5th Sunday in Lent

Collection	St John's	St Thomas
First	GA £384.20, NGA £468.01	GA £60.00, NGA £120.00
Monthly Standing Orders	£3,818.00	£2,990.00
Monthly Building Fund	GA £107.00	GA £10.00
Papal & Episcopal / St Mirin's Fund	£767.23	£391.06

Second Collection this weekend: Monthly Building Fund.
 
Stations of the Cross
This Friday after the 10am in both Parishes and in St John's on Sundays 3rd & 10th April at 3pm.
 
St John's Additional Confessions this week
Each morning (Mon-Fri) from 9:15am to 9:45am, in the Oratory.

Thursday this week
Additional Mass at 7:30am (in St John's only).
 
Funerals
St Thomas: Bill Strain Wednesday 6th April at 10am.
St Johns: William Thomas Sandford on Thursday 7th April at 10am.
 
St Thomas 200 Club Winners March
Kathleen Cameron No. 134 (£60)
Anne Banks No. 122 (£30)
 
St John's 100 Club March
E. Mc Quade No. 138 (£140)
Frances O’Neil No. 90 (£70)
J & J Carlton No. 27 (£35)
Bernadette Rocks No. 27 (£20)
Thos Reilly No. 13 (£20)
 
40 Days for Life Lenten Prayer Vigil
Next Sunday, Palm Sunday 10th April,  the 40 Days for Life Lenten Prayer Vigil outside of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Hardgate Road will draw to a close. The Vigil will end with its traditional Silent Candle Lit hour from 7pm till 8pm. Please consider joining the Vigil’s final hour to commemorate those whose lives have been taken or affected by abortion since the passing of the 1967 Abortion Act. For information email: Ogilvie1615@outlook.com
 
New Gift Aid Envelopes
1. For those who pay tax, Gift Aid envelopes are available now to collect from the link corridor between the Sacristy and the Church house.
2. For those who pay their First Collection weekly by envelope, also included are 12 x Building Fund and 9 x Diocesan Second Collection envelopes.
3. Those who pay their First Collection by Standing Order, have envelopes for their Second Collection only (12 x Building Fund & 9 x Diocesan Second Collection envelopes).
4. If you pay tax and would like to start a Gift Aid contribution, you can speak to Fr Joe/Jonathan about how to set this up. (For every £1 you contribute, the Parish can claim 25p on your donation).
 
Holy Week Services & Masses
Mon 11th April to Easter Sunday 17th April
Mon 11th
Mass at 10am in both Parishes and Reconciliation Service in St John's at 7pm.
Tues 12th
Mass in St John's at 10am
Wed 13th
Mass at 10am in both Parishes.
Chrism Mass at 7pm in Cathedral.
Holy Thursday
Morning Prayer in both Parishes 10am.
Mass of Lord’s Supper at 7pm in both Parishes. Night Prayer in St John's only at 9:30pm.
Good Friday
Morning Prayer at 10am in both Parishes.
Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion at 3pm in both Parishes.
Stations of the Cross at 7pm (St John's only).
Holy Saturday:
Morning Prayer at 10am in both Parishes.
Easter Vigil at 8:30pm in both Parishes. (No 4pm Mass)
Easter Sunday
10am in St Thomas
10am & 11:30am in St John's.
No 5pm Mass on Easter Sunday.
 
We pray for those who have died recently:
James Docherty, Mary Donaghy, Len Gray, William Thomas Sandford, Bill Strain, Catherine Sweeney, and David Andrew Wright;
and the 6 months' mind of
Margaret D’Arcy and Marion Malaney;
and the Anniversaries of
Gavin Confray, Claudina Fernandes, Hannah & John Hughes, Jim & Veronica Hutchison, Aidan Longwill, Peggy MacMillan, Margaret Nunnery, Peter Paton, Catherine & Patrick Smith, and Susan Tinsley.