Fifth Sunday of Lent Year C

St John the Evangelist Parish
Aurs Rd., Barrhead G78 2RW
 
5th  Sunday of Lent Year C
Passion Week
6 April 2025  

Rev Monsignor John Canon Tormey: Parish Priest
Rev Fr Joseph J McGill:   Assistant Priest
Rev Denis Murphy:  Deacon
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: £421.30.00  NGA £1234.85
Building Fund: GA £74.70 NGA 20.00
SCIAF COLLECTION: £1064.54
Monthly Standing Orders: £4,271.50
 
Children’s Rosary
We meet on Friday 11th April at 6pm.
 
Sacred Heart Companions Prayer Group
The Prayer Group will meet in St John’s Tea Room,
Tue 8 April from 1pm – 2pm.
 
Response to Psalm

“What great deeds the LORD worked for us! Indeed, we were glad.”
The Season of Lent

Weekday Masses During Lent 10am each day
And Wednesdays 7.30am and Thursdays 7pm
St Luke’s HS Fridays 8.20am
Stations of the Cross:
After Masses on Wednesday (10.30am), Thursday (7pm) and Friday (10.30am)
Brief Stations of the Cross for Infants after Tuesday Morning Mass: (10.30am)(Catholic Mothers Group)
 
Mass Times for Holy Week

Palm Sunday Normal Mass times
Monday – Wed normal Mass times
Triduum
Chrism Mass: St Mirin’s Cathedral 7pm
Holy Thursday: Morning Prayer 10am
Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7pm
Night Prayer 10pm
Good Friday: Morning Prayer 10am
Good Friday Walk of Witness in Barrhead starting at St John’s RC Church 10.30am
Commemoration of the Passion 3pm
Stations of the Cross 7pm
Holy Saturday: Morning Prayer 10am
Easter Vigil (at sunset): 8.30pm
Easter Sunday: 10am and 11.30 am
No Easter Sunday evening Mass
Easter Week: Masses at Normal  Times
 
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Confessions at St Joseph’s Clarkston 7pm 8 April
Confessions at normal times in St John’s up until and including Wednesday of Holy Week.
 
Barrhead Churches Together
You are welcome to  join in with the Holy Week Celebrations of the local Christians in Barrhead and Neilston:
Sunday 13th April 7pm: Palm Sunday service: Bourock Parish Church
Monday 14th April 7pm: St Thomas’ RC Church Neilston
Tuesday 15th April 7pm: United Reformed Church Barrhead
Wednesday 16th April 7pm: Barrhead St Andrew’s Parish Church
Friday 18th April 10.30am: Walk of Witness: Meeting at St John’s RC Church
Friday 18th April 7pm: Stations of the Cross
St John’s RC Church
Sunday 20th April 8am: Early morning service outside Bourock Parish Church
 
New Tax Year Gift Aid First  and Second Collection Envelopes.
Gift Aid Declarations: you are kindly requested to donate by standing order to St John’s Parish Account or take a full box of Gift Aid Envelopes.
If you have a standing order you can also use Second Collection Envelopes, which allow us to claim tax back on your second collection offerings.

Standing Orders
Thank you to everyone who has recently signed a new standing order
We are encouraging parishioners to take out a standing order for the first collections, rather than using cash. If you feel you can do this, it will make our money counters very happy, as they will have less work to do. Forms available in church porch.
If you already pay by standing order you may wish to consider increasing the amount you donate.
Remember that you can take out a standing order whether you Gift Aid or not. Some banks have their own SO Forms, eg Virgin Bank. Please check.
If you do pay tax and have not already signed a Gift Aid form, please think of signing a Gift Aid Form today. This helps your contributions to the parish at no extra expense to you, but it gives 25p extra to the church. It is like money for old rope, as the saying goes!

We pray for those who have died recently:     Charlotte Duncan
 
We pray for the anniversaries of
Margaret Nunnery, Hugh Lynch, Gerard Maguire, Michael McGuire, Claudina Fernandes,
Suzie Tinsley, Catherine Smith, John Gray,
Robert Philips, Catherine McCready, Nancy Wilson
 
Funerals
Charlotte Duncan:  Tues 8th April 10am Mass

Lourdes Hospitalité: Booking is now open for the Diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes, 28th June-3rd July 2025. please contact Anne Louise pilgrimage co-ordinator on 01475 638132

Catholic Mothers Play and Pray Group 
Tues 10.30am in Parish Hall, All children and mothers welcome Contact Rachel Callaghan for more details 07508835310
[email protected] 
 
New Sunday Missal in Stall
New Red and White Cover Sunday Missal are now available. If you would like to order a new missal please let Alison know.
Red cover: £19.95 White cover: £22.95
Jubilee Year Items also available in stall.

Think Vocation: There is no greater joy than to share with people the all-encompassing love and mercy of God in the sacraments. Could you be called to share this gift with others, to bring them the Father’s undying love? Speak to our Diocesan Vocations Director, Fr John Morrison - email: [email protected] or phone 01418892602.

Additional Teaching Qualification in Religious Education (Catholic Schools): The St. Andrews Foundation for Catholic Teacher Education is delighted to offer the opportunity for teachers to gain an additional qualification in religious education. The ATQRE course fulfils the academic requirement for applying to the GTCS for professional registration as a specialist Religious Education teacher in the Catholic Secondary school. The course begins in August 2025. For all details including teaching dates and costs -  https://www.gla.ac.uk/study/cpd/atqreforcatholicschools/
The Diocese of Paisley support ATQRE and will pay one third of the fees for any applicants who live in the diocese and attend bishop John’s support sessions. For details - https://www.rcdop.org.uk/atqre

Proposal for Summer Fete Saturday 7 June 2025
Please do offer your help to plan for our Summer Fete. We would like different parish groups and individuals to take charge of a stall each. It will be a great family day for the parish and we look forward to everyone getting involved in some way, even just to help set up and put away tables.
 
Donations Can now be handed in to the church hall, back room: Toys, jewellery, plants, home baking, arts and crafts, bottles and gifts for the wheel of fortune and the tombola.
We will also have a bouncy castle, beat the goalie and other games for all the family.
 
Youth to Lourdes Quiz: St. Patrick's church hall Orangefield Place Greenock on this  Sunday 6th April commencing at 7.30pm.  BYOB and eats. £2 entry adults, children free. Tea/ Coffee biscuits will be served. Donations for the raffle will be welcome.
 
Lent Pro-Life Stations of the Cross: Pray the Stations of the Cross every Monday in Lent: 7.45pm, on Zoom. Register here:  https://bit.ly/stations25
 
2025 Leadership programme for Sixth Form Students: The CHC’s Christian Leadership Formation programme.  For more information and to apply at St. Mary’s Twickenham see: www.christianleadershipformation.com
 
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.
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Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions): Monday to Friday 9.30am -9.50am      
Saturday: 10.30 am – 10.50am & 3.15pm – 3.45pm
 
100 Club Winners for March
Jim Bell 105 £100
Helen Deveney 57 £50
G & M Easdon 168 £30
Marie McCool  132 £20
Virginia Durie 39 £20