“Now, Master, you may let your servant go
in peace, according to your word,
for my eyes have seen your salvation..."
in peace, according to your word,
for my eyes have seen your salvation..."
Changes to Weekday Masses /Services for week beginning 3rd February:
The Funeral Mass for Fr Dermot Healy, which had to be postponed due to the adverse weather, has now been rescheduled and will take place on Tuesday 4th February at 12 Noon in Our Lady and Saint George’s. The reception will take place at the beginning of Mass.
PARISH COLLECTION Sunday Collection - 26/1/2025 - First Collection - £995.00. Second Collection for Assisted Parishes - £1002.00. Many Thanks.
Young people in P6 – S6 - Please pray for the success this Sunday 2nd February 2025 of the P6-S6 Retreat taking place in the hall. Beginning with 10a.m. Mass (or join us in the hall at 11a.m.), for group discussions and fun activities with the NET Ministries Scotland Team. Come along and bring friends, lunch will be provided.
Registration will be required to provide consent and dietary requirements. This can be done through this link. Links are also available on Social Media or on the QR code at the back of the church.
The Funeral Mass for Stephen Murray will take place on Tuesday 4th February at 10a.m. The family would respectfully request family flowers only and any donations in lieu to go to St Margaret’s Hospice, Clydebank. Thank you for remembering Stephen, Brenda and family in your prayers at this difficult time. The Mass will be livestreamed for those unable to make it on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/@standrewsbearsden
- Monday and Wednesday - Eucharistic Service
- Tuesday - Funeral Mass for Stephen Murray
- Thursday and Friday - Mass
- All Masses and Services start at 10a.m.
The Funeral Mass for Fr Dermot Healy, which had to be postponed due to the adverse weather, has now been rescheduled and will take place on Tuesday 4th February at 12 Noon in Our Lady and Saint George’s. The reception will take place at the beginning of Mass.
PARISH COLLECTION Sunday Collection - 26/1/2025 - First Collection - £995.00. Second Collection for Assisted Parishes - £1002.00. Many Thanks.
Young people in P6 – S6 - Please pray for the success this Sunday 2nd February 2025 of the P6-S6 Retreat taking place in the hall. Beginning with 10a.m. Mass (or join us in the hall at 11a.m.), for group discussions and fun activities with the NET Ministries Scotland Team. Come along and bring friends, lunch will be provided.
Registration will be required to provide consent and dietary requirements. This can be done through this link. Links are also available on Social Media or on the QR code at the back of the church.
The Funeral Mass for Stephen Murray will take place on Tuesday 4th February at 10a.m. The family would respectfully request family flowers only and any donations in lieu to go to St Margaret’s Hospice, Clydebank. Thank you for remembering Stephen, Brenda and family in your prayers at this difficult time. The Mass will be livestreamed for those unable to make it on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/@standrewsbearsden
LUNCH CLUB: The next lunch club event will take place this coming Thursday 6th February from 12:30-2:30p.m. in the Upper Hall. Why not come along, enjoy lunch in a nice cosy & friendly environment with friends old and new.
For the diary. There will be a Second Collection the weekend of 15th/16th February for The Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child. (White Flower Appeal)
SACRAMENTS: There will be a meeting in St. Nicholas Primary School beginning at 6.30p.m. this Thursday, 6th February for ALL parents whose children are making their First Holy Communion.
The Association of Bearsden Churches Unity Lunch will take place on Saturday, 8th February 2025 at 12 Noon in Boclair Community Church, Killermont. More details from the poster at the back of the church. If you wish a ticket, call Margaret Sanders on 0141 942 7519.
There is a 'Bearsden Fiddlers Fundraising' evening in Clydebank Town Hall to raise money for refurbishment of the Brownie house at Catterburn on 8th February from 7-10pm. For more details visit the link. Tickets available on this link.
Children's choir dates: 9th, 16th March, 11th, 18th May and 8th, 15th June. If your child is not in St Nicholas and would like to join, please contact Annamaria Strachan ([email protected]) 07749715514 for details.
The Holy Year Prayer Cards are at the back of the church for you to take away. Please also take one to the housebound and sick of the parish.
Before receiving Holy Communion, we are asked to make some act of reverence such as a bow.
For the diary. There will be a Second Collection the weekend of 15th/16th February for The Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child. (White Flower Appeal)
SACRAMENTS: There will be a meeting in St. Nicholas Primary School beginning at 6.30p.m. this Thursday, 6th February for ALL parents whose children are making their First Holy Communion.
- First Confession/Reconciliation Service will take place in St. Andrew's Church on Saturday, 29th March from 10a.m to 11a.m.
- The Sacrament of Confirmation will take place in Bearsden on Tuesday, 29th April at 7p.m.
- First Holy Communion will take place on Sunday, 11th May at 12 Noon.
