Sunday 28th June 2026 The Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (Year A)

​"You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church."

ST ANDREW'S, BEARSDEN.
Vigil Mass - Saturday 5.30p.m.

• Confessions - 4.45p.m. - 5.10p.m.

Sunday Morning Mass - 10a.m.

• Confessions - 9.10a.m - 9.40a.m.

Weekday Masses for this week:

• Monday, Thursday and Friday at 10a.m.

Eucharistic Service:

• Tuesday and Wednesday at 10a.m.

Rosary:

• Monday to Friday 9:30a.m.

Saturday Adoration:

• 10a.m. - 11a.m. 

ST JOSEPH'S, MILNGAVIE.
Vigil Mass - Saturday 4p.m. 

• Confessions - 3.30p.m. to 3.40p.m. 

Sunday Morning Mass - 11.30a.m.

From 8th to 24th July, Fr. John Lyons will celebrate the weekend Masses. I know you will make him very welcome.
​During this time, if you need to arrange a Funeral or Sick Call you are asked to phone the chapel house and will be directed from there.
During this period there will be no weekend confessions and one weekday Mass which will be announced by Fr. John.
 
PLATE COLLECTION:

• 21/6/26 - £900.
• SECOND COLLECTION: Day for Life/ Pro Life £925. Many thanks.

​There will be a Second Collection this weekend, 27th/28th June for Peter’s Pence.
 
Lunch Club - As the St. Andrew’s lunch club starts its summer break till September, it's a massive thank you to all the volunteers / helpers who make the lunch club such a success. Your efforts are much appreciated.
 
THE 29 CLUB SUMMER DRAW: Congratulations to the Winners of the 29 Club Summer Draw which took place at the Coffee morning last Sunday.

• 1st Prize (£1000) Kevin Began
• 2nd Prize (£250) Christine Caulfield
• 3rd Prize (£250) Patricia Guidi
• 4th Prize (£100) Agnes M. Donnelly
• 5th Prize (£100) Hannah Mackay.

​ We will be sending out renewals in October and there will be an opportunity for new members to join the 29 Club.

Catholic Social Teaching Thought for the Week – 28th June 2026 Not all of us can prevent a war; but most of us can help ease sufferings — of the body and the soul. Dr Ruth Pfau, Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
 
Laudato Si’ Quote - integral ecology We are faced not with two separate crises, one environmental and the other social, but rather with one complex crisis which is both social and environmental. Strategies for a solution demand an integrated approach to combating poverty, restoring dignity to the excluded, and at the same time protecting nature. (#139).
 
“The Men of St Joseph".

• The Men of St Joseph wish to invite all men over the age of 18 to join them for monthly fellowship meetings, including the Rosary and Lectio Divina.
• Meetings are held on the 1st Thursday of each month.
• The next meeting is 2nd July, 7:30-p.m., in The Ogilvie Centre, to the left of St Aloysius church, 25 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RE.
• Contact: [email protected]

 
Remember Vocations - Saturday 4th July - Eucharistic Adoration for Vocations to the Priesthood, 10 -11am, with Exposition, Rosary and Benediction. Have you noticed there seems to be fewer priests to serve parishes these days.  Is that because not many people are praying for Vocations?  Is it because so few parishioners visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and pray the Rosary for Vocations?  Why don’t you come and “Pray the Lord of the harvest to send more labourers into the harvest”? 

PARISH PADRE PIO GROUP:

•  Meets for prayers in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel at St Andrews, Roman Rd
  
• 2p.m. on the first Monday of each month.
  
• Next meeting will be on Monday, 6th July 2026. 

 
Carfin Bus: 

• Monday 13th July, leaving Milngavie Station at 6.15pm.  
  
• If you would like to join the Legion of Mary in their Monthly Pilgrimage to Carfin enter your name on the sheet in the Porch.
  
• Cost of the bus is £10. 
  
• Arriving back at Milngavie Station around 10.00pm. Further information please contact Kevin Began.

 
Join the Catholic Medical Association!

• Whether you are a doctor, nurse, student, or allied professional — if you are a Catholic in healthcare, join us to grow in fellowship, prayer and formation together.
• For more information & upcoming events, visit: https://catholicmedicalassociation.org

 
CHURCH DECORATION: Remember the church will be painted during the month of August. Practical details of what this means will follow shortly.
 
'We Are Mission' handout is in the porch and free of charge.
 
Is anyone interested in looking after the parish library which is located in the porch? It would involve changing the books, putting old ones away, etc. If interested, please see Fr. Michael.
 
Legion of Mary are looking for new members to help with the work they are involved in within the Parish.  We meet every Monday in the Hut at 6.00 p.m. for 1.5 hours.  If interested please come along and join us to find out more about our work or alternatively, phone Ann on 07988258977 for more information.
 
Concert Celebrating the Completion of the Renovation of St Peter’s Partick: 

• To mark the completion of an extensive renovation programme, the Ensemble Harmonia Mundi will present Dietrich Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri in Saint Peter’s, Partick at 4.00 pm on 28th June, the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
  
• The performance brings together artists from Scotland, Italy and Hungary.
  
• Widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of seventeenth-century sacred music, Membra Jesu Nostri is a deeply moving cycle of seven cantatas reflecting on the Passion of Christ through music.
  
• Admission is free, with donations welcomed.

 
St Gerard Majella:

• The Redemptorists around the world are celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of St Gerard Majella, an Italian lay-brother popularly invoked as The Mother's Saint.
  
• As part of this his relics will be visiting the heart of Edinburgh: St Patrick's Church, which was once home to a Redemptorist Community.
  
• It will take place on Saturday 18th July, with the entrance of the relics at 10am, time for personal prayer, and a Mass at 12:30pm.
  
• Fr Royston Price CSsR is organising the event and can be contacted for more details at [email protected].

 
March for Life UK 2026: In partnership with SPUC you are invited to join Bishop John Keenan on his coach to London for March for Life UK 2026.

• Departing midnight Friday 4 September from Paisley St Mirin's Cathedral, with a pickup 12.30am at Glasgow St. Andrew's Cathedral.
  
• Arriving in London at Emmanuel Centre approx. 7.30/8am Saturday 5 September for the Exhibition, Mass, talks and stall.
  
• Departing on Saturday 5 September at approx. 6:00pm, dropping off at Glasgow and Paisley. £30pp.
  
• For further details, visit https://rcdop.org.uk/marchforlife2026

 
Plastic Free July:

• Annual campaign encouraging people to cut down on single-use plastics throughout the month of July.  
  
• The goal is to raise awareness of plastic pollution and empower everyone to make small, sustainable changes - such as choosing reusable bags, bottles, and containers - that add up to a significant positive impact.  
  
• More information/resources: Plastic Free July – Be Part of the Plastic Pollution Solution

 
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]

Parish Bulletin:

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• 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.​​ To subscribe or update your email on the database please follow this link.​

Please remember in your prayers those in need, those who are sick and housebound and those in hospital.
Recently Deceased: Denis Gallacher, Anne Hagan, Jim Harkin, Krystyna Kennedy, Andreas Lahmer, John McCarron, Maureen Shillinglaw and Jean Young.
Anniversaries: Bridget Baillie, Cecilia Cameron, Joan Mackie, John McCrossan, Anne Parker and Charles Whitelaw.

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