"I am the light of the world, says the Lord;
whoever follows me will have the light of life."
whoever follows me will have the light of life."
A big warm St Andrew’s welcome this weekend to NET’s enthusiastic team all the way from the USA. Great they’ll be leading our young P6 – S6s in today’s retreat.
Calling all young people S1 – S6 FORMED meets monthly – Next meeting Fri 3rd March, 1730-1930. Run by AoG Youth ~ an opportunity to meet in the archdiocesan offices to meet, chat and pray together. To find out more and to register your young person, go to www.rcagyouth.co.uk
Preparing for Confirmation - Meeting for St Nicholas' parents - Thursday 23rd February at 6.30pm in St Nicholas’. Please note too that there will also be a meeting for all parents whose children are being Confirmed - Tuesday 28th Feb at 6.30pm in St Andrew’s church.
To all P3, P4 & P7 parents ~ Dates for your diaries
Calling all young people S1 – S6 FORMED meets monthly – Next meeting Fri 3rd March, 1730-1930. Run by AoG Youth ~ an opportunity to meet in the archdiocesan offices to meet, chat and pray together. To find out more and to register your young person, go to www.rcagyouth.co.uk
Preparing for Confirmation - Meeting for St Nicholas' parents - Thursday 23rd February at 6.30pm in St Nicholas’. Please note too that there will also be a meeting for all parents whose children are being Confirmed - Tuesday 28th Feb at 6.30pm in St Andrew’s church.
To all P3, P4 & P7 parents ~ Dates for your diaries
- P3 SAS (St Andrew’s Squad) ~ Sundays 5th, 12th March & 23rd April. All 9.00am – 9.45am in the upper hall.
- P4 ~ Sundays 30th April & 7th May All 9.00am – 9.45am in the upper hall.
- P7 ~ SAS & St Joseph’s CatClub Sunday 16th April 3pm – 5pm in St Andrew’s
From and on behalf of Fr Donnelly - I would appreciate if this could be included in your bulletin:-
Fr. Billy Donnelly sends his thanks to parishioners and friends for their prayers, good wishes, cards, and generosity over the last few months. May the year ahead bring you all good health, joy, and peace.
Thank you,
Kathleen Arthur.
Fr. Billy Donnelly sends his thanks to parishioners and friends for their prayers, good wishes, cards, and generosity over the last few months. May the year ahead bring you all good health, joy, and peace.
Thank you,
Kathleen Arthur.
International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking.– Wednesday 8th Feb - the feast day of St Josephine Bakhita - herself sold into slavery. We seek her intercession and pray for all victims, and for all those who work to combat this scourge of humanity.
Adoration for Vocations – 1st Saturday of each month prayers will be offered for an increase in vocations to the priesthood, consecrated life and the permanent diaconate. 10.00am till 11.00am. Please consider coming to spend time in adoration and prayer.
Between now and Easter, remember in your prayers, Gemma, Millie and Eleanor who are journeying through RCIA to receive the Sacraments and become Catholic this Easter.
Piety Stall ~ Could you occasionally help with serving in the Piety Stall? We are particularly short of volunteers for the 10am Sunday Mass – if you could sometimes spare 10 minutes after this Mass to help, we’d be most grateful. Please call Anne MacIntosh 931-5861 or Annamaria Strachan 942-9799.
Adoration for Vocations – 1st Saturday of each month prayers will be offered for an increase in vocations to the priesthood, consecrated life and the permanent diaconate. 10.00am till 11.00am. Please consider coming to spend time in adoration and prayer.
Between now and Easter, remember in your prayers, Gemma, Millie and Eleanor who are journeying through RCIA to receive the Sacraments and become Catholic this Easter.
Piety Stall ~ Could you occasionally help with serving in the Piety Stall? We are particularly short of volunteers for the 10am Sunday Mass – if you could sometimes spare 10 minutes after this Mass to help, we’d be most grateful. Please call Anne MacIntosh 931-5861 or Annamaria Strachan 942-9799.