The Association of Bearsden Churches Unity Lunch will take place on Saturday, 8th February 2025 at 12 Noon in Boclair Community Church, Killermont. More details from the poster at the back of the church. If you wish a ticket, call Margaret Sanders on 0141 942 7519.
There is a 'Bearsden Fiddlers Fundraising' evening in Clydebank Town Hall to raise money for refurbishment of the Brownie house at Catterburn on 8th February from 7-10pm. For more details visit the link. Tickets available on this link.
Children's choir dates: 9th, 16th March, 11th, 18th May and 8th, 15th June. If your child is not in St Nicholas and would like to join, please contact Annamaria Strachan ([email protected]) 07749715514 for details.
The Holy Year Prayer Cards are at the back of the church for you to take away. Please also take one to the housebound and sick of the parish.
Before receiving Holy Communion, we are asked to make some act of reverence such as a bow.
Catholic Social Teaching Thought for the Week - Sunday 2nd February 2025
This is why I want a Church which is poor and for the poor. Evangelii Gaudium para. 198
Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home – In talking with his disciples, Jesus would invite them to recognize the paternal relationship God has with all his creatures. With moving tenderness he would remind them that each one of them is important in God’s eyes: “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God” (Lk 12:6). “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them” (Mt 6:26). (#96)
SVDP 2024 Report - Thanks to your outstanding generosity, St Andrew’s SVDP has been able to:
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.
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.
Bee a Knitter ~St Joseph’s Church, Milngavie, Buchanan Street entrance. Sundays. 1-3p.m. Learn to knit. Absolute beginner’s class. All ages welcome. All materials supplied. Limited places as one instructor per three learners. Donation to Marie Curie. Tea and coffee served. Call or text Veronica for more info: 07884 468212.
PIETY STALL
EASYFUNDRAISING St Andrew's RC Church Bearsden has raised £605.06 so far. You can raise FREE donations for the parish every time you shop online. Take a moment to sign up at https://tinyurl.com/StAndrewsBearsden2023
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]
DIFFICULTY READING LOCAL NEWS The Bearsden & Milngavie Talking Newspaper Association – BEAM- provides recordings each week, to the blind and visually impaired in the local community, of the Milngavie & Bearsden Herald, extracts from the Community News plus stories from e.g. the Scottish Book Trust, adding a bit of light-hearted interest. Free boom boxes are supplied -the Post Office provides a free postal service - therefore no cost to listeners. For more information contact Graham Silcock – 07770 524983.
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.
This is why I want a Church which is poor and for the poor. Evangelii Gaudium para. 198
Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home – In talking with his disciples, Jesus would invite them to recognize the paternal relationship God has with all his creatures. With moving tenderness he would remind them that each one of them is important in God’s eyes: “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God” (Lk 12:6). “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them” (Mt 6:26). (#96)
SVDP 2024 Report - Thanks to your outstanding generosity, St Andrew’s SVDP has been able to:
- subsidise two St Nicholas’ Primary pupils on the P7 residential outing
- support the foodbanks in Drumchapel, Immaculate Conception, St Gregory's and St Thomas Aquinas Secondary
- aid our twin parish in India.
- fund two students through the SVDP scholarship programme
- have assisted the parishes of St Michael's, St Gregory’s, St Laurence's and St Columba’s
- donated to the Ozanam Centre, the Jericho Project, the Louise Project, the Rendu group and the Listening Heart Project
- support a refugee and two local homeless.
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.
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.
Bee a Knitter ~St Joseph’s Church, Milngavie, Buchanan Street entrance. Sundays. 1-3p.m. Learn to knit. Absolute beginner’s class. All ages welcome. All materials supplied. Limited places as one instructor per three learners. Donation to Marie Curie. Tea and coffee served. Call or text Veronica for more info: 07884 468212.
PIETY STALL
- The 2025 edition of the Western Catholic Calendar is still available in the Piety Stall priced £3.70
- If you placed an order for the new Missal, it is now available to collect from the Piety Stall.
EASYFUNDRAISING St Andrew's RC Church Bearsden has raised £605.06 so far. You can raise FREE donations for the parish every time you shop online. Take a moment to sign up at https://tinyurl.com/StAndrewsBearsden2023
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]
DIFFICULTY READING LOCAL NEWS The Bearsden & Milngavie Talking Newspaper Association – BEAM- provides recordings each week, to the blind and visually impaired in the local community, of the Milngavie & Bearsden Herald, extracts from the Community News plus stories from e.g. the Scottish Book Trust, adding a bit of light-hearted interest. Free boom boxes are supplied -the Post Office provides a free postal service - therefore no cost to listeners. For more information contact Graham Silcock – 07770 524983.
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: Eamon McBrearty, Jean McCarron, James (Jim) Maguire and Stephen Murray.
Recently Dead: Eamon McBrearty, Jean McCarron, James (Jim) Maguire and Stephen Murray.
