29th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Sunday Mass: 10am
Daily Mass: See Home page
Confessions: Sunday 9.15am to 9.30am
BONUS BALL WINNERS – Congratulations to all our winners Wednesday 9 October
number 12 and Saturday 12 October number 58:
Numbers available – Saturday 4,14,27,38 and 47
Wednesday 12,25,48,53 and 57
INCOME – Gift Aid £121.50, Collections £276.50, Stall £32,50.
THE FEAST OF ST JUDE (28 th October) will be celebrated with a Novena commencing
on Sunday 20 th October and will run until Sunday 27th October. Unfortunately, there will
not be mass on the feast day 28 th October as there is a deanery meeting that evening.
Novena prayers will be said after all masses during this period.
Donations for the raffle to be drawn on Sunday 27 th October would be appreciated.
Raffle tickets will be on sale before and after masses.
DEANERY PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING – Will be held in St Thomas’
Riddrie on Monday 28th October at 7.30pm.
SECOND COLLECTION – Today Sunday 20th October there will be a second collection
for the Missions. Any wee boxes should be returned as soon as possible.
NOVEMBER LISTS – Envelopes are available at the back of the church and should be
returned before the end of October.
COMBONI SISTERS – Will be selling calendars and raffles next Sunday before and
after mass.
Sacramental Preparation -There will be a meeting for the parents of any child who is o be presented for the Sacraments of Reconciliation, First Communion or Confirmation in 2020. The meeting will take place in the Church on October 21st at 7.30pm. There is no need for the children to attend the meeting but every child who wishes to be presented for one of the Sacraments must be represented at the meeting
by one or both parents. At the meeting parents will be given the opportunity to enrol their child in our Parish Sacramental Preparation Programme. Participating in this programme forms an important part of the children’s preparation for receiving each sacrament.
Justice and Peace – On Thursday October 24th 7.30pm we invite anyone interested
to come together in the church hall to reflect on The Love of Creation with Sr. Mary
Kilpatrick who is willing to share the fruits of her studies with us. Please keep the date
for what will be a very interesting evening.
For the Attention of all Parish volunteers with (or pending) PVG certificates: All
volunteers working with children or protected adults should now have attended the
Safeguarding level 1 training. For those who still require to attend please note the next
Level 1 training dates, which take place in Eyre Hall, Archdiocese of Glasgow, G1 4JY
are: Monday 7 th October; Saturday 23rd November (2 sessions am & pm; Saturday 7th December. Induction part 2 training is also now in place, which all volunteers require
to attend. Training dates for Part 2 are: Saturday 26th October (2 sessions am & pm) in
Eyre Hall, Archdiocese of Glasgow; Wednesday 13th November in Our Lady of Lourdes,
Cardonald, G52 3QU; Monday 2nd December in St Mary’s, Duntocher, G81 6DL;
Saturday 7th December in Eyre Hall, Archdiocese of Glasgow, G1 4JY. It is essential to book a place to ensure we have handouts for you and can contact you if there any difficulties. Anyone wishing to book onto this or any other training course please call the safeguarding office on 0141 226 5898 or book directly from the Archdiocese of Glasgow website Safeguarding page www.rcag.org.uk.
Aid to the Church in Need: ‘Make a stand for Faith and Freedom’. An evening of talks, reflection and opportunity to meet and greet our guest speakers from the Persecuted Church. Aid to the Church in Need would like to invite all parishioners to our annual Scottish Event. Guests Speakers: Father Nishanta Cooray from Sri Lanka, Sister Annie Demerjian, ACN project partner in Syria. To book your tickets, please visit:
acnuk.org/scottishoctoberevent. Venue: Hampden Park, Auditorium Suite, Letherby Drive, Mount Florida, Glasgow, G42 9BA. Date: Tuesday 29ᵗʰ October 2019. Time: 7pm – 9pm. Entrance is free; there will be a retiring collection and Trading items for sale.
CEILI – Saturday 9 th November at 7.30pm in St Columbkille’s Church Hall, Rutherglen, Music by St Rochs Ceili Band, Tickets £7 (Proceeds to Baillieston Care Home Residents Fund) Please see Liam O’Neill for tickets.
Forty Hours at Saint Conval’s: is rescheduled to 25th -27th October
Are you aged between 18-35: St Francis and St Clare warmly invites you to an evening of prayer and intercessions, formation, talks and sharing. Our reflection is on Mary, Our Mother and Model. Blessed John Duns Scotus, 23rd October at 7.00 pm.
Remembrance Mass: in Saint Agnes’ Church, Lambhill for all those who are buried in
Saint Kentigern’s Cemetery, the Western Necopolis and Lambhill Cemeteries or whose
final committal was at Glasgow Crematorium. Sunday 10th November 2019 at 3.00 pm.
All welcome. Tea after Mass. Music provided by the Saint Mungo Singers.
Glasgow Phoenix Choir: presents Choral Majesty in aid of Lepra. Saturday 26th
October 2019 at 7.00 pm in Shawlands Trinity Church (Mosside Road G41 3TP).
Tickets at £10 available from Liz on 0141 637 1363 or at www.wegottickets.com
20 October The dignity of the human person and the common good rank higher than
the comfort of those who refuse to renounce their privileges. When these values are
threatened, a prophetic voice must be raises.
Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, para 218