First Sunday in Advent Year C 30th November 2024

St John the Evangelist Parish
Aurs Rd., Barrhead G78 2RW
 
First Sunday of Advent Year C
1 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: £425.00  NGA £795.70
Education Sunday: GA 39.00
Monthly Standing Orders: £4,271.50
 
Response to the Psalm at Mass today:
“To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul”
 
Confirmandi Mass of Enrolment 10am today
We pray for our children who will be confirmed next year, along with their sponsors, teachers and families, that they may be filled with deeper faith and love for Jesus and the gifts of the Holy Spirit
 
Rite of Installation: Fr Joe Balmer will be installed into the diocesan Chapter of Canons in St Mirin’s Cathedral on Thursday 5th December 2024. All are welcome to attend for Evening Prayer at 6pm.
 
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.
 
The next children’s rosary is Friday 13 December at 6 pm in the church. The children will gather at Our Lady’s altar for the rosary. Afterwards everyone is invited to the hall for hot chocolate and marshmallows. 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)
 
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:
Kevin Judge,
and for those whose anniversaries
occur at this time: Jennifer Tan, Jane Sloan, Mary McQuade, Ian McGarrigle, John and Annie McGowan, James and Noreen McGowan, Helen McCarthy, Monica Tipping, Kathryn Devlin, Catherine and Michael McGuire, Charlie Hughes, Sheila Carrol, Catherine Phillips, Michael Ryan.
 
St Luke’s High School Prayer Group.
The First Friday Prayer Group will be on the first Friday of every month in the school oratory. We will be asking our young people to add your intentions to their oratory prayer book.
We are asking that if you have any special intentions of people you would like the prayer group to pray for, please scan the QR code below. We will then add these intentions to our Prayer Book. You can add names at this website: https://forms.office.com/e/LZiW6ZAtiU
 
P4-7 Advent Retreat: The diocesan Youth Commission invites children in P4-7 to an Advent Retreat Day on Sunday 1st December from 2-5pm. The theme is The Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary. St Mirin’s Cathedral Hall, with Holy Mass in the cathedral. Registration is necessary: http://tinyurl.com/dpy-primary-advent. Email Fr Ryan for more info: [email protected].
 
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 Retreat Day
Mill Hill Missionaries, 30, Lourdes Ave, Cardonald G52 3QU.  Theme: Is my life, my heart, a manger for Jesus.  Led by Fr Bernard Fox and Sr Sally Hyland, 7 December 10am -4pm. Suggested donation for the day: £25. Please bring packed lunch, teas & coffees and mince pie provided.
 
Advent Giving Appeal 2024 – Supporting Families in Need:
Advent sees the beginning of our Annual Appeal in support of families in need within our community. If you are able, we would be most grateful for donations of gift vouchers for shops. We will then distribute them to our associated schools who will gift them to the children. The incredible support this appeal generates helps our young buy gifts for their families and is always deeply moving and appreciated. Envelopes containing vouchers, with their amount marked on the front, can be handed in to the sacristy or parish house. Thank you!
 
Sunday 1st December – St Luke’s Caritas Coffee Morning
The Caritas Group are holding their First Sunday in Advent Coffee Morning on Sunday 1st December after the 10 o’clock Mass.
They will have some home baking as well as some Christmas treats on sale and a Christmas Raffle.
Everyone is welcome in the hall after Mass to support them.
 
St Columba’s 50th Anniversary:   50th anniversary Mass on Sunday 1 December by Bishop John Keenan There will be refreshments in the hall after Mass. All welcome.
 
 
FIRST FRIDAYS FOR LIFE - 6th December 2024 - St Aidan's, Johnstone.
 
Will you fast and pray every First Friday for Life? Bishop John invites you to fast and pray on the First Friday of each month to protect the unborn child and for the flourishing of the Pro-Life movement so that our society will build an authentic culture of life. Join your priests throughout the diocese on the First Friday of each month as we pray for life! The next Mass of the season will be offered in St Aidan's, Johnstone, on Friday the 6th of December at 7 PM; Adoration & Confession from 6 PM.
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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. Hananh
 
Cathedral All-Day Confessions: Come Home for Christmas! On Thursday 12th December, priests will be available to hear Confessions from 8.30am (after 8am Mass) until 7.30pm in St Mirin’s Cathedral. There will be 30-minute breaks while Masses are celebrated at 10am and 1pm.
 
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
The Advent pack is full of wonderful things for families to do, pray, read and watch together. It also features the CELEBRATE Advent Matchbox Manger which can also be downloaded for free from their website from here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScj0GxNXsRV9sL4oJPiDS1ShLDKIGMaEufhQ6T7ksh5nCwmhg/viewform Children can cut out their own manger and Baby Jesus. During Advent, every time they do a kind deed or make a little sacrifice, they place a little piece of straw in the manger, and on Christmas Day they can place the Baby Jesus on the straw. It's a really lovely way to help children prepare their hearts for Jesus during Advent 😀.
 
Think Vocation: "Watch so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the cares of this life.” Are worldly cares dragging you down? Be a follower of the Master. If you think God is calling you to be a priest in the Diocese of Paisley please contact our Diocesan Vocations Director, Fr John Morrison hone 01418892602 or email [email protected].
 
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
 
(There are no funerals in St John’s this coming week).