Second Sunday of the Year Year C

St John the Evangelist Parish
Aurs Rd., Barrhead G78 2RW
 
Second Sunday of the Year  Year C
19th January 2025  
 
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: £421.93  NGA £853.48
Building Fund GA: £292.40 
Justice & Peace GA: 445.00   NGA: 472.34
Monthly Standing Orders: £4,271.50
 
Response to Psalm:
“Proclaim the wonders of the Lord among all the peoples”
 
Presentation for Canon Joseph Balmer
Thanks to everyone for the generous presentation given to Canon Joe on Thursday which will help him obtain his new canon’s robes. He was delighted to see you again, and we were delighted to meet up with him. Thanks to everyone who helped on Thursday evening. Please keep Canon Joe in your prayers.
 
The Diocesan Youth Commission invites children in P4-7 to a Retreat Day on Sunday 19th January, from 2-5pm. The theme is The Luminous Mysteries of the Holy Rosary. The day begins and ends in the church hall at Holy Family parish, Port Glasgow. It will include Holy Mass. A light dinner will be provided. Registration is necessary: www.tinyurl.com/dpy-january-retreat.
Email Fr Ryan for more info:
[email protected].

Sick and Retired Clergy Collection - 19th January 2025
We remember our Sick & Retired Priests of the diocese with great love and affection. We have eleven retired priests, still active in prayer and witness: one living in Rome, one living in Chile, three in houses throughout the diocese, five in parish presbyteries, and one at the Residence of the Little Sisters. We thank God for the gift of these priests and keep them in our prayers.
In 2023 our two special collections raised £37,384 and our Friends Campaign and donations raised £11,499, Gift Aid claims £4,826, rental income £9,270 and legacies £18,148. Our total income was £81,127.
In 2023 our expenditure was £170,574 made up of retired priests’ allowances £78,247, housekeepers’ wages £11,222, repairs to properties £10,985 medical and nursing home fees £21,612, the Healthcare Trust £14,137, Council Tax £8,882, rental of premises £18,950 and other costs of £6,539.
This left a shortfall of £89,447 of income compared to expenditure, partly offset by net (dividend) income of £73,438 from the Sick & Retired Priests Investment Fund, but this still left a deficit of £16,009.

We greatly appreciate any support you can give at this time.
Quiz Night  Next quiz night:  14 February. Thanks for December quiz night which raised £63 for the Church Restoration Fund.
 
“Catholic Families for Life” Newsletter from the National Commission for Marriage, Family and Life - latest version can be found at www.marriagefamilyandlife.org.uk
 
We pray for those who have died recently           Betty McQuade, John McCrory
 
and for the anniversaries of Patrick Brady, Mary Buchanan, Jim Brown, Jean McFadyen, Mary Donnelly, Dominic McCue
 
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 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

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
 
Think Vocation:. 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]
 
100 Club Winners for December
1st: £100 N 28 Eliz Corcoran
2nd: £50  N 30 Susan Kinroy
3rd: £30: N 100 John J Reilly
4th: £20: n 132 Marie McCool
5th: £20: n 102 Maureen Davidson
Please collect prizes from sacristy after Mass.
 
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
 
Funerals this  month: 
20 January: Elizabeth (Betty) McQuade 10am
27 January: John McCrory 10am
 
Jubilee Year of Hope
 
The Jubilee Cross will most often be in the Cathedral. Throughout the year we are intending to have a monthly Cluster Mass, from February onwards. Each Cluster will be invited, in turn, to host a Mass at which Bishop John will be the main celebrant. In due course the curial office will organise the dates with you.
The Jubilee Year Indulgence. It is possible to receive the Indulgence, with the normal conditions, and these can be obtained  in many contexts: Pilgrimages, pious visits to sacred sites, retreats, missions, engaging in corporal and spiritual works of mercy, for acts of penance and fasting (including from social media), for works in support of the protection of life, joining pilgrimages and Jubilee events through means of communication when it is not possible to be present in person.
 
The Jubilees Year and Schools. The Diocesan Education Department has already been distributed in St Luke’s HS and to the P7s and P4s in St Mark’s PS and St John’s PS, and the young people are being asked to be “Ambassadors of Hope” to their family, friends, school everyone.
 
Diocesan podcast team!
Listen also to the 50th anniversary celebrations at St. Francis in Port Glasgow.  Listen now on rcdop.org.uk/podcast or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Please 'like' and leave us a review!
 
Young Adults Group: The young adults group of the Diocese of Paisley are going to Lourdes as part of the Diocesan Pilgrimage (27th June - 3rd July). If you are 18-35 and are interested in joining us please come along to our meeting on Thursday 23rd January at 7pm in St John’s hall in Barrhead. For more information email Fr. Joe McGill ([email protected]) 
 
GRIEF TO GRACE – A Healing Retreat for Victims of Abuse – 29th April to 4th May 2025 – Perth: Grief to Grace is a specialised 5-day programme of spiritual and psychological healing for anyone who has suffered from sexual, physical, or emotional abuse or neglect in childhood, adolescence or adulthood, including those abused by a religious / member of the clergy.  If you are interested in this confidential healing retreat, please contact: Grief to Grace (Scotland) at [email protected]
 
Diocesan Safeguarding Action Plan 2025: Following analysis of the results from the Scottish Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (SCSSA) self-evaluation exercise our updated safeguarding action plan for 2025 has now been published on the Diocesan website.  An updated version of the 2023/24 action plan has also been uploaded for reference.  Both documents have been approved by the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisory Group and Bishop Keenan with a link to the plans available at Diocese of Paisley | Safety In Our Catholic Communities | Paisley, UK