Christmas Day 25th   December
 
St John the Evangelist: Collections:                            
First C GA £360.00 NGA £783.72                            Monthly Standing Orders: £3,818.00                        
Building Fund GA £99.00                                              St Anthony £46.60
 
Second Collection: Justice & Peace weekend of 7th/ 8th Jan 2023.
 
Christmas Giving: Thank you for your very generous and wonderful response in donating Vouchers for our schools. You raised over £2,000 and £2,800 for Project Gambia. For the month of November £344.36 was sent to Aid to Church in need from St Anthony’s Box.
 
Thank you: A big thank you to all those who have cleaned and prepared the Church, the florists who have decorated the Church with such beauty, our choirs/cantors, altar servers, sacristans, pass keepers and all those involved in the Christmas Masses and thank you for all your Christmas greetings, cards and gifts.
Wishing you all a Holy & Happy Christmas
 
Feast of the Holy Family:  Friday 30th of December.
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: Sunday 1st January 23. We will consecrate the Parish and our families to Our Blessed Mother at all Sunday Masses.
Solemnity of the Epiphany: Sunday 8th January.
 
Repairs/Renovations in Church/Hall/ Grounds: We have very recently changed the lighting around the Church and Hall, House, to LED, which will reduce our enormous electricity Bills. We have also changed the lighting on the Sanctuary and Oratory and entrances to LED lighting and now have new hand dryers in all the toilets. We have also installed Short Wave Infrared Heating that can be left on during Mass unlike the Fan Heating which is extremely noisy and distracting. The boiler in the hall and tea-room will have frost thermostats added to avoid a repeat of frozen pipes. Unfortunately, the tea-room had a burst pipe and will be out of commission for the foreseeable future.
 
Catholic Art Calendars / Catholic Western Calendars: Available now from the Stall located in the link corridor between the Sacristy and Church house. Catholic Western Calendars (Directory) £3.20 and Art Calendars £1.00
 
SYNOD 2021-2024: The Papal Synod timeline has now been extended, by a year, to 2024. The document for the Continental Stage has now been published and is available on the diocesan website homepage. This will be the focus of the European Assembly in February 2023. Please send any comments to [email protected]
 
Diocesan Office for Pastoral Formation of Young Adults Pilgrimage to Lourdes: This will coincide with the Diocesan/ Youth to Lourdes Pilgrimage from 30th June to 7th July 23. The cost is £500 per person. If you’re aged 18-35 and would like to know more, or if you would like to register your interest, please email  ([email protected])  ([email protected]). Deposits of £100 should be paid before the end of January 2023.
 
Carols in the Cathedral: Tuesday 27th December at 2.00pm: All donations will go towards SPRED.
 
Cinema, Arts and Literature Club: Interested in discussing perspectives on film, novels, poetry, music and more?  Come to our next meeting where we will be discussing the novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. Text INFO to 07957644546 for full details. Tuesday 17th January 7:30pm to 9pm, Dunreath, 231 Nithsdale Road, G41 5HA. (Spiritual activities at Dunreath are entrusted to Opus Dei, a personal Prelature of the Catholic Church.) All welcome
 
10 K Walk for Mary’s Meals: Congratulations to one of our young Parishioner and St Mark’s Pupil 7 year old, Michael Williams who raised £800 by completing a 10 k Walk in 2 hours, 45 minutes along with his parents for Mary’s Meals.
We pray for those who have died recently: Marie Boyle, Patrick Gaynor, Letty Mitchell, Sarah Mc Cann, Elizabeth Thompson and 9 months mind of William Sandford and for the Anniversaries of Gerard Barr, Carol Ann Burns, Rose Anna Hannigan, Archie Hughes, Annie & John Mc Cann, Kathleen Mc Creadie, Walter Mc Cready, Margaret Dunn Manning, Jim Mc Quade, Philip Robertson, Kelly Ann Sanders.

4th Sunday of Advent:  18th  December
 
St John the Evangelist: Collections:                            
First C GA £347.12 NGA £817.08                             Monthly Standing Orders: £3,818.00                        
Building Fund GA £70.20                                          St Anthony £36.55
Education GA: £10.00
 
Rorate Mass: Wednesday 21st at 7am. Funeral of Joseph Hendry on Mon 19th Dec at 10.00am.
 
Parish Penitential Service:  There will be an opportunity to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confession on Monday 19th of December at 7pm. Along with Fr Joe & Jonathan there will be other priests available to hear Confessions. Also each morning this week except Mon, from 9.30am -10.00am and Christmas Eve 10.30- 11.am
 
Online Prayer event for young Catholic Adults aged 20-40: Join us for a post-Christmas rosary and reflection via Zoom on Tues 27th Dec at 8:00-8:30pm. Our events are a great opportunity to meet and socialise with other young adults. For more info and tickets email: [email protected] 
 
Times of Christmas Masses: Vigil (24th Dec) 6pm, Midnight Mass. Christmas Day: 10am and 11.30am. Children’s Nativity at 5.30pm.
 
