"This is my chosen Son; listen to him."
During Lent the Rosary will be prayed from Monday to Friday at 9.30am, with Mass at 10am. Stations of the Cross are on Fridays at 6pm. Church open daily until 5pm.
A good and important part of a plan for Lent is Confession. Medicine of Confession ~ brings great peace and immense joy. Saturdays 10am - 11am. Sundays 9.15am - 9.45am.
Adoration for Lent: Do come and spend some time each week to be still before God at our Saturday Adoration. If shopping at the cross, or out for a coffee, pop in to St Andrew's for some quiet prayer. Have a heart to heart with God each Saturday during Lent from 10am until 11am , with Confessions throughout. Sunday Confessions will be from 9.15am until 9.45am.
First Confession - Sacrament of Reconciliation – Saturday 25th March - 10.00a.m – 11.00 a.m.
Family members are encouraged, too, to take the opportunity to go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Please keep in your prayers Gemma and Millie who look forward to being received into the Church this Easter.
Scratch Choir - Easter Vigil Music invitation. We would like to issue an invitation to all parishioners, including children (from P4 upwards), to form a scratch choir for the Easter Vigil at 8pm on 8th April. If you would like to contribute to the music liturgy , then please email Annamaria ([email protected]) by 5th March. Initial rehearsals will be in the form of a YouTube recording and there will a final rehearsal the week before Easter, to be arranged. All welcome.
Washing of the Feet – Volunteers required to have their feet washed at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7pm Thurs 6 April. Please enter your name on the sign-up sheet in the porch.
A good and important part of a plan for Lent is Confession. Medicine of Confession ~ brings great peace and immense joy. Saturdays 10am - 11am. Sundays 9.15am - 9.45am.
Adoration for Lent: Do come and spend some time each week to be still before God at our Saturday Adoration. If shopping at the cross, or out for a coffee, pop in to St Andrew's for some quiet prayer. Have a heart to heart with God each Saturday during Lent from 10am until 11am , with Confessions throughout. Sunday Confessions will be from 9.15am until 9.45am.
First Confession - Sacrament of Reconciliation – Saturday 25th March - 10.00a.m – 11.00 a.m.
Family members are encouraged, too, to take the opportunity to go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Please keep in your prayers Gemma and Millie who look forward to being received into the Church this Easter.
Scratch Choir - Easter Vigil Music invitation. We would like to issue an invitation to all parishioners, including children (from P4 upwards), to form a scratch choir for the Easter Vigil at 8pm on 8th April. If you would like to contribute to the music liturgy , then please email Annamaria ([email protected]) by 5th March. Initial rehearsals will be in the form of a YouTube recording and there will a final rehearsal the week before Easter, to be arranged. All welcome.
Washing of the Feet – Volunteers required to have their feet washed at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7pm Thurs 6 April. Please enter your name on the sign-up sheet in the porch.
Catholic Social Teaching Thought for the Week - Sunday 5 March (Nearest Sunday to International Women’s Day (8March)) She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy. Proverbs 31:20
Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home - Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect, for all of us as living creatures are dependent on one another. (#42)
Volunteers needed, please. After the 8th April Easter Vigil and after 8th May Confirmation Mass, we would like to have receptions in the hall. To do this on both occasions, we need volunteers to help with hall set up and clear up, and making teas and serving sandwiches. If we could have a group for each evening it would good. Please get in touch if you can volunteer.
2nd Collection during Lent will be taken up to support our sick and retired priests. On 4th Sunday, the collection will be exclusively for SCIAF. Wee boxes available in the porch.
Sacrament of Reconciliation - Just a reminder for all P3 families that there are two SAS sessions for the Sacrament of Reconciliation this Sunday 5th March and the following Sunday at 9am until 9.45am leading in to the 10am Mass with children’s liturgy
Laudato Si’ - On Care for our Common Home - Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect, for all of us as living creatures are dependent on one another. (#42)
Volunteers needed, please. After the 8th April Easter Vigil and after 8th May Confirmation Mass, we would like to have receptions in the hall. To do this on both occasions, we need volunteers to help with hall set up and clear up, and making teas and serving sandwiches. If we could have a group for each evening it would good. Please get in touch if you can volunteer.
2nd Collection during Lent will be taken up to support our sick and retired priests. On 4th Sunday, the collection will be exclusively for SCIAF. Wee boxes available in the porch.
Sacrament of Reconciliation - Just a reminder for all P3 families that there are two SAS sessions for the Sacrament of Reconciliation this Sunday 5th March and the following Sunday at 9am until 9.45am leading in to the 10am Mass with children’s liturgy
Exhibition of the Eucharistic Miracles - collated and documented by Blessed Carlo Acutis at St. Brendan's Church, 187 Kelso St. G13 4BH from Friday 10th March until Sunday 12th March. There will be talks, Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament and blessing with the relics led by the Blessed Sacrament Fathers.
- Friday after 9.30am [Mass] until 4.30pm
- Saturday 4pm until 7.30pm
- Sunday 10am until 6pm.
- Full details on the parish website and Facebook pages or phone 0141 560 6948.
