Third Sunday in Advent Year C 15th December 2024

Last weekend for Christmas Gift Vouchers.


St John the Evangelist Parish
Aurs Rd., Barrhead G78 2RW
 
Third Sunday of Advent Year C
15 December  2024  
 
 
Rev Monsignor John Canon Tormey: Parish Priest
Rev Joseph J McGill:   Assistant Priest
Email: [email protected]  Tel- 0141 881 0769
Website: www.stjohns-barrhead.org
 
Mary Hallan:    Safeguarding Co-Ordinator: [email protected]
 
LAST WEEK’S COLLECTIONS
First Collection GA: £335.00  NGA £1061.92
Building Fund: GA £110.00
Monthly Standing Orders: £4,271.50
 
                      
Scan for Christmas Masses in our Diocese
 
Christmas Mass times for St John’s Barrhead
Vigil 6pm (with Nativity Play at 5.30pm)
Midnight (with Carols at 11.30pm)
Christmas Day Mass 11am
New Year’s Day Mass 11am
 
No Wednesday early morning 7.30am Mass during the Christmas Holidays.
 
Response to Psalm:
“What great deeds the Lord worked for us!
Indeed, we were glad”
 
Festive coffee morning in the church hall on Sunday 22nd December after 10am mass.  The parents of St Mark's primary and the parish would love you to join us for this coffee morning. There will be live music, home baking, a wonderful raffle with some great prizes, craft activities for kids and even maybe a very special visitor. Home baking donations/raffle prizes would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks 
Presentation for Fr Joe Balmer
16 January at 7pm Mass, followed by reception in Parish Hall. Collection will be made in January for Fr Joe’s presentation.
Carols in the Cathedral: Join Bishop John Keenan and the Diocesan Choir for the annual Carol Service in St Mirin's Cathedral, Friday 27th of December at 2pm. Refreshments in the hall afterwards. All welcome!
 
Catholic Mothers 2025 Planners.
For anyone looking for a practical and soulful Christmas gift, we are selling the Catholic Mothers planners 2025.
Have a look at the link below to see just how much this planner offers. Everything from cooking recipes to daily reflections, arts and crafts ideas to keeping track of every day life! 
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/68762073/catholic-mothers-planner-2025
You can get a copy by contacting Rachel Callaghan on 07508835310 or [email protected]
PRICE: £25.99 (60% of money goes back into sustaining Catholic Mothers Association 40% split to our local group in Barrhead and St Johns parish)
 
“Catholic Families for Life” Newsletter from the National Commission for Marriage, Family and Life - latest version can be found at www.marriagefamilyandlife.org.uk
 
Church Cleaning. Can you please spare an hour on a Thursday after 10am Mass to help clean our church. Thanks very much. Fr John
 
St John’s, Barrhead Finance 
Parishioners wishing to set up standing orders to complete a standing order form and gift aid declaration, if applicable and return them to the parish priest. These forms can be obtained from the parish website. Alternatively, you can set up regular faster payment to the parish via your online banking system. Parish bank details as follows:
St Johns Church
Sort Code 80-05-54 Account No 00761597
Thank you. Jackie Brett. Diocesan Finance.
 
We pray for those who have died recently:   Jack Kaney, Marie Paton, Carol Cooper, Anne Marie Flynn, Tony Gillespie,
and for those whose anniversaries
occur at this time: Joseph Gallagher, Patrick ’Pat’ Layden, Susan and Bernard McAllister, Archie Hughes, Thomas and Betty Donegan, Mary and Tommy Sproul, Betty Hughes, Carol O’Donnell, Thomas Wood, Robert Minnery, David Davidson, John Boyle,
and the three month’s mind of George Gallagher.  
 

