"Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit;
to God who is, who was, and who is to come."
to God who is, who was, and who is to come."
A HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all concerned.
COLLECTIONS: 7th / 8th June
SECOND COLLECTION: There will be a second collection for Pro-Life this weekend of 14th/15th June and for Peter's Pence on weekend of 28th/29th June.
Pastoral Area: Bearsden/Milngavie. Due to Fr. Lyon's being on Sick Leave, from July, I have been asked to attend any funerals at St. Joseph's. Please note – this year, we will not be having the Summer Timetable of Masses, the parish will continue with Masses/ Services the way we have been doing at the moment. I will be away later in the year, so changes of Masses/ Services will be given nearer the time. Fr Michael.
Sunday 15th June, Dungavel Solidarity Gathering - Every year around Refugee Week, Justice & Peace Scotland join with other organisations for a solidarity witness gathering outside Dungavel IRC, ML10 6RF, near Strathaven, South Lanarkshire. Join us at 1.00pm for readings, reflections and to advocate for human dignity over indefinite detention.
Day for Life 2025 - Sunday 15 June. Every year the Church marks a 'Day for Life' in which we are asked to consider the value of, and threats to, life in all its stages. This year’s theme is Hope does not Disappoint: Finding meaning in Suffering. Find out more at rcag.org.uk to explore the theme and the message for the day.
Lunch Club The next meeting of the lunch club is this Thursday 19th June, 12.30pm -2.30p.m. in the Upper Hall. As always everyone is very welcome. Come along bring a friend, a neighbour, a family member and enjoy lunch “in a warm friendly environment".
Together For Sanctuary – Immaculate Conception, Maryhill – Thurs 19th June, 7pm Justice & Peace Scotland invite you to Together for Sanctuary, a special ecumenical Christian worship service held as part of Refugee Festival Scotland. Organised in partnership with SFAR (Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees), this gathering will bring together people of all backgrounds to stand in solidarity with those who seek sanctuary for a time of prayer, worship, music and reflection.
On Sunday 22nd June The Nuncio will preside at the 12 noon Mass in Saint Andrew’s Cathedral.
The Nuncio will also lead the Blessed Sacrament Procession in Croy which begins with a welcome at Holy Cross Church at 3.45 pm, followed by the Eucharistic Procession through the Village from 4.00 pm, returning to the Church for Benediction around 5.15 pm.
Refugee Festival Scotland, 13-22 June, is back with a packed programme for you to enjoy! Celebrate the music, dance, food, art, language and ideas that people bring with them when they settle in Scotland. There’s something for everyone! Check out the Scottish Refugee Council website on this link for details of more than 150 events taking place.
SPRED - Thank you very much to those who bought raffle tickets for the annual SPRED fundraiser. Thanks also for generous donations of money and items for the tombola at the annual SPRED Ceilidh in St Philomena's, Provanmill on Friday 13th June where the Grand Raffle was drawn. St Andrew's had a Winner!!!! Guided tour of Celtic Park for 4. Well done!!!!!
Our own SPRED parish group, which consists of parishioners from St Andrew's and St Joseph's is actively looking for friends who have special needs aged 21 plus and volunteers who would be interested in training in order to keep this vital parish based ministry going forward. Further information from Lorna Donnelly, St Andrew's SPRED group.
Pause For Thought - God of hope and love, remind me that the internet is not all there is in my quest for wisdom.
COLLECTIONS: 7th / 8th June
- Plate - £983
- Standing Orders - £592
- Gift Aid- £4,906.33.
SECOND COLLECTION: There will be a second collection for Pro-Life this weekend of 14th/15th June and for Peter's Pence on weekend of 28th/29th June.
Pastoral Area: Bearsden/Milngavie. Due to Fr. Lyon's being on Sick Leave, from July, I have been asked to attend any funerals at St. Joseph's. Please note – this year, we will not be having the Summer Timetable of Masses, the parish will continue with Masses/ Services the way we have been doing at the moment. I will be away later in the year, so changes of Masses/ Services will be given nearer the time. Fr Michael.
Sunday 15th June, Dungavel Solidarity Gathering - Every year around Refugee Week, Justice & Peace Scotland join with other organisations for a solidarity witness gathering outside Dungavel IRC, ML10 6RF, near Strathaven, South Lanarkshire. Join us at 1.00pm for readings, reflections and to advocate for human dignity over indefinite detention.
