Fifth Sunday of Lent
CASH COLLECTIONS – Week beginning 16 March 2025, Gift Aid £205.00, Cash Bags £163.00, Sick and Retired Priests £157.00.
SECOND COLLECTIONS – Today there will be a second collection the Sick and Retired Priests of the Archdiocese.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS – Continue at 7pm on Friday evenings. We have no volunteers for next week. Please add you name to the list at the bank of the church if you wish to participate.
PALM SUNDAY – Is on 13th April 2025 which is the start of Holy Week.
EASTER SUNDAY – Is on 20th April 2025
St Vincent De Paul update. – The three members of the SSVP conference work away quietly continuing the work to serve the poor in our parish community. This includes : Support for the sick & bereaved. A small amount of requests for white goods /furniture Food requests.
Supporting our local primary school at Christmas time. Financially supporting 3 conferences abroad. Support for the Glasgow students fund. Ad hoc one off payments to emergency disaster appeals.
Due to your ongoing generosity, we have been able to meet all our commitments and have a small reserve to cover our needs for the foreseeable future. As a result, the SSVP boxes will be temporarily removed.
We would also like to make an appeal for others to join us in the work we do. Initially you will be required to attend a meeting once a month and go the through a disclosure check. If you are interested speak to Amelia, Phil or Liam – one of us is about at most masses.
Thank you for your support and generosity over almost 70 years. Please continue to pray for the continued growth of SSVP.
St Vincent de Paul …. pray for us.
Bl Frederick Ozanam …. pray for us.
St Jude Club upcoming event – Easter Sunday.
Let’s come down to our café after mass on Easter Sunday and celebrate Easter as a Parish. There will be children’s activities including an egg hunt, designing an Easter bonnet etc plus tasty goodies for all!!
Children please bring an adult with you.
Your support would be great!
J & P CAMPAIGN
The Justice and Peace Group want to thank the parishioners who, so far, have raised £440 towards our Help Rebuild Gaza Campaign. We have certainly built quite a number of houses and roads!! You’ll notice, on our mini Gaza on the back wall of the church, that we now have the outline of a large Food Bank, a Medical Facility and a School – all ready to be covered in bricks! Hopefully, in reality, helping provide water, food supplies medicines and medical aid to the population of Gaza and a start to providing education for their children. Their need is so great, we can’t really imagine it. Let’s continue to use our Lent to give relief and hope to our brothers and sisters in Gaza.
Sacramental Preparation
Congratulations to all 21 children of our parish who made the Sacrament of Reconciliation last weekend. Please continue to pray for them, their families and all our children who are following our Sacramental Preparation Programme. Fifteen children are being prepared to make the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist on June 1st
ARCHDIOCESE NOTICES
Day of Confessions for Lent: Priest will be available to hear Confessions all day, from 9am – 5pm, in St Andrew’s Cathedral on Friday 11th April.
Newman Association: CAAD (Campaign Against Assisted Dying) – A group presentation by three members of CAAD, The Parish Hall, Immaculate Conception Church, 2049 Maryhill Road, Glasgow, G20 0AA at 7.30pm on Thursday 3rd April 2025 . All welcome. Refreshments provided.
The Bishops’ Conference has asked that we pass on the following information:
The Columba Trust provides funding to organisations and individuals for projects which support the practice of the Roman Catholic faith, its ministry and values. The deadline for applications this year is 30 June 2025. Further details about the Trust and how to apply for a grant can be found at: the Columba Trust Website
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
The Sick of the Parish:
We continue to pray for all the sick and housebound of the Parish
Recently Deceased:
Agnes Smith
Anniversaries: