Thirty Third Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B.

St John the Evangelist Parish
Aurs Rd., Barrhead G78 2RW
 
33rd  Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B
17 November  2024  
Remembrance Sunday

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: £465.95  NGA £999.47
Building Fund GA: 59.00
Monthly Standing Orders: £4,271.50
 
Response to the Psalm at Mass today:
“Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge”.
 
Masses During November
Mass will be offered each day for the repose of the souls of our departed loved ones. Their names will be remembered at the altar.
 
Parish Pastoral Council.  Our first meeting will take place on Tuesday 19 November at 7pm in the tea room. New members please collect your copy of the agenda for this meeting from the sacristy.
 
Piety Stall looking for helpers on a Sunday night at 5 pm mass. There is only one helper at present. Please contact: Alison Cassidy 07954693485 or Marion Carlton 07928246104
 
Lost Property.
There are a number of items of lost property in the porch, including a  house key, four pairs of glasses,
a doll, two pairs of leather gloves and two umbrellas.
 
Diocesan Safeguarding Training 2024 – For all Church Volunteers:
Thursday 21st November at 7pm in St. Mirin’s