Day for Life 2025 - Sunday 15 June. Every year the Church marks a 'Day for Life' in which we are asked to consider the value of, and threats to, life in all its stages. This year’s theme is Hope does not Disappoint: Finding meaning in Suffering. Find out more at rcag.org.uk to explore the theme and the message for the day.
Lunch Club The next meeting of the lunch club is this Thursday 19th June, 12.30pm -2.30p.m. in the Upper Hall. As always everyone is very welcome. Come along bring a friend, a neighbour, a family member and enjoy lunch “in a warm friendly environment".
Together For Sanctuary – Immaculate Conception, Maryhill – Thurs 19th June, 7pm Justice & Peace Scotland invite you to Together for Sanctuary, a special ecumenical Christian worship service held as part of Refugee Festival Scotland. Organised in partnership with SFAR (Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees), this gathering will bring together people of all backgrounds to stand in solidarity with those who seek sanctuary for a time of prayer, worship, music and reflection.
On Sunday 22nd June The Nuncio will preside at the 12 noon Mass in Saint Andrew’s Cathedral.
The Nuncio will also lead the Blessed Sacrament Procession in Croy which begins with a welcome at Holy Cross Church at 3.45 pm, followed by the Eucharistic Procession through the Village from 4.00 pm, returning to the Church for Benediction around 5.15 pm.
Refugee Festival Scotland, 13-22 June, is back with a packed programme for you to enjoy! Celebrate the music, dance, food, art, language and ideas that people bring with them when they settle in Scotland. There’s something for everyone! Check out the Scottish Refugee Council website on this link for details of more than 150 events taking place.
SPRED - Thank you very much to those who bought raffle tickets for the annual SPRED fundraiser. Thanks also for generous donations of money and items for the tombola at the annual SPRED Ceilidh in St Philomena's, Provanmill on Friday 13th June where the Grand Raffle was drawn. St Andrew's had a Winner!!!! Guided tour of Celtic Park for 4. Well done!!!!!
Our own SPRED parish group, which consists of parishioners from St Andrew's and St Joseph's is actively looking for friends who have special needs aged 21 plus and volunteers who would be interested in training in order to keep this vital parish based ministry going forward. Further information from Lorna Donnelly, St Andrew's SPRED group.
Pause For Thought - God of hope and love, remind me that the internet is not all there is in my quest for wisdom.
Catholic Social Teaching Thought for the Week – 15 June (Nearest Sunday before World Refugee Day (20 June)) The Church’s concern is focused especially on those fleeing from war, violence, political or religious persecution, from natural disasters including those caused by climate change, and from extreme poverty. Christus Vivit, 91
Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home - To seek only a technical remedy to each environmental problem which comes up, is to separate what is in reality interconnected, and to mask the true and deepest problems of the global system. (#111)
RCIA PROGRAMME: Interested in becoming a Catholic? Please get in touch. The programme of learning and instruction will begin after summer and prepares adults for the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. Please speak to Fr Michael, if you would like to know more.
FUNDRAISING. The parish is looking to set up a new fundraising body along the same principles as the 29 Club. We are in the process of working this out, so please be patient. I hope you will continue to support this new fundraising activity as you have in the past.
Jubilee Service. Each Deanery in the diocese has been asked to take part in a Jubilee Service at the Cathedral this year. Our date is 15th September at 7p.m. Along with St. Joseph's, Milngavie, we have been asked to arrange transport if possible. Therefore, if you are interested in attending, there is a sheet in the porch for you to sign. If there are sufficient numbers we would try to hire a bus. Could you please sign up by the end of June.
"We Are Mission" handout is in the porch for anyone interested to take away and is free of charge.
Support Group for Catholic Women Affected by Separation and Divorce - The next meeting of our support group for women affected by separation and divorce is Friday, 27th June in The Immaculate Conception Church Hall, Maryhill, from 6.00p.m. to 8.00p.m. We have a variety of ways that women can reach out before the meeting: Twitter: @GAWomenSupport, Facebook: Faith Living (Archdiocese of Glasgow) email: [email protected]
The latest Justice & Peace Scotland newsletter is now available on www.j&pscotland.org.uk
The latest newsletter from National Marriage, Family and Life Commission is available on https://marriagefamilyandlife.org.uk/newsletter/
New Altar Servers. If you would like to be a Server, please ask your Parents/Guardians to speak to Fr Michael. The more the merrier - I think!