Great that Lentfest is back. Here are what look like two good Archdiocese of Glasgow Arts Project Lentfest events taking place during Lent. Visit www.facebook.com/agapglasgow
Parishes will soon be asked to come together to work out how best to organise parish life in the archdiocese in coming years. In this month’s Flourish (pick up your copy this weekend) Archbishop Nolan makes it clear that change is on the cards.
Forty Hours Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament next week. Pop in for some quiet prayer time. Call in for a heart to heart with God.
Empty jars, egg boxes and sandwich bags Lenten Appeal for St Gregory’s Foodbank at all our Masses this weekend.
Confirmation - P7 ~ SAS & St Joseph’s CatClub 16th Apr 3 – 5pm in St Andrew’s
To all P3 & P4 parents ~ SAS (St Andrew’s Squad)
Good resources here for Sacramental Preparation and Lent 2023 https://www.youtube.com/@awordinyourear
Messengers Meeting tomorrow Mon 6 March Lower Hall - all Messengers are asked to attend this meeting at 7.30 p.m. and Area Leaders at 7.00 p.m. to prepare their Easter Reachouts. Thank You.
Legion of Mary welcome any volunteers Active and Auxiliary, who would like to join them in their work within the Parish. Active Membership involves attending a meeting each week for one-and-a-half hours where the rosary is prayed and then business discussed, ensuing from the meeting, work is allocated and carried out in the days following the meeting, usually a further one-and-a-half hours work. The role of Auxiliary Members is to pray the rosary and say the prayers of the Legion for the work of the Legion within the Parish and worldwide. If you are interested in being part of our work and would like further information, please contact Fr. Mackle or [email protected],
- Sunday 12th March. Evening Prayer 5pm. Night Prayer 9pm.
- Monday, 13th March Holy Hour 7pm. Confessions throughout. Night Prayer 9pm.
- Tuesday, 14th March Holy Hour 7pm Confessions throughout. Night Prayer 9pm.
Empty jars, egg boxes and sandwich bags Lenten Appeal for St Gregory’s Foodbank at all our Masses this weekend.
Confirmation - P7 ~ SAS & St Joseph’s CatClub 16th Apr 3 – 5pm in St Andrew’s
To all P3 & P4 parents ~ SAS (St Andrew’s Squad)
- P3 ~ Sundays 5th, 12th March & 23rd April. 9.00am – 9.45am in the upper hall.
- P4 ~ Sundays 16th April & 7th May 9.00am – 9.45am upper hall.
Good resources here for Sacramental Preparation and Lent 2023 https://www.youtube.com/@awordinyourear
Messengers Meeting tomorrow Mon 6 March Lower Hall - all Messengers are asked to attend this meeting at 7.30 p.m. and Area Leaders at 7.00 p.m. to prepare their Easter Reachouts. Thank You.
Legion of Mary welcome any volunteers Active and Auxiliary, who would like to join them in their work within the Parish. Active Membership involves attending a meeting each week for one-and-a-half hours where the rosary is prayed and then business discussed, ensuing from the meeting, work is allocated and carried out in the days following the meeting, usually a further one-and-a-half hours work. The role of Auxiliary Members is to pray the rosary and say the prayers of the Legion for the work of the Legion within the Parish and worldwide. If you are interested in being part of our work and would like further information, please contact Fr. Mackle or [email protected],
The Befriending Service for adults provides social support by way of chatting: by phone, in groups or with one volunteer. We have social events and a new service for school children. Anyone who needs the service or wants to volunteer can chat with Brian or Alyson in the hall at the coffee morning on Sunday 19th March
Piety Stall still needs a few more volunteers especially for 10am Sunday Mass – if you could spare 10 mins after this Mass to help, please call Anne MacIntosh 931-5861 or Annamaria Strachan 942-9799.
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.
Before receiving Holy Communion, we are asked to make some 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]
Drumchapel Foodbank. 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.
Piety Stall still needs a few more volunteers especially for 10am Sunday Mass – if you could spare 10 mins after this Mass to help, please call Anne MacIntosh 931-5861 or Annamaria Strachan 942-9799.
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.
Before receiving Holy Communion, we are asked to make some 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]
Drumchapel Foodbank. 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: Maureen Croal, Pat Garrett, Martin Gilmartin, Stuart Gray, Terry Feeley, Sylvia Guidi, Jim Keegan, Daniel Lees, Alistair MacDonald, Theresa McLaren, Norah Mochan, Kenneth O’Connor, Felix Porter, Kathleen Reilly, Greer Charlotte Rushforth, Baby Mathias.
Anniversary: Angus McKinnon, William and Belinda Nesbit.
Recently Dead: Maureen Croal, Pat Garrett, Martin Gilmartin, Stuart Gray, Terry Feeley, Sylvia Guidi, Jim Keegan, Daniel Lees, Alistair MacDonald, Theresa McLaren, Norah Mochan, Kenneth O’Connor, Felix Porter, Kathleen Reilly, Greer Charlotte Rushforth, Baby Mathias.
Anniversary: Angus McKinnon, William and Belinda Nesbit.
