Sunday 30th August 2026 Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)

"Take up your cross and follow me."

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 and Friday (with P7 from St Nicholas) - 10a.m.

Eucharistic Service:

• Tuesday and Wednesday - 10a.m.

Rosary:

• Monday to Friday - 9.30a.m.

Saturday Adoration:

• Saturday  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.

Plate collection: 22nd/23rd August - £746.

There will be a second collection for SPRED the weekend of 12th/13th September. 
 
Funeral arrangements:

• The Funeral Service for Francis Fitzpartick will take place on Thursday, 3rd September at 10am.
• Please note this will be a Service and not Mass.

 
At weekend Masses, if you wish your child to receive a Blessing from Fr. Michael, please try to stand in the Communion line of Fr. Michael.
 
First Holy Communion Mass will take place in St. Andrew's on Sunday, 16th May 2027 at 12 Noon.
 
Lunch Club -

• The new season of St Andrews Lunch Club starts again next Thursday 3rd Sept 12.30-2.30pm after the summer break.
• Open to all and everyone is warmly welcome - age no barrier.
• Please check poster in porch for future dates.

 
Remember Vocations - Saturday 5th September - 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”? 
 
Carfin Pilgrimage takes place on Sunday, 6th September with Mass at 3pm.
 
CHARITY SALE OF WORK in aid of CHAS (Children’s Hospices Across Scotland).

• Sunday 13th September at 12.30-3.30PM.
• Venue: St Joseph’s Church Hall, 3 Buchanan St, Milngavie.
• Free Entry.
• Adult and child tombola, hand knitted goods for sale, jigsaws. £1.00 for coffee/tea and cakes p.p.
• Please come along and help support this worthy cause.

 
SPUC: Join us for our one-day Conference in Glasgow on Saturday 19th September.

• In a world where the sanctity of life is under constant threat, your commitment to the pro-life cause is more crucial than ever.
• This empowering event for people of all ages is a great opportunity to gather with like-minded people, learn effective strategies, and fuel your passion for defending the most vulnerable among us – unborn babies.
• For further details and to book go to: https://spuc.org.uk/event/glasgow-one-day-conference-2026/

 
All P7 parents intending to present their child for the Sacrament of Confirmation: ​

• should collect an enrolment form from the Sacristy at St Andrew’s or St Joseph’s church before Mass.
• All forms are to be returned to either church by Sunday 20th September please.
• Archbishop Nolan will confer the Sacrament of Confirmation at St Andrew’s Bearsden on Thursday 7th January 2027 at 7pm for children from both parishes.

The Girl Guiding Dunbartonshire Concert:

• New Kilpatrick Church on Friday, 18th September at 7.30pm
• Tickets cost £10.
• More information can be found from the poster in the porch

Catholic Social Teaching Thought for the Week – 29th August
Nature has poured forth all things for all people for common use. God has ordered all things to be produced, so that there should be food in common to all, and that the earth should be a common possession for all. Nature, therefore, has produced a common right for all, but greed has made it a right for a few.
Saint Ambrose of Milan
 
Laudato Si’ Quote - integral ecology
​We know, for example, that countries which have clear legislation about the protection of forests continue to keep silent as they watch laws repeatedly being broken. Moreover, what takes place in any one area can have a direct or indirect influence on other areas. Thus, for example, drug use in affluent societies creates a continual and growing demand for products imported from poorer regions, where behaviour is corrupted, lives are destroyed, and the environment continues to deteriorate. (#142)
 
SEASON OF CREATION: Begins on Tuesday 1st September till 4th October.  
Care for God's creation is not an optional extra for today's Catholic.
Popes Francis and Leo have put ecological issues front and centre for the Church.
This year’s theme is “Living Water”.  So perhaps this Season of Creation begins with a personal question:  What is flowing from my heart into the world? Is it care or indifference towards others? Hope or discouragement? A desire for justice, peace, and communion?
Conference:

• Saturday 5th September 2026, 10am-3pm.Eyre Hall, Archdiocesan Offices.
• Guest speaker Lorna Gold, Exec Director, Laudato Si’Movement 
• Workshops exploring how to engage young people & parish groups. register at; bit.ly/SeasonofCreation26 

 
To celebrate the Season of Creation:

• Children’s Liturgy team is starting a project to create a collage of God's creations.
• To help us get started, we are asking families to go on a mini 'nature hunt' this week!
• Please look for a few interesting, small items from your garden or a walk, like colourful leaves, small sticks, or smooth stones, and bring them in a small bag to the session on Sunday 30th August.  
• N/B: The children's liturgy has started back after the Summer holidays.

 
Support Group for Catholic Women Affected by Separation and Divorce

• The next meeting of our support group for women is Friday, 9th October, in The Immaculate Conception Church Hall, Maryhill, from 6.00pm to 8.00pm. 
• New members welcome to this confidential support group. 
• For further information email Tricia at: [email protected] or via Facebook at: Faith Living (Archdiocese of Glasgow)

 
The Beginning Experience:

• A weekend for those who are bereaved through divorce, separation or widowhood from 16th-18th October at Conforti Centre, Coatbridge.
• For more details and to receive an Application Form which must be returned by 2nd October, call Maggie on 07786 687631 or see the notice in the porch.

 
Concert: The Glasgow Phoenix Choir is delighted to be performing a concert in support of a safe-house in Zambia caring for young homeless people – Mercy House Scholarship Fund.

• This will take place on Saturday 12th September, 2026 in Torrance Parish Church, School Road, Torrance G64 4BZ at 7:30p.m.
• Tickets cost £10.00 (under 12s – free).
• Contact Dorothy Beaton: 07580 463684/ [email protected] or you can get them from WeGotTickets via the choir’s website at https://www.phoenixchoir.org/concert/torrance-parish-church/ Tickets will also be on sale at the concert.

 
EASYFUNDRAISING:

• Your online shopping makes a real difference to us! St Andrew's RC Church Bearsden has raised £897.93 so far.
• You can raise FREE donations for the parish every time you shop online. If you're not supporting us, you can in just a few clicks.
• 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]

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Please remember in your prayers those in need, those who are sick and housebound and those in hospital.
Recently Deceased Fillipo Denardo, Francis Fitzpatrick and Deacon Jim Kernaghan.
Anniversaries: Daniel Collins, William Doherty, Samuele Guidi and Tricia Johnson.

A PDF version of this bulletin is available on this link and below.