Children's choir dates: 15th June. If your child is not in St Nicholas and would like to join, please contact Annamaria Strachan ([email protected]) 07749 715514 for details.
Primary 1 Welcome Event for children starting St. Nicholas Primary School in August 2025 will take place on Sunday, 22nd June in St. Andrew's Church Hall, from 1p.m. to 3p.m. Open to all families to drop in for activities, pre-loved uniforms available, refreshments and P6 'buddies' to introduce themselves.
Parish Bulletin: Items for inclusion should be sent to [email protected] by 5p.m. on the Tuesday before publication and should not exceed 80 words. The Parish Bulletin is available weekly on our website/by email for all those on our Parish database and on the noticeboard in the Church porch.
Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home - To seek only a technical remedy to each environmental problem which comes up, is to separate what is in reality interconnected, and to mask the true and deepest problems of the global system. (#111)
RCIA PROGRAMME: Interested in becoming a Catholic? Please get in touch. The programme of learning and instruction will begin after summer and prepares adults for the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. Please speak to Fr Michael, if you would like to know more.
FUNDRAISING. The parish is looking to set up a new fundraising body along the same principles as the 29 Club. We are in the process of working this out, so please be patient. I hope you will continue to support this new fundraising activity as you have in the past.
Jubilee Service. Each Deanery in the diocese has been asked to take part in a Jubilee Service at the Cathedral this year. Our date is 15th September at 7p.m. Along with St. Joseph's, Milngavie, we have been asked to arrange transport if possible. Therefore, if you are interested in attending, there is a sheet in the porch for you to sign. If there are sufficient numbers we would try to hire a bus. Could you please sign up by the end of June.
"We Are Mission" handout is in the porch for anyone interested to take away and is free of charge.
Support Group for Catholic Women Affected by Separation and Divorce - The next meeting of our support group for women affected by separation and divorce is Friday, 27th June in The Immaculate Conception Church Hall, Maryhill, from 6.00p.m. to 8.00p.m. We have a variety of ways that women can reach out before the meeting: Twitter: @GAWomenSupport, Facebook: Faith Living (Archdiocese of Glasgow) email: [email protected]
The latest Justice & Peace Scotland newsletter is now available on www.j&pscotland.org.uk
The latest newsletter from National Marriage, Family and Life Commission is available on https://marriagefamilyandlife.org.uk/newsletter/
New Altar Servers. If you would like to be a Server, please ask your Parents/Guardians to speak to Fr Michael. The more the merrier - I think!
Children's choir dates: 15th June. If your child is not in St Nicholas and would like to join, please contact Annamaria Strachan ([email protected]) 07749 715514 for details.
Primary 1 Welcome Event for children starting St. Nicholas Primary School in August 2025 will take place on Sunday, 22nd June in St. Andrew's Church Hall, from 1p.m. to 3p.m. Open to all families to drop in for activities, pre-loved uniforms available, refreshments and P6 'buddies' to introduce themselves.
Parish Bulletin: Items for inclusion should be sent to [email protected] by 5p.m. on the Tuesday before publication and should not exceed 80 words. The Parish Bulletin is available weekly on our website/by email for all those on our Parish database and on the noticeboard in the Church porch.
Please remember in your prayers those in need, those who are sick and housebound and those in hospital.
Recently Dead: Ella McPhail, Rea Trelenburg, Marysia Zoitoski, Clare McCourt and Sr. Elizabeth Dickson (Sr Elizabeth played the organ at the Vigil Mass on some occasions and had a close association with St. Andrew's primary).
Anniversaries: Maurice Anthony Brewston, Terry Grogan, Brian Kennedy, Mary McIlroy, Gerald O’Hara and Tom Smith.
Recently Dead: Ella McPhail, Rea Trelenburg, Marysia Zoitoski, Clare McCourt and Sr. Elizabeth Dickson (Sr Elizabeth played the organ at the Vigil Mass on some occasions and had a close association with St. Andrew's primary).
Anniversaries: Maurice Anthony Brewston, Terry Grogan, Brian Kennedy, Mary McIlroy, Gerald O’Hara and Tom Smith.