Catholic Social Teaching Thought for the Week - Sunday 5 February Among the fruits of justice, mercy to the poor should certainly be considered the most important. That justice which comes from faith belongs to Jesus Christ. It is true that “if one of the brothers or one of the sisters is in need of clothes and has not enough food to live on, and one of you says to them, ‘I wish you well; keep yourself warm and eat plenty’ without giving them these bare necessities of life, then what good is that?”A Quo Die, Pope Clement XIII
Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home - A delicate balance has to be maintained when speaking about these places (tropical forests), for we cannot overlook the huge global economic interests which, under the guise of protecting them, can undermine the sovereignty of individual nations. In fact, there are “proposals to internationalize the Amazon, which only serve the economic interests of transnational corporations”. (#38)
If your PVG was issued in 2018 or earlier, please get in touch with our Parish Safeguarding Coordinator, Clare Thompson, at [email protected]. If you need help checking your date, Clare will be happy to assist. The Archdiocese seeks updates on volunteer PVG Scheme membership every five years.
The 2022 Safeguarding audit data has now been completed by our parish's Safeguarding Coordinator, Clare Thompson, and submitted to the Scottish Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency. For Safeguarding information and updates, visit www.scssa.org.uk
Escorted Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine, Ireland 18th April 2023: If interested please contact Patricia on 01268 762 278 or 07740 175557 or email [email protected].
Provision for Marriage Counselling. The Bishops of Scotland are appealing to those who are already qualified as Counsellors and who would be interested in completing some further training to work in this area, particularly here in Glasgow. If this is something that you believe you could use your skills for please get in touch on 07706 063936 to have an initial chat.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – each Saturday from 10.00am until 11.00am with confessions throughout.Please consider coming to spend time in adoration and prayer.
Next Lunch Club - Thurs 16 Feb 12.30pm - 3pm All warmly welcome for lunch, in good company, and have a friendly chat. Great attendance each time, but it means we do need more volunteers to help. If you can assist, please contact Jim Cameron 07985129119 or Trish Kerr 07794989154.
You can raise FREE donations for the parish every time you shop online. Take a moment to sign up at https://tinyurl.com/standrews-easyfundraising
Parish Bulletin: Items for inclusion should be sent in by 6 p.m. on the Tuesday before publication. Copies of the bulletin are available on Facebook, Twitter, the parish website/by email link (to all those on the Parish database) and on the noticeboards in the Church porch and the Church grounds.
Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home - A delicate balance has to be maintained when speaking about these places (tropical forests), for we cannot overlook the huge global economic interests which, under the guise of protecting them, can undermine the sovereignty of individual nations. In fact, there are “proposals to internationalize the Amazon, which only serve the economic interests of transnational corporations”. (#38)
If your PVG was issued in 2018 or earlier, please get in touch with our Parish Safeguarding Coordinator, Clare Thompson, at [email protected]. If you need help checking your date, Clare will be happy to assist. The Archdiocese seeks updates on volunteer PVG Scheme membership every five years.
The 2022 Safeguarding audit data has now been completed by our parish's Safeguarding Coordinator, Clare Thompson, and submitted to the Scottish Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency. For Safeguarding information and updates, visit www.scssa.org.uk
Escorted Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine, Ireland 18th April 2023: If interested please contact Patricia on 01268 762 278 or 07740 175557 or email [email protected].
Provision for Marriage Counselling. The Bishops of Scotland are appealing to those who are already qualified as Counsellors and who would be interested in completing some further training to work in this area, particularly here in Glasgow. If this is something that you believe you could use your skills for please get in touch on 07706 063936 to have an initial chat.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – each Saturday from 10.00am until 11.00am with confessions throughout.Please consider coming to spend time in adoration and prayer.
