Sunday 19th October 2025 Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)

"Tell his glory among the nations;
among all peoples, his wondrous deeds."
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Due to Fr. Lyons being on Sick Leave, the new system of Masses/Services is now in place until further notice.
St Andrew's, Bearsden

• Vigil Mass (Saturday) - 6p.m.
• Mass Sunday morning - 10a.m.
• Confessions before Mass beginning at 9.10a.m.

St Joseph's, Milngavie

• Vigil Mass (Saturday) - 4.30p.m.
• Confessions beginning at 4p.m. until 4.20p.m.
• Mass Sunday morning - 11.30a.m.

 
For The Diary

• Fr. McNulty will be here from Tuesday, 21st October until Thursday, 6th November.
• Like before, he will cover weekend Masses in both parishes, funerals and sick calls.

Mass during the week will be:

• Monday, 3rd November for All Souls at 10am in Bearsden and 7pm in Milngavie.
• Friday, 7th November at 10am in Bearsden.
• Apart from this and any funerals, during the week it will be Eucharistic Services like last time. If you have to arrange a funeral during this time, please call the Chapel House and your call will be directed.

 
COLLECTIONS:

• Plate Collection: 12/10/25 - £.680. Many Thanks. 
• There will be a Second Collection this weekend, 18th/19th October for the Missions.
• There is a handout for you to take away at the back of the church.

 
REQUEST- When handing in the names of those Recently Deceased/Anniversaries, could you PRINT the person's name in BLOCK CAPITALS please?
 
COFFEE MORNING, THIS SUNDAY 19th October

• Please join us in the Upper Hall, after 10a.m. Mass, for tea, coffee and some delicious home baking.
• This month we are raising funds for Alzheimer’s Research.
• Many thanks to all who helped raise the sum of £190 for Caritas at September’s coffee morning.

 
Centenary Mass in Honour of Venerable Matt Talbot:

• You are warmly invited to join us for a special Mass to celebrate the life and legacy of Venerable Matt Talbot, a man of faith, prayer, and hope.
• Saturday, 25th October 2025 at 1:00pm in St Andrew’s Cathedral, 196 Clyde St, Glasgow G1 4JY.

 
“29 CLUB IS BACK!

• Guaranteed Jackpot of at least £1,000 twice a year (first draw this Christmas!) with other prizes to be won. £8 per month or £85 annually to play.
• Contact us at [email protected] or see us after selected weekend Masses throughout October.
• All funds help the parish or go to good causes. Good Luck!”

Catholic Social Teaching Thought for the Week - 19th October 2025

• "Among our tasks as witnesses to the love of Christ is that of giving a voice to the cry of the poor, so that they are not abandoned to the laws of an economy that seems at times to treat people as mere consumers."

 Pope Francis, Address to Archbishop Justin Welby, 14 June 2013
 
Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home

• We need to develop a new synthesis capable of overcoming the false arguments of recent centuries.
  
• Christianity, in fidelity to its own identity and the rich deposit of truth which it has received from Jesus Christ, continues to reflect on these issues in fruitful dialogue with changing historical situations. In doing so, it reveals its eternal newness. (#121)

 
P3 Parents 

• Those intending to present their child for the Sacrament of Reconciliation during Lent 2026, please collect an enrolment form from the Sacristy before or after Mass.

P4 Parents 

• No requirement to re-enrol for First Holy Communion.
• Your form and all the details on it from last year (P3) will automatically roll on to the P4 list. 

All forms are to be returned, please, by Sunday, 2nd November 2025.
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A Rachel's Vineyard Retreat for spiritual and emotional healing after abortion.

• Glasgow on Monday, 27th to Wednesday 29th October.
  
• This confidential, supportive retreat is powerful for anyone who has been affected by their own or someone else’s abortion experience.
  
• For more information, please call/text Sr Andrea on 07816 942824 or email at [email protected].
  
• For more details, see www.rachelsvineyard.org.u

 
Visiting Care Homes

• Extraordinary Ministers visit care homes within the parish to take communion to residents
  
• If you have a friend or relative in a local care home who would like to receive communion and does not currently, please let Fr Maloney know their details.

 
October Rosary

• Please join the Legion of Mary each Sunday throughout October, at 4.30pm in the Church to say the Rosary for all our needs - individual, family, community and country, and to give thanks for all our Blessings.

 
Before receiving Holy Communion

• We are asked to make some act of reverence such as a bow.

Support Group for Catholic Women Affected by Separation and Divorce
The next meetings of our support group for women are: 

• Friday, 24th October and Friday 14th November
  
• The Immaculate Conception Church Hall, Maryhill, from 6.00pm to 8.00pm. 
  
• New members are welcome to this confidential support group, run by women who have come through this experience themselves, for The Archdiocese of Glasgow.
  
• For further information email: [email protected]

Pause for Hope: An Ecumenical Service for all people affected by Cancer.

• Sunday 26th October at 4p.m. in Croftfoot United Free Church, 349 Carmunnock Road, G44 5HH.
• Reflection by Rev Leslie Edge, Chaplain to the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice.
• You will hear of the work of the Hospice and a collection will be taken up for the vital work of the Hospice.
• You will have the opportunity to light a candle and leave a prayer intention for yourself or people you know who have been affected by cancer.
• Please join us for refreshments, information and chat afterwards.

 
Please attend SPUC’s Candlelight Procession to ensure these precious lives are not forgotten.

• Thursday 30th October
• SPUC's Candlelight Procession will leave John Street at Glasgow City Chambers at 6:30pm, heading toward St Andrew's Cathedral.
• There will then be the praying of the Rosary in the Cathedral at 7pm, followed by Mass at 7:30pm.

 
AGAP Theatre National Tour: "Pilgrim of Hope"

• A solo comedy play inspired by the letter of Pope Francis for the Jubilee Year.
• Written and performed by Stephen Callaghan.
• Following great reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe, the production is touring parishes and schools.
• Glasgow show on Friday 14th November in Sacred Heart Church Hall, Cumbernauld.
• Tickets and remaining tour dates: http://www.agap.org.uk/pilgrimofhope/

 
The St Andrew’s Parish Christmas Fair

• Saturday 15th November after the Vigil Mass and
• Sunday 16th November after 10a.m. Mass.
• As always, all of the profit made by the Piety Stall goes to Church funds.
• If you run a group in the parish and would like to host a stall please contact either Anne MacIntosh (07866 009078) or Annamaria Strachan (07749 715514) before Sunday 26th October to confirm.

 
FORMED | Monthly | S1–S6 | RCAG Youth Office 

• Run by the Archdiocesan Youth Office, FORMED gives young people in S1–S6 the opportunity to meet monthly and explore their faith in relationship with Jesus, the Church, and one another through engaging activities, inspiring teachings, times of prayer, and small groups with their peers!
• To find out more and to register, visit: https://www.rcagyouth.co.uk/

 
Praying for Peace really works!

• Did you notice that the day after the day that J&PS and the Bishops’ Conference asked us to dedicate as a day of prayer (7 October) for peace in the Holy Land and to light a candle for Peace and for an end to suffering in the region, that the Israel - Hamas ceasefire deal was announced?

 
​Parish Bulletin

• Items for inclusion should be sent to [email protected] by 5p.m. on the Tuesday before publication, maximum 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 Deceased: Robert Casey, Graham Hunter, Aileen Scott and Brian Shields.
Anniversaries: Fr William Donnelly and Maureen Morton.