Christmas Cards and Catholic Art Calendars: Available now from the Stall located in the link corridor between the Sacristy and Church house. Catholic Western Calendars (Directory) £3.20 and Art Calendars £1.00
 
Christmas Giving Appeal: To help with families particularly in our schools who are in need, you may wish to donate Gift Vouchers. You can leave them in the box in front of the Our Lady Statue. Appeal ends this weekend in order to get the vouchers to schools before they close for the Christmas Holidays. No Cash please.
 
Christmas Flowers and Poinsettias: To help defray the cost of decorating the Church this Christmastide, you may wish to donate monies. There is a Flower Box in the porch to make donations.
 
Eucharistic Adoration on Tues/Thurs: We have only a few remaining hours to fill before we once again can have Eucharistic Adoration in the Oratory on Tues/Thurs. Tues 2-3pm 3-4pm 4-5pm 5-6pm and Thurs 2-3pm, 5-6pm, 6-7pm. You can complete a yellow sign up form available in the porch.   Oratory closes on Fri 23rd Dec to Mon 9th Jan.
 
Project Gambia: Volunteers from Project Gambia will be visiting our parish this weekend the 17th & 18th of December to update us on their work with Deaf children in The Gambia. They will be most appreciative of any support given, both prayerful and financial.
 
SYNOD 2021-2024: The Papal Synod timeline has now been extended, by a year, to 2024. The document for the Continental Stage has now been published and is available on the diocesan website homepage. This will be the focus of the European Assembly in February 2023. Please send any comments to [email protected]
 
Diocesan Office for Pastoral Formation of Young Adults Pilgrimage to Lourdes: This will coincide with the Diocesan/ Youth to Lourdes Pilgrimage from 30th June to 7th July 23. The cost is £500 per person. If you’re aged 18-35 and would like to know more, or if you would like to register your interest, please email  ([email protected])  ([email protected]). Deposits of £100 should be paid before the end of January 2023.
 
Carols in the Cathedral: Tuesday 27th December at 2.00pm: All donations will go towards SPRED.
 
Cinema, Arts and Literature Club: Interested in discussing perspectives on film, novels, poetry, music and more?  Come to our next meeting where we will be discussing the novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. Text INFO to 07957644546 for full details. Tuesday 17th January 7:30pm to 9pm, Dunreath, 231 Nithsdale Road, G41 5HA. (Spiritual activities at Dunreath are entrusted to Opus Dei, a personal Prelature of the Catholic Church.) All welcome
 
We pray for those who have died recently: John Derek Fitch, Joseph Hendry, Isabel Templeton, and Anniversary of Catherine Brown, Madge Burns, Amelia Clarke, Mariano Coelho, Dan & Danny Donnelly, Jean & John Herrity, Patrick Kearney,  Joseph Millar, Frances MacEwan, Maureen Mc Guire, Sheila Mc Kee, Susan Mc Kee, Anna Maria Pinto, Thomas Wood.

                                                     3rd Sunday of Advent:  11 th December
 
St John the Evangelist: Collections:                            
First C GA £352.60 NGA £839.01                             Monthly Standing Orders: £3,818.00                        
Building Fund GA £420.50. NGA £399.99               St Anthony £61.68
Education GA: £2.00
 
Rorate Masses during the Wednesdays of Advent (7am). Funeral of Helen Mc Carthy on Thurs 15th Dec at 10.00am.
 
Parish Penitential Service: “Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight”.  There will be an opportunity to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confession on Monday 19th of December at 7pm. Along with Fr Joe & Jonathan there will be other priests available to hear Confessions.
 
Times of Christmas Masses: Vigil (24th Dec) 6pm with Children’s Nativity. Midnight Mass. Christmas Day: 10am and 11.30am.
 
Christmas Cards and Catholic Art Calendars: Available now from the Stall located in the link corridor between the Sacristy and Church house.
 
Christmas Giving Appeal: To help with families particularly in our schools who are in need, you may wish to donate Gift Vouchers. You can leave them in the box in front of the Our Lady Statue.
 
Christmas Flowers and Poinsettias: To help defray the cost of decorating the Church this Christmastide, you may wish to donate monies. There is a Flower Box in the porch to make donations.
 
100 Club Draw Winners Nov: 1st Prize:  Margaret Cassidy No 10. 2nd Prize: M. Sloey. No 136. 3rd Prize: Pui Chi Li. No 76. 4th Prize: B. Melee. No 40. 5th Prize: G &M Easdon. No 168.
 
Sacred Heart Companions Prayer Group: Meeting this Tuesday 13th Dec from 1pm-2pm in the Tea Room.
 
Eucharistic Adoration on Tues/Thurs: We have only a few remaining hours to fill before we once again can have Eucharistic Adoration in the Oratory on Tues/Thurs. Tues 2-3pm 3-4pm 4-5pm 5-6pm and Thurs 2-3pm, 5-6pm, 6-7pm. You can complete a yellow sign up form available in the porch.
 
Project Gambia: Volunteers from Project Gambia will be visiting our parish next weekend the 17th & 18th of December to update us on their work with Deaf children in The Gambia. They will be most appreciative of any support given, both prayerful and financial.
 
