Dear Parent,

Invitation to P3 Families to enrol for the Sacraments

I hope this letter finds you and your family safe and well.
St Andrew's Parish is now inviting all Primary Three Parents intending to present their child for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, which is due to take place during Lent 2021 and for First Holy Communion in May / June 2022, to complete, please, an enrolment form, copies of which are available from the church.

St Andrew's is open  Monday - Friday  and on Sundays 9.15am until just before 10am Mass. Please ask a steward to collect a form for you from the sacristy.

All forms to be returned, please, by 29th November 2020.     

Many thanks.   

With all good wishes,

Yours sincerely,

Fr Mackle

Dear Parent, 

Enrolment for Primary Seven Sacrament of Confirmation

I hope this letter finds you and your family safe and well.

Regarding the current P7 candidates for the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation, we have been advised by the archdiocese that the Archbishop is waiting to see if the Covid-19 virus can be suppressed sufficiently to allow a condensed but more or less normal programme of Confirmation later in the 2020-21 school year.

The parish is now inviting all Primary Seven Parents intending to present their child for the Sacrament of Confirmation, to complete, please,  an enrolment form, copies of which are available from St Andrew's church

St Andrew's church is open from Monday - Friday and on Sundays 9.15am until before 10am Mass.  Please ask a steward to collect a form for you from the sacristy.

All forms to be returned, please, by 29th November 2020. Many thanks.

With all good wishes,

Yours sincerely,

Fr Mackle

Under the new Framework announced yesterday, churches will be able to remain open in all the tiers, which is very good news, indeed, and shows the results of the good work done by all volunteers and all attendees keeping churches safe.

The Bishops' Conference of Scotland Consultation.

We welcome all comments which will help us to improve our Safeguarding practice.

Please provide your comments online by 30th November 2020: bit.ly/3cuTsnP

Thursday 22nd October 7pm

Feast of St John Paul II

Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Jim Duggan, the NET Scotland chaplain. 
The Mass will be live streamed from St. Charles Borromeo Parish Church. 

Go to http://www.youtube.com/c/StCharlesChurchPaisley​ to connect to the Mass. 

We’re hoping that NET will be free to visit St Andrew’s again early 2021.

The Archbishop’s Council of Priests will have a zoom meeting this Monday, 26th October.  

The main item on the agenda is: “The impact of Covid-19 on parish life and ministry, and prospects for recovery.”​

It’s been a wee while since A few words.....

Hope all’s well.

It was a delight at the weekend there seeing us now needing to use the lower hall as a second overflow area for Mass. It has been great there being a steady increase over the weeks in the number of people coming to Mass.  With large screens in both halls, across the three weekend Masses, we can seat well over 300 people.

If you haven’t already, go to here on this link to register for the booking process for vigil and Sunday Masses. No need to book for weekday Mass. Just turn up. If you can’t manage along, Mass is live streamed daily on our YouTube channel at 10am.
 
A huge thanks to all the parishioners for your cooperation, support and patience while we settle into the new queuing system that's in place. A huge thanks, too, to all our many volunteers for their help and support in the many areas of parish life.

We’ve got our thinking caps on for Masses for Christmas. Usually, we have around 1,800 people attending our Christmas Masses. Hard to gauge what the attendance will be this Christmas.  We’ll keep you informed re arrangements.
 
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, well at least a little anyway - get ready for the big day with a selection of Advent Calendars and Christmas cards from our online piety stall. Piety Stall is here on this link.
 
Have a good week.

Stay safe.

Pray safe.

​Fr Mackle

Light a candle this evening in your home.

In the UK, there are an estimated 136,000 men, women and children trapped in modern slavery. 
Light a candle safely this evening and place it at your window. 

​Be vigilant in the fight against slavery taking place in many hidden ways in the midst of society. 

Among our tasks as witnesses to the love of Christ is that of giving a voice to the cry of the poor, so that they are not abandoned to the laws of an economy that seems at times to treat people as mere consumers.
​
​Pope Francis, Address to Archbishop Justin Welby, 14 June 2013