Next Lunch Club - Thurs 16 Feb 12.30pm - 3pm All warmly welcome for lunch, in good company, and have a friendly chat. Great attendance each time, but it means we do need more volunteers to help. If you can assist, please contact Jim Cameron 07985129119 or Trish Kerr 07794989154.
You can raise FREE donations for the parish every time you shop online. Take a moment to sign up at https://tinyurl.com/standrews-easyfundraising
Parish Bulletin: Items for inclusion should be sent in by 6 p.m. on the Tuesday before publication. Copies of the bulletin are available on Facebook, Twitter, the parish website/by email link (to all those on the Parish database) and on the noticeboards in the Church porch and the Church grounds.
Coffee Morning— Sunday, 19th February
Please come along and join us in the upper hall, after 10 am Mass, for tea, coffee and some delicious home baking.
This month we are raising funds for Fr Mathew Parumoottil’s parish school in India. he runs the school to improve the children’s employment prospects and, in India, every penny counts for them.
£200 was donated to Mary’s Meals in December and this was matched and so doubled to £400, by some very kind donors.
Parish Bulletin: Items for inclusion should be sent in by 6 p.m. on the Tuesday before publication. Copies of the bulletin are available on Facebook, Twitter, the parish website/by email link (to all those on the Parish database) and on the noticeboards in the Church porch and the Church grounds.
Before receiving Holy Communion, we are asked to make some preparatory act of reverence such as a bow.
For women affected by separation and divorce – confidential and peer support Fri 3rd March St Patrick's, Dumbarton 6-8pm. [email protected]
Please come along and join us in the upper hall, after 10 am Mass, for tea, coffee and some delicious home baking.
This month we are raising funds for Fr Mathew Parumoottil’s parish school in India. he runs the school to improve the children’s employment prospects and, in India, every penny counts for them.
£200 was donated to Mary’s Meals in December and this was matched and so doubled to £400, by some very kind donors.
Parish Bulletin: Items for inclusion should be sent in by 6 p.m. on the Tuesday before publication. Copies of the bulletin are available on Facebook, Twitter, the parish website/by email link (to all those on the Parish database) and on the noticeboards in the Church porch and the Church grounds.
Before receiving Holy Communion, we are asked to make some preparatory act of reverence such as a bow.
For women affected by separation and divorce – confidential and peer support Fri 3rd March St Patrick's, Dumbarton 6-8pm. [email protected]
Forthcoming Special Collections –
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 each night from M&S for delivery to Drumchapel & St Gregory’s Foodbanks, the Wayside Club & Aspire.
- 26th Feb, 5th, 12th, 26th March, & 2nd April – Sick & Retired Priests
- 19th March – SCIAF.
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 each night from M&S for delivery to Drumchapel & St Gregory’s Foodbanks, the Wayside Club & Aspire.
Please remember in your prayers those in need, those who are sick and housebound and those in hospital:
Recently Dead: Philip Capaldi, Susan Cassidy, Mary Chisnall, Anne Docherty, Paula Donohoe, Samuel Galloway, Sylvia Guidi, Joan Hay, Anne Higgins, Isobel Jamieson, Cathy McColgan, Maisie McKenna, Eileen Merry, Nora Mochan and Oliver Smyth.
Anniversary: Marilyn Gray, Jim Keegan, Kathleen Kelly, Joseph Muir, Adele Murray, Bobby O’Callaghan, Terence O’Hare, Liam Smith, Ward and James Ward.
Recently Dead: Philip Capaldi, Susan Cassidy, Mary Chisnall, Anne Docherty, Paula Donohoe, Samuel Galloway, Sylvia Guidi, Joan Hay, Anne Higgins, Isobel Jamieson, Cathy McColgan, Maisie McKenna, Eileen Merry, Nora Mochan and Oliver Smyth.
Anniversary: Marilyn Gray, Jim Keegan, Kathleen Kelly, Joseph Muir, Adele Murray, Bobby O’Callaghan, Terence O’Hare, Liam Smith, Ward and James Ward.