SYNOD 2021-2024: The Papal Synod timeline has now been extended, by a year, to 2024. The document for the Continental Stage has now been published and is available on the diocesan website homepage. This will be the focus of the European Assembly in February 2023. Please send any comments to [email protected]
 
Diocesan Office for Pastoral Formation of Young Adults Pilgrimage to Lourdes: This will coincide with the Diocesan/ Youth to Lourdes Pilgrimage from 30th June to 7th July 23. The cost is £500 per person. If you’re aged 18-35 and would like to know more, or if you would like to register your interest, please email  ([email protected])  ([email protected]). Deposits of £100 should be paid before the end of January 2023.
 
Carols in the Cathedral: Tuesday 27th December at 2.00pm: All donations will go towards SPRED.
 
Cinema, Arts and Literature Club: Interested in discussing perspectives on film, novels, poetry, music and more?  Come to our next meeting where we will be discussing the novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. Text INFO to 07957644546 for full details. Tuesday 17th January 7:30pm to 9pm, Dunreath, 231 Nithsdale Road, G41 5HA. (Spiritual activities at Dunreath are entrusted to Opus Dei, a personal Prelature of the Catholic Church.) All welcome
 
We pray for those who have died recently: Annie Briody, Betty Hainey, Joseph Hendry, Alfie Mc Allister, Helen Mc Carthy, Mary Mc Crainer and First Months Mind of Archbishop Mario Conti and for the Anniversaries of Jane Balmer, Nessie Collins, David Davidson, Gerard Ellis, William Ellis, Robert George Ellis, Betty Hughes, Bernard, James & Susan Mc Allister, Michael Mc Guire, Robert Minnery, Mary & Tommy Sproul.

​                                                     2nd Sunday of Advent:  4th December
 
St John the Evangelist: Collections:                            
First C GA £426.90 NGA £879. 31                             Monthly Standing Orders: £3,818.00                        
Building Fund GA £30.00                                            St Anthony £104.49
Education GA: £43.00
 
This weekend Second Collection: Monthly Building Fund
 
Funerals this week: Marion Collins: Tues 6th Dec at 10.00am
 
Rorate Masses during the Wednesdays of Advent (7am) The Rorate Mass takes its name from the opening words of the Entrance Antiphon. which come from the Prophet Isaiah 45:8: “Rorate, caeli, desuper, et nubes pluant justum, aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem.”“Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened and bud forth a Saviour.” This Mass is a Votive Mass in honour of Our Blessed Mother Mary. The Rorate Mass begins in the darkness of early morning and lit only by candlelight as the church becomes progressively brighter with the sunrise, so the coming of the Eternal Light, Jesus, whom we await during the Advent season, illuminates our faith in him as Saviour and Light of the World.
 
Parish Penitential Service: “Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight”.  There will be an opportunity to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confession on Monday 19th of December at 7pm. Along with Fr Joe & Jonathan there will be other priests available to hear Confessions.
 
Times of Christmas Masses: Vigil (24th Dec) 6pm with Children’s Nativity. Midnight Mass. Christmas Day: 10am and 11.30am.
 
Extra-Ordinary Ministers of the Eucharist and Readers: There is a list in the Sacristy as to your availability for the Christmas Masses.
 
The New Extra-Ordinary Ministers of the Eucharist and Readers Rota’s: The New Rotas are now available to view on  the Sacristy Noticeboard. If you wish to be sent an electronic copy email Mary Hallan. [email protected]
 
Christmas Cards and Catholic Art Calendars: Available now from the Stall located in the link corridor between the Sacristy and Church house.
 
Christmas Giving Appeal: To help with families particularly in our schools who are in need, you may wish to donate Gift Vouchers. You can leave them in the box in front of the Our Lady Statue.
 
Christmas Flowers and Poinsettias: To help defray the cost of decorating the Church this Christmastide, you may wish to donate monies. There is a Flower Box in the porch to make donations.
 
Knights of St. Columba National Young People’s Competition: The Knights of St. Columba have organised a National competition for young people.  All details can be found by clicking on the following link 
https://tinyurl.com/KSCYoungPeopleCompetition2023 
 
Diocese of Paisley Safeguarding Thought for the Month 2022: Each month we will have a safeguarding thought for the month to help us continue the focus on this important priority.  The Safeguarding thought for December is:
Together we will continue to ensure that our parishes are safe places where prevention is a key message.
 
Communications Commission: The Diocesan Communications Commission (which meets every 2-3 months) is responsible for all diocesan communications, to ensure a frequent, consistent and synodal message. We wish to increase the number of representatives, especially recruiting people who are/have been engaged in media & communications. If interested or want more information, please contact Canon Danny McLoughlin at [email protected].
 
We pray for those who have died recently: Marion Collins, Joseph Vaz, and for the Anniversaries of George Docherty, Mary Teresa Ellis, Frank Foy, Maria Herbert, Charlie Hughes, Ian Mc Garrigle, Catherine Mc Guire, Michael Mc Guire, Mary Mc Quade, Monica Tipping.