in the National Youth and Young People’s Competition 2025-2026. 
Competitions include 

• 1. Christmas Photography (Deadline: Monday, 12th January 2026) 
• 2. Nativity Scene Painting (Deadline: Monday, 12th January 2026)
• 3. Easter Scene Painting (Deadline: Monday, 27th April 2026)
• 4. Easter Photography (Deadline: Monday, 27th April 2026)
• 5. Prayer Composition (Deadline: Wednesday, 6th May 2026)
• 6. Essay Writing (Deadline: Wednesday, 6th May 2026).

The respective competition rules and further details are found on tinyurl.com/KSCYouthYoungCompetition2526 
For more info contact: [email protected]
 
SSVP at the Ozanam Centre 

• Are looking exclusively for boy’s/men’s jackets, jeans and trainers as these are in high demand just now.  
• They must be clean and wearable, not ruined.  
• The sort of thing that has just been grown out of.
• Contact [email protected] and we will come and uplift. 

 
SCIAF Real Gifts 

• It’s that time of year again!  
• If your children want a puppy for Christmas, surprise them with a GOAT from SCIAF!  
• Give your loved ones an ethical gift that makes a real difference to people who need it the most.  
• Visit sci-fi.org.uk/realgifts  or see the catalogue on the notice board.

Saint Carlo Acutis.

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Parish Bulletin

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​Please remember in your prayers those in need, those who are sick and housebound and those in hospital.
Recently Deceased: Kathleen Campbell (nee Kennedy), David McCusker, Fred McDermott, Mary McPolin and Johnny O'Toole.
Anniversaries: Isabelle Fallon, Bernard Ruddy and Greta Ward.
Month’s Mind: Veronica Cutliffe.