St Luke’s High School First Friday Prayer Group.
We will ask our young people to add your intentions to their oratory prayer book.
You can add names at this website:
 https://forms.office.com/e/LZiW6ZAtiU
 
Longing for Light: Journeying through Advent with the Scriptures. You are invited to some/all of four talks on the scriptures of Advent with Fr Ryan Black, in the Diocesan Office from 7pm. Tue 26th Nov; Wed 4th Dec; Wed 11th Dec; Tue 17th Dec.

Advent Giving Appeal 2024 – Supporting Families in Need:   Envelopes containing vouchers, with their amount marked on the front, can be handed in to the sacristy or parish house. So far we have given out an amazing £2300 in vouchers to help families in St Luke’s, St John’s and St Mark’s Schools. A huge thanks to everyone who has been so generous in helping families cope with so many expenses at this time of year. God bless you.
 
Lourdes Hospitalité: Booking is now open for the Diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes, 28th June-3rd July 2025. Booking is currently via the Tangney Tours website, booking forms will be available soon. If you have a life limiting, chronic medical condition or a taking regular medication you should register with the medical/nursing team. If you wish to come to Lourdes as part of the medical/nursing or helper team, please attend the meeting on 7th January at 7pm in St Ninian’s, Gourock. If you would like to come to Lourdes as a registered sick pilgrim please come to the meeting on 26th January at 2pm in St Ninian’s ,Gourock. If you have any questions ,please contact Anne Louise pilgrimage co-ordinator on 01475 638132
 
100 Club November Draw Winners:
1st Prize: £100 N 27 J&J Carlton
2nd Prize: £50 N 128 Marie Byrne
3rd Prize: £30  N 97 Janice McKenzie
4th Prize: £20  N 127 Valerie Logue
5th Prize: £20  N 66  M Hannah
 
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration – Christmas Closure
The Oratory will close for the Christmas Holidays at 7.00 pm on Friday 20 December, re-opening at 10.30 am on Monday 6 January.
 
Advent Activity Pack: CELEBRATE have create a brilliant family resource, the Advent Online Family Activity Pack, which can downloaded from here for free https://www.celebratetrust.org/onlinefamilyactivitypacks Children can cut out their own manger and Baby Jesus, with Advent Matchbox Manger which can also be downloaded for free from their website from here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScj0GxNXsRV9sL4oJPiDS1ShLDKIGMaEufhQ6T7ksh5nCwmhg/viewform  

Think Vocation: ‘What, then, shall we do?’ - The people ask John for guidance. Perhaps you are seeking advice on what God is asking of you too. Could God be calling you to be a priest to help today's world to truly “prepare the way of the Lord"? If you think God is calling you to be a priest, please get in touch with Fr John Morrison, our Diocesan Vocations Director, tel: 01418892602 or email: [email protected]
 
Please see all the latest articles on the work for justice and peace in Scotland. (Bishops’ Conference)
www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk.
 
Special Guest Podcast!: Tune in to our special guest podcast where Sancta Familia Media look back on the Papal Nuncio’s visit to the Diocese. Listen now on the Diocesan website www.rcdop.org.uk/podcast or on all major streaming platforms.
 
 
Barrhead Food Bank Donations.
Thank you to every one who has donated to the collection basket at the entrance to the church. Your donations have been most gratefully received.
 
Pro-Life Mass: The monthly Pro-Life Mass is on Wednesday, 18th December at 7.30pm at Holy Cross, 113 Dixon Ave, G42 8ER. Adoration begins at 6.15pm. Tea in the hall afterwards – all welcome. The celebrant will be Fr Matthew Carlin.
 
 
Times of Sunday Masses: Sat Vigil 4pm. Sun: 10am, 11.30am, 5pm.
Weekdays: Mon to Saturday 10am. Workers Mass: Each Wednesday at 7.30am
Daily Adoration in Church: 9.00am – 9.55am.
In Oratory: 10.30am-9pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
Daily Rosary: 9.25am.
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions): Monday to Friday 9.30am -9.50am      
Saturday: 10.30 am – 10.50am & 3.15pm – 3.45pm
(No funerals in St John’s this coming week).