Sunday 15th September 2024 Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

"Your brother was dead and has come to life again;
he was lost and has been found.”
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​Thank you - I wish to thank everyone for their very warm welcome last weekend. Hopefully, you will be patient as I find my way around! Fr. Michael.
 
St A 29 renewal letters – Help Save Postage Please!!! St A Finance Team members will be at back of Church before and after Mass this weekend with renewal letters to hand for our Parish 29 Club subscribers. Many thanks for your continued support over the past 40 years in raising around £500,000 for our Church.  Prizes comprise (40%) with the remainder spent on Church Building Projects, Pilgrimage Support and to Charities both at home and abroad - All of this Thanks to Your Support!! ​

Season of Creation events
A Creation Sunday Service will be held on 15th September at 4pm, organised by Glasgow Churches Together in Pollokshaws Parish Church, when we pray with Christian Aid for the Future of Our Planet.

A Zoom event is scheduled for Thursday 19th September, 7 - 8.30 pm "To Hope and Act With Creation: rooted in Laudato Si and Laudate Deum". Join this session to discern how the insights of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical Laudato Si' and his 2023 apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum can lead us to hope and act with creation. You can register on this link https://ymlpcl1.com/8ca5fewmaoaeqshjakawhqaoae/click.php

Pro-Life Mass: The monthly Pro-Life Mass will take place on Wednesday, 18th September at 7.30pm at Holy Cross, 113 Dixon Ave, G42 8ER. Adoration begins at 6.15pm. Tea in the hall afterwards – all welcome. The celebrant will be Fr John Gannon.

Bearsden Festival: Plans are coming together for our Community day on 5th October. 
We have had a great response from societies and clubs wanting to take tables at the societies fair. 
In addition we have some fabulous craft tables with Pauline Muir Ceramics, Blackwood Art Studio, the Wee Crafty Shack, Wee Silver Leaf jewellery and more all selling their goods. 
There will be Operation Play Outdoors for kids, a face painter, BB pipe band, live jazz music from Allon Beauvoisin and his band, a tasty cake stall from Café Crème, hot filled rolls from the BBs and a toy swap! 
https://www.bearsdenfestival.org

​Lunch Club The next lunch club meeting is this Thursday 19th September 12.30-2.30p.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".
 
Youth Ministries Team - National Youth Pilgrimage | Sat 21st Sept |S1s – 35. Join Archbishop Nolan, Archbishop Cushley, the Youth Office and young people from across the country for a walking pilgrimage through the streets of Glasgow City Centre, recalling the saints that walked them before us, concluding with Mass in St. Andrew’s Cathedral. 12.30p.m – 5.00p.m. Please contact the Youth Team via [email protected] if you would like to join us and we will make all arrangements.
 
A door entry system will be fitted to the Lower Hall at the end of the month. Any parishioner who feels they may require access to the Lower Hall or Crypt, should send an email detailing the days and times that access is required along with the reason for access. Requests should be sent to [email protected].

​Catholic Social Teaching Thought for the Week - Peace is principally the attainment of the common good in society at its different levels, primary and intermediary, national, international and global. Precisely for this reason it can be said that the paths which lead to the attainment of the common good are also the paths that must be followed in the pursuit of peace. Pope Benedict XVI, Message for World Day of Peace 2013
 
Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home – The ultimate purpose of other creatures is not to be found in us. Rather, all creatures are moving forward with us and through us towards a common point of arrival, which is God, in that transcendent fullness where the risen Christ embraces and illumines all things. (#83)
 
Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society. The Irish War of Independence 1919-1921 by Robert Lynch. Monday, 7th October 2024 at 7.30pm. Lower Hall, St. Andrew's Church, Bearsden. Visitors £4.
 
Crafternoon will now be on Saturday 2nd November. The date has been changed to accommodate more participants and to cover an even broader spectrum of activities. Just in time to get more ideas and hints on creating handmade Christmas gifts for your loved ones!
 
The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology is an annual, month-long season when Christian communities celebrate our faith in God Creator and act in unity to care for our common home. Go to seasonofcreation.org for details on how to participate in the global movement to care for God's gift of
creation!
 
St Andrew's Embroidery group will be raising money for the mental health charity, Men Matter Scotland, at this year's Christmas fair. We are looking for donations of any Christmas decorations you no longer need for up cycling and selling. Donations can be left in the pine cupboard to the right of the organ. Any queries:  [email protected]
 
Choir dates. 15th September, 10th November, 8th, 15th and 25th December. Any children not in St Nicholas' who would like to join the choir please contact Annamaria Strachan on 0141 9429799/07749715414 or email [email protected].
 
The Legion of Mary. Can you spare a few hours each week?  If so, we would love your help in our work of supporting the Parish Priest in pastoral work.  If you would like to know further about our work and have a little chat about what we do, please phone Ann on 07988 258977.
 
Pastoral Area - Fr Currie retires on 22nd September after 12 years in St Joseph's and over 50 years in parishes in the Archdiocese. We look forward to welcoming to the Pastoral Area, Fr John Lyons, who will take up his post next month as the new PP of St Joseph’s.
 
Calling all First Communicants - like to become a Server, join the Children’s Choir or become a reader? Mum and dad do get in touch.
 
ARE YOU IN SECONDARY SCHOOL? The Youth Ministries Team would like to gather information on what we can do for YOU! We know that involvement in church life can diminish or even stop when you transition to Secondary School. To help us re-establish this link and provide what you want or need as you journey through your teens and into adulthood, please complete the questionnaire at https://forms.gle/sE2eBJN1ZdodHCgF6  
 
Bee a Knitter has started up again at St. Joseph’s Church, Milngavie, Buchanan Street entrance. Sundays. 1-3p.m. Learn to knit. Absolute beginner’s class. All ages welcome. All materials supplied. Limited places as one instructor/three learner ratio. Donation to Marie Curie. Tea and coffee served. Call or text Veronica for more info: 07884 468212.
 
Supermarket Surplus - Our volunteers collect donations every evening from M&S Milngavie and deliver to St Gregory’s, Wyndford Foodbank and Aspire West End which helps people get back on their feet. If you are interested in volunteering or even providing occasional holiday cover, please get in touch with Veronica McLaughlin by email at -  [email protected]
 
For women affected by separation and divorce - confidential and peer support Friday 5th October Immaculate Conception Church Hall, Maryhill 6-8p.m.[email protected].
 
Tea is served in the hut after daily Mass Monday to Thursday. All most welcome.
 
Before receiving Holy Communion, we are asked to make some act of reverence such as a bow.
 
Regarding young children who haven’t made their First Communion being given a blessing at Communion time. Parents who wish their child to receive a blessing must come forward, please, in the Communion line to the priest or deacon. Many thanks.
 
You can raise FREE donations for the parish every time you shop online. Take a moment to sign up at https://tinyurl.com/StAndrewsBearsden2023.
 
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: Frances Bennett, Stephen Callaghan, Stephen Clark, Teresa Forde and Paul Morton.
Anniversaries: Mary Murphy.

A4 version of the bulletin is on this link and below.