Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year C

  St John the Evangelist Parish
  Aurs Rd., Barrhead G78 2RW

                                 He is Risen, Alleluia.
 
      11th May 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: £387.03.  NGA £1001.88
Holy Places: GA £57.00
SCIAF BOXES £229.80
Monthly Standing Orders: £4,271.50
 
This week’s second collection is for the Education of Priests
 
Response to Psalm:
“We are his people, the sheep of his flock.”
 
Thanks be to God
for our New Holy Father
Pope Leo XIV.
 
We thank God for the gift of this wise and experienced bishop who will lead the flock of Christ with goodness and compassion. Please pray each day in your morning offering remembering to pray for our Holy Father the Pope.
 
Morning Offering Prayer:  O Jesus, through the most pure heart of Mary, I offer you this day all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings for the intentions of your Divine Heart and particularly for the intentions of our Holy Father, the Pope. (Our Father, Hail Mary.)
 
Congratulations to all our young people of St John’s Primary School who received their First Holy Communion yesterday
We thank parents and teachers who helped the young people prepare for this special day in their life of faith.  Please keep them in your prayers.
 
Next First Holy Communions
17 May 10am St Mark’s Primary School
Please keep the children in your prayers as they prepare to receive our Blessed Lord for the first time in Holy Communion.
 
We pray for those who have died recently   Patricia Wheelan, Michael Docherty, Eddie Hannigan
 
We pray for the anniversaries of
Mary Lawson, John Buchanan, Marie Grandy, Thomas Pearson, Danny McQuade, Alice McGuire, Wilma Cook,
Betty and Andrew Boyle, Mary Hughes.
 
Funerals
Patricia Wheelan Thursday 15 May 10am
Eddie Hannigan, to be arranged.
 
100 Club Winners for April
1st £100 no 78 MM Davidson
2nd £50 no 76 Pui Chi Li
3rd £30 no 29 K MacPhee
4th £20 no 37 P Reid
5th £20 no 124 Mgt Martin
 
Sacred Heart Companions Prayer Group
Meets in St John’s Tea Room on Tuesday 13 May 20205 from 1pm  -2pm.
 
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
Red cover: £19.95 White cover: £22.95
Jubilee Year Items also available in stall.
 
Raffle Tickets are now all out. If you have any spare please return them since people are asking for more
First Prize: 40” Samsung TV. Second Prize: £250, Third Prize £100 and many more prizes.
So far, we have raised £1,123 – thanks to everyone who has already sold and handed in tickets and money. Well done!
 
Summer Fete Saturday 7 June 2025
Donations can now be handed in to the church hall’s back room or in the donation box in the church porch: toys, jewellery, plants and home baking, (the day before the fete), arts and crafts, bottles and gifts for the wheel of fortune
      and the tombola. Bottles can be given to SSVP members before Mass or handed into the sacristy.
      No books, CDs nor DVDs please.
We will also have a bouncy castle, beat the goalie, fire engine, and other activities for all the family.
Able boded people are needed  to set up and take down the gazebos for the fete. Please can you help?
 
St Andrew's Parish Church has partnered with East Renfrewshire Good Causes (ERGC) for the past few years and continues to be the main distributor in the Barrhead   and Neilston area. ERGC provide free groceries/toiletries  and all kinds of items (everything from stairgates to laptops!) to local people who are in need in some way. They rely on "frontline workers" such as the clergy to provide referrals using their online form and are currently looking for new referrals.
If you can think of anyone you know who might benefit  from this wonderful (and completely free) service, then please check out their website for the relevant info:
Main site = East Renfrewshire Good Causes Examples of their most recent help given = year17second.pdf How to apply = East Renfrewshire Good Causes East Renfrewshire Foodbank Giving Day
We have been asked to participate in a focused giving day for Barrhead by the Action for Churches Barrhead and Neilston on 11th May.  St John’s RC parish has been asked to support this initiative by collecting cans of soup. These can be left in the usual place at the back of the church where we normally collect items for the foodbank. As always, any long-lasting food items and or toiletries can be donations in local supermarkets. If anyone is interested in volunteering please contact Ken at [email protected]
The food bank continues to serve customers every Tuesday between 12pm -2pm and Friday between 2pm -4pm a the corner of Bank St and Lowndes Street .
Thank you for your ongoing support. Fr John 
 
Fatima Vigils at Howwood resume on Monday 12th May
and every 12th of the month until October. Rosary Procession
(round the grounds, weather permitting), Mass, followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, ending with Benediction. In this Holy Year of Hope, we will focus on praying for peace in our divided world. The hall opens at 7pm, and the Rosary procession starts at 7.30pm. Tea/coffee available in hall after Benediction. Please consider making this a parish activity for the Holy Year. All welcome.
 
Parish Renovation Project
Thank you for everyone who attended the meeting last Tuesday. A copy of the minutes of the meeting is available on our parish website and on the porch table. There is a suggestion box in the porch if you wish to make any final points, or you can email me at the parish email address at [email protected]. I will shortly make the final decision about what we do next. Please keep me in your prayers, and thank you for all your words of support. Fr John
https://www.stjohnsbarrhead.org/uploads/8/4/3/6/8436253/parish_meeting_6th_may_2025.pdf
 
St John’s, Barrhead Diocesan Finance Report from Jackie Brett, Diocesan Finance Director
 
The profit and loss account for year ended 31 December 2024 shows a profit of £48,339.
Income            £248,924
Expenses         £200,585
Profit                  £48,339
This represents a 19% profit.
 
The balance as at 31 December 2024 on the parish loan to Diocese was £91,922.
The balance as at 31 December 2024 on Investment with Diocese was £451,688.
 
Thank you for your continued support of the parish and would ask parishioners wishing to increase their standing orders or set up new 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. Thank you. Jackie Brett, Diocesan Finance Director
 
Parish bank details as follows:
St Johns Church
Sort Code 80-05-54
Account No 00761597
 
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
 
Day of Prayer – Called to Care, Not to Kill Sunday 4th May  There is a pastoral letter on Assisted Suicide from the Bishops of Scotland. Please take a copy of the letter home to read.
 
Donegal County Council is seeking your help to record the stories of Donegal people who worked in Scotland between 1940 and 1990. As part of the Working Over By Smartphone Competition, you’re invited to record a short video on your phone sharing a memory of your work. One participant will win a return flight for two between Donegal and Glasgow. Closing date for entries is Friday, May 30. For more information contact [email protected]

​Please take home a copy of the Bishop’s pastoral letter on vocations.