"Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart
and yield a harvest through perseverance."
Please note that due to holidays, there will be no parish Bulletin for the weekends of 27th July and 3rd August 2025. Anniversary requests and any notices still relevant will be included in the next available edition.
Mass & Confession Schedule Changes
(Due to Fr. Lyons’ Sick Leave)Starting 12th/13th July:
Weekend Masses
📌 If Fr. Michael is on holiday, weekday Mass changes will be announced.
📌 Pick up a handout with these changes as you leave—keep it handy!
📌 This arrangement will last at least three months. Thank you for your understanding.
(Due to Fr. Lyons’ Sick Leave)Starting 12th/13th July:
Weekend Masses
- St. Andrew’s, Bearsden
- Saturday Vigil: 6:00pm
- Sunday: 10:00am (Confessions from 9:10am)
- St. Joseph’s, Milngavie
- Saturday Vigil: 4:30pm (Confessions from 4:00pm)
- Sunday: 11:30am
- St. Joseph’s: Monday, 10:00am
- St. Andrew’s: Thursday & Friday, 10:00am
- St. Joseph’s: Vigil Mass at 7:00pm
- St. Andrew’s: 10:00am
📌 If Fr. Michael is on holiday, weekday Mass changes will be announced.
📌 Pick up a handout with these changes as you leave—keep it handy!
📌 This arrangement will last at least three months. Thank you for your understanding.
Funeral Arrangements for Cecilia Cameron.
If any are left, there are pictures of Pope Leo for you in the porch and are free of charge.
Peregrinatio Pro Christi (Travelling for Christ): Every year some members of the Legion of Mary volunteer to take part in a Peregrinatio Pro Christi project (PPC) to another country. This year on Monday 14th July, a team will travel to Helsinki in Finland sharing their faith with all those they meet. It can often be very difficult work and is supported by the many prayers being said by those at home. We would like to invite you to pray for this project which concludes on Thursday 24th July.
COLLECTIONS: 12th/13th July:
If you are new to the parish, there is a little sheet for you to fill in at the back of the church. If you wish, take it home, fill it in and give it to Fr. Michael or put it through the letter box of the chapel house.
The Lower Hall will be closed from this Tuesday for at least a week while a new floor is put down. The Upper Hall will be out of bounds this Sunday and Monday for the same reason.
- Reception: Wednesday, 23rd July at 6:30p.m.
- Mass: Thursday, 24th July at 10a.m.
If any are left, there are pictures of Pope Leo for you in the porch and are free of charge.
Peregrinatio Pro Christi (Travelling for Christ): Every year some members of the Legion of Mary volunteer to take part in a Peregrinatio Pro Christi project (PPC) to another country. This year on Monday 14th July, a team will travel to Helsinki in Finland sharing their faith with all those they meet. It can often be very difficult work and is supported by the many prayers being said by those at home. We would like to invite you to pray for this project which concludes on Thursday 24th July.
COLLECTIONS: 12th/13th July:
- Plate - £683
- June collection of Gift Aid - £5,565.33
- Standing Orders - £507.00.
- Second Collection: This weekend, 19th/20th July for the Sisters of St Peter Claver.
- As always, many thanks.
If you are new to the parish, there is a little sheet for you to fill in at the back of the church. If you wish, take it home, fill it in and give it to Fr. Michael or put it through the letter box of the chapel house.
The Lower Hall will be closed from this Tuesday for at least a week while a new floor is put down. The Upper Hall will be out of bounds this Sunday and Monday for the same reason.
Catholic Social Teaching Thought for the Week – 20th July 2025
But I want you to make yourselves heard in your dioceses, I want the noise to go out, I want the Church to go out onto the streets, I want us to resist everything worldly, everything static, everything comfortable, everything to do with clericalism, everything that might make us closed in on ourselves. Pope Francis, Address to Rio WYD Pilgrims from Argentina, 25 July 2013
Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home – If architecture reflects the spirit of an age, our megastructures and drab apartment blocks express the spirit of globalized technology, where a constant flood of new products coexists with a tedious monotony. Let us refuse to resign ourselves to this, and continue to wonder about the purpose and meaning of everything. Otherwise we would simply legitimate the present situation and need new forms of escapism to help us endure the emptiness. (#113)
World Day for Grandparents & the Elderly – next Sunday 27th July 2025 To celebrate this day, the National Marriage, Family and Life Commission invites everyone to St. Francis Xavier’s, Carfin for Mass at 3p.m. with Bishop John Keenan. Come along and enjoy this inter-generational event.
St. Andrew’s Whist Drive will take place on Wednesday 30th July, in the Lower Hall, from 2p.m. – 4:15p.m. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served. Entry £3. Looking forward to seeing everyone. New members always welcome.
Pilgrimage to pray for the Beatification of The Venerable Margaret Sinclair will take place on Sunday, 21st September in St. Partick's Church, Cowgate-Edinburgh. For more details please see the poster in the porch.
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.
Piety Stall rota Could you occasionally help with serving in the Piety Stall? We are particularly short of volunteers for the 10a.m. Sunday morning Mass – if you could sometimes spare 10 minutes after this Mass to help, we’d be most grateful. The rota sheet for July, August and September is on the door of the Piety Stall.
Meantime, our sincere thanks to everyone who regularly volunteers to assist with running the stall. Any questions please call Anne MacIntosh 07866 009078 or Annamaria Strachan 07749 715514.
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.
FINAL YEAR AT SCHOOL? Like to do the Caritas Award? The Award celebrates the faith witness which Caritas candidates give within their home, school and parish. For more information, speak to Fr Michael and visit https://sces.org.uk/caritas-award/
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!
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. Many thanks.
S.P.U.C. There are little cards from the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child for you to pick up at the back of the church if you are interested in receiving more information about their work and supporting it.
The Church is open until 5p.m. Monday to Saturday. Call in and enjoy the peace and quiet and take time to sit in the stillness in the silence of God.
Tea is served in the hut after daily Mass/Services Monday to Thursday. All most welcome.
Support for Drumchapel Foodbank. Drumchapel Foodbank is particularly in need of extra donations during the summer holidays when school meals are not provided, and many families are under additional pressure to provide for their children. Non-perishable food items are always gratefully received. Please place in the box in the Church porch during usual opening times. Our rota is always looking for more foodbank volunteer drivers. If you can help, please contact [email protected]. Thank you for continuing to give the foodbank your support.
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.
But I want you to make yourselves heard in your dioceses, I want the noise to go out, I want the Church to go out onto the streets, I want us to resist everything worldly, everything static, everything comfortable, everything to do with clericalism, everything that might make us closed in on ourselves. Pope Francis, Address to Rio WYD Pilgrims from Argentina, 25 July 2013
Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home – If architecture reflects the spirit of an age, our megastructures and drab apartment blocks express the spirit of globalized technology, where a constant flood of new products coexists with a tedious monotony. Let us refuse to resign ourselves to this, and continue to wonder about the purpose and meaning of everything. Otherwise we would simply legitimate the present situation and need new forms of escapism to help us endure the emptiness. (#113)
World Day for Grandparents & the Elderly – next Sunday 27th July 2025 To celebrate this day, the National Marriage, Family and Life Commission invites everyone to St. Francis Xavier’s, Carfin for Mass at 3p.m. with Bishop John Keenan. Come along and enjoy this inter-generational event.
St. Andrew’s Whist Drive will take place on Wednesday 30th July, in the Lower Hall, from 2p.m. – 4:15p.m. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served. Entry £3. Looking forward to seeing everyone. New members always welcome.
Pilgrimage to pray for the Beatification of The Venerable Margaret Sinclair will take place on Sunday, 21st September in St. Partick's Church, Cowgate-Edinburgh. For more details please see the poster in the porch.
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.
Piety Stall rota Could you occasionally help with serving in the Piety Stall? We are particularly short of volunteers for the 10a.m. Sunday morning Mass – if you could sometimes spare 10 minutes after this Mass to help, we’d be most grateful. The rota sheet for July, August and September is on the door of the Piety Stall.
Meantime, our sincere thanks to everyone who regularly volunteers to assist with running the stall. Any questions please call Anne MacIntosh 07866 009078 or Annamaria Strachan 07749 715514.
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.
FINAL YEAR AT SCHOOL? Like to do the Caritas Award? The Award celebrates the faith witness which Caritas candidates give within their home, school and parish. For more information, speak to Fr Michael and visit https://sces.org.uk/caritas-award/
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!
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. Many thanks.
S.P.U.C. There are little cards from the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child for you to pick up at the back of the church if you are interested in receiving more information about their work and supporting it.
The Church is open until 5p.m. Monday to Saturday. Call in and enjoy the peace and quiet and take time to sit in the stillness in the silence of God.
Tea is served in the hut after daily Mass/Services Monday to Thursday. All most welcome.
Support for Drumchapel Foodbank. Drumchapel Foodbank is particularly in need of extra donations during the summer holidays when school meals are not provided, and many families are under additional pressure to provide for their children. Non-perishable food items are always gratefully received. Please place in the box in the Church porch during usual opening times. Our rota is always looking for more foodbank volunteer drivers. If you can help, please contact [email protected]. Thank you for continuing to give the foodbank your support.
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: Eileen Cairns, Cecilia Cameron, Nancy Currie, Campbell Forsyth, Gerard Humphries and Merle Van Spall.
Anniversaries: John Carey and Alexander McNeill.
Recently Dead: Eileen Cairns, Cecilia Cameron, Nancy Currie, Campbell Forsyth, Gerard Humphries and Merle Van Spall.
Anniversaries: John Carey and Alexander McNeill.
Please note that due to holidays, there will be no parish Bulletin for the weekends of 27th July and 3rd August 2025. Anniversary requests and any notices still relevant will be included in the next available edition.
