St Andrew's RC Church Bearsden
Follow us!
  • Home
  • Services
  • Bulletin
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Piety Stall
    • Wedding
    • Mass Cards
    • Sympathy
    • Thinking of You
    • First Holy Communion
    • Confirmation
    • Mothers Day
    • Easter
  • Youth Ministry
  • Gallery
  • Meditation Corner
  • Contact
  • Online Services
  • General Info
    • Church Halls
    • Links
    • Reachout
    • Video
    • Justice and Peace Scotland
    • Groups
    • Fabric & Finance
    • Parish Register
    • PPC
    • Safeguarding

Sunday 29th May 2022 Seventh Sunday of Easter

28/5/2022

0 Comments

 
Picture
​"Go and teach all nations, says the Lord;
I am with you always, until the end of the world."

Sunday Rosary for the Month of May at 4.30pm. 

The church is open on Fridays until 5pm, and on Saturdays until the 5pm vigil. Call in and enjoy the peace and quiet, and take time to sit in the stillness in the silence of God. Teas / coffees are served in the Hut after daily Mass. All most welcome.

This Sunday is World Communications Day. Pope Francis has chosen ‘Listen’ as its theme.  “In the search for truth, Catholic communicators must learn how to listen above all else …….The pandemic has struck and wounded everyone, and everyone needs to be heard and comforted. Listening is also fundamental for good information.……The search for truth begins with listening……in order to grow professionally communicators too need to listen a great deal as every dialogue, every relationship begins with listening”  Find the full text of the Pope’s letter at Vatican.va.   A collection will be taken up for the apostolate of communications.

First Holy Communion Party ~ All the boys and girls and their families are invited to come together for a Thanksgiving Mass at 10am next  Sunday 5th June followed by a big celebratory First Holy Communion Party in the upper hall. 
​
Here are our first communicants 2022
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Here's a great wee Carlo Acutis video produced for all the boys and girls celebrating their First Holy Communion this year.     https://youtu.be/RGqx_wzL6xc
Picture
Before receiving Holy Communion, we are asked to make some preparatory act of reverence such as a bow.

Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated next weekend 4th & 5th June at 2pm. Keep our young parishioners in your prayers.
 
A huge amount of thanks to Gordon Reid, who, after almost 15 years is retiring from being our halls' Letting Secretary. This is richly deserved, as it is a voluntary role within the parish which Gordon has fulfilled faithfully week in week out by looking after the halls' diary taking numerous bookings for various occasions over the years, as well as attending to the regular lets. Nicola Quinn has very kindly agreed to take over the role of Letting Secretary, and I am very grateful to Nicola for her willingness to serve in this important area of our parish's life and mission.  As email details for hall bookings are likely to change, we’ll keep you posted, but the bookings number 07528425698 will remain the same.
 
New P1 Welcome afternoon – Sunday 12 June 2- 3.30pm in the hall.  Teas / coffees , juice & cakes will be served. An opportunity for new P1 families to get together before starting school, and an introduction to St Joseph’s and St Andrew’s  links with St Nicholas’, along with, of course,  some fun and games.
 
P7 leavers’ Party – Friday 17th June in St Andrew’s, plus Leavers’ Mass – 21st June in St Nicholas’ – more details soon.  

Thanks to all who took part in the Big Plastic Count. Let’s hope that all the data being submitted will persuade the Government that too much single use plastic is being produced and that they will set ambitious targets to reduce and replace it with reusable alternatives.
 
Laudato Si -- On Care for Our Common Home  Besides, we know that approximately a third of all food produced is discarded, and “whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of the poor”.[#29] 
 
Next Carfin Bus ~ Monday 13th June from Milngavie Railway station 6pm. Price £8. 
 
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament  Saturdays 10am – 11am. Confessions throughout

​Confessions – Also on Saturdays 4.15pm – 4.45pm & Sundays 9.15am – 9.40am 
 
Next Special Collections – Pro-Life 5th June; Peter’s Pence 26th June.

