and all my being, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits."
A day of fast and abstinence.
Mass in St Nicholas' at 1.30pm for staff and pupils.
During Lent
Rosary – Monday – Friday 9.30am
Stations of the Cross Fridays at 6pm
Saturday Adoration – 10 – 11am Confessions throughout
Sunday Confessions – 9.15 – 9.45am
SCIAF Wee Box – pick up a pack from the porch
Alms Giving 2nd Collection – for sick and retired priests
Short Term Pledge Pledge Prayer cards available in the porch.
During Lent the Rosary will be prayed from Monday to Friday at 9.30am. Stations of the Cross are on Fridays at 6pm.
Adoration for Lent: Do come and spend some time each week to be still before God at our Saturday Adoration.
If shopping at the cross, or out for a coffee, pop in to St Andrew's for some quiet prayer.
Have a heart to heart with God each Saturday during Lent from 10am until 11am , with Confessions throughout. Sunday Confessions will be from 9.15am until 9.45am.
A Lent Challenge ~ Donations boxes will be available 4th/5th March and we ask that you bring along these items (clean please) and drop them off before or after Mass.
Adoration for Vocations – 1st Saturday of each month prayers will be offered for an increase in vocations to the priesthood, consecrated life and the permanent diaconate. 10.00am till 11.00am. Please consider coming to spend time in adoration and prayer.
Preparing for Confirmation - Meeting for St Nicholas' parents - Thursday 23rd Feb at 6.30pm in St Nicholas’.
Please note too that there will also be a meeting for all parents whose children are being Confirmed this year - Tuesday 28th Feb at 6.30pm in St Andrew’s.
To all P3, P4 & P7 parents ~ SAS (St Andrew’s Squad)
P3 ~ Sundays 5th, 12th March & 23rd April. All 9.00am – 9.45am in the upper hall.
P4 ~ Sundays 16th April & 7th May. All 9.00am – 9.45am in the upper hall.
P7 ~ SAS & St Joseph’s CatClub 16th Apr 3 – 5pm in St Andrew’s
Coffee Morning— Please do come in today after 10 am Mass, for tea, coffee and some delicious home baking. This month we are raising funds for Fr Mathew Parumoottil’s parish school in India. He runs the school to improve the children’s employment prospects and, in India, every penny counts for them.
St. Andrew’s Whist Drive this Wednesday Feb 22 in the Lower Hall, 2pm – 4:15pm. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served. Entry £3. Looking forward to seeing everyone. New members always welcome.
Messengers Meeting Mon 6 March Lower Hall - all Messengers are asked to attend this meeting at 7.30 p.m. and Area Leaders at 7.00 p.m. to prepare their Easter Reachouts. Thank You.
Aged 16-35? RCAG Youth invites you to join them for a weekly (Tuesdays) Zoom group, starting 7th March (1900-2030). Reflect on Christ’s Passion and Death by looking at the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary ~ engaging video inputs, discussion, and prayer. Register your spot! https://tinyurl.com/RCAGLent2023
Calling all young people S1 – S6 FORMED meets monthly – Next meeting Fri 3rd March, 17:30-19:30. Run by AoG Youth ~ an opportunity to meet in the archdiocesan offices to meet, chat and pray together. To find out more and to register your young person, go to www.rcagyouth.co.uk
Fr Mackle
Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home - Many of the world’s coral reefs are already barren or in a state of constant decline. It is aggravated by the rise in temperature of the oceans. (#41)
Day of Prayer for those who have suffered abuse ~ Friday 24th February. Throughout the day the rosary will be recited every hour on the hour through to 5pm, with Stations of the Cross at 6pm. The annual Safeguarding Statement is on our social media.
Between now and Easter, remember in your prayers, Gemma, Millie and Eleanor who are journeying through RCIA to receive the Sacraments and become Catholic this Easter.
Piety Stall still looking for a few more volunteers especially for the 10am Mass – if you could spare 10 mins after this Mass to help, please call Anne MacIntosh 931-5861 or Annamaria Strachan 942-9799.
If your PVG was issued in 2018 or earlier, please get in touch with our Parish Safeguarding Coordinator, Clare Thompson, at [email protected]. If you need help checking your date, Clare will be happy to assist. The Archdiocese seeks updates on volunteer PVG Scheme membership every five years.
You can raise FREE donations for the parish every time you shop online. Take a moment to sign up at https://tinyurl.com/standrews-easyfundraising
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/by email link (to all those on the Parish database) and on the noticeboards in the Church porch and the Church grounds.
For women affected by separation and divorce – confidential and peer support Fri 3rd March St Patrick's, Dumbarton 6-8pm. [email protected]
Drumchapel Foodbank. 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 each night from M&S for delivery to Drumchapel & St Gregory’s Foodbanks, the Wayside Club & Aspire
Recently Dead: Michael Kenworthy Browne, Frank Byrne, Pat Clancy, Anne Docherty, Hector Fernandez, Stuart Gray, Sylvia Guidi, Betty Kokholm, Sister Margaret Mary, Maisie McKenna, Theresa McLaren, Norah Mochan, Janette Norman, Kenneth O’Connor, John Oswald, Michael Tracey, Evelyn Wright, Isobel Jamieson.
Anniversary: Bobbie Bradley, Eileen and Tom Carragher, May Filbin, Anne Lawson, Walter McCarron, Irene Rankin.