The Pope's Twitter (@Pontifex
​
and
The Pope's Instagram (@Franciscus) 
and
The Pope’s monthly video
Great resources of contemporary commentary by the Holy Father on current issues.
​Our Summer Double Draw took place in the Church House on 25 May 2022 drawn by our Parish St A. SPRED Group Catechists and Friends.
Picture
Winners:
£1000 : No. 32 : Alan & Jacqueline Burke
£1000 : No. 145 : Brenda & Stephen Murray
£100 : No. 91 : Anne O’Hagan
£100 : No. 64 : Kathleen & Tommy Thompson
£100 : No. 15 : Alison & Chris Low
£100 : No. 130 : Paul Donnelly
£100 : No. 125 : Lorraine McMillan
£100 : No. 16 : Margaret McCauley
£100 : No. 146 : Gerry & Margaret Boyle
£100 : No. 100 : Frances Donnelly
All proceeds from The 29 Club are used to support our Parish Development
Fund and various charitable causes. Vacancies are available for the new season
starting in the Autumn. Membership remains at £6 monthly or £65 annual.
Come and Join Us !! - (spaces available now!!)
Contact Brian Donnelly on 07484 707750 or Fr Joe Mackle on 942-4635.
Catholic Social Teaching Thought for the Week - 29th May
Picture
Drumchapel Foodbank. Regularly 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 from M&S, Byres Rd & Milngavie for delivery to Drumchapel & St Gregory’s Foodbanks, the Wayside Club & Aspire. 

Parish Website – On the latest page and bulletin pages, click on subscribe for a daily summary of the previous day's posts.

Parish Bulletin: Items for inclusion should be sent in by 12 Noon on the Wednesday before publication. Copies of the bulletin are available on Facebook, Twitter, Instgram, the parish website and on our exterior noticeboard.

Some items of information from the archbishop:
Good News ~ we look forward to a summer full of ordinations. 
With three Ordinations to the Priesthood: 
  • Edward Toner in St Paul’s, Shettleston, on 8th July
  • Frank McKendry in Holy Cross, Croy, on 22nd July 
  • Douglas Green in the Cathedral on 15th September. 
And two Ordinations to the Permanent Diaconate
  • Paul Brady in St Robert’s, Househillwood
  • Tony Murphy in Cumbernauld. (dates to be confirmed) 
Archdiocesan Offices, 196 Clyde Street ~ We are still in discussions with the Bishops’ Conference about their occupying part of the Archdiocesan Offices. This is just one of two options that the Conference is currently considering. 
St Andrew’s Drive ~ It is hoped that the sale of the former episcopal residence will be completed within the next few weeks. 
Parish Rationalisation ~ Fr Andrew McKenzie has been asked to lead a team that will look again at previous discussions about parish rationalisation with a view to a wider archdiocesan discussion. It is important that our focus is on evangelisation and that any restructuring keeps that in mind.

Calling all youth and young adults in St Joseph’s and St Andrew’s: Join with others your age across the Archdiocese of Glasgow on an experience of a lifetime, the World Youth Day trip to Lisbon in 2023. There is a minimum age 16 from February 1, up to the age of 35 at the time of the trip. Details of costs and dates will be advised soon. Please let our youth ministry team know by emailing standrewsbearsdenyouth@gmail.com and the AoG youth team by going online to https://tinyurl.com/wyd2023. Both parishes will happily assist with fundraising/sponsorship.

Mass to Commemorate 100 years of Legion of Mary. Today Sunday 29th May 3p.m. at Carfin Grotto.  All most welcome. Bus will leave at 2.00 p.m. from Milngavie Train Station. Rosary, Procession and Benediction 5 p.m. 

PlayDays Learning ~ Saturday Mornings in St Andrew’s Hall, Bearsden for aged 1 to 5. For full details email playdayslearning@gmail.com wdraft2018@gmail.com
​
Synod ~ 2023.  Our parish’s Feedback Report, which is part of our Deanery’s Report, along with the reports of other Deaneries has been submitted to the Diocesan Synod Team. They are compiling a Synodal Report of the Archdiocese. This will be formally presented to Archbishop Nolan during Solemn Evening Prayer at 7pm in the Cathedral on Sunday 19th June. All most welcome.
Picture
Please remember in your prayers those in need, those who are sick and housebound and those in hospital
Recently Dead: Pietro Castellanotti, Oonagh Coleman, Fr Andrew Coleman, Hugh Collins, Liz Gracie,  David Kirshal, Mary MacIsaac, Beryl Martin, Eleanor McMahon, Graham Mochan, Patricia Sheridan, Christiane Sohier. 
Anniversary: Isabelle Cox, Kenny Donnelly, Terry Grogan, Owen Patrick Fallen, Anne Laurie, Sandy Munro, Kevin Taylor.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Subscribe below for updates
    Get new posts by email:
    Daily Masses Online
    Picture

    Archives

    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011

    Subscribe in a reader
St Andrew's Bearsden Live Streamed Masses on this link.
Services
Latest
Bulletin
Groups
Search
Contact
St Andrew's RC Church
29 Roman Road
Bearsden
Glasgow
G61 2SN
Telephone : 0141 942 4635
Email : standrew@rcag.org.uk
A Parish of the Archdiocese of Glasgow a Registered Scottish Charity No SC018140
Web design by St Andrews Online
(web@standrewsbearsden.co.uk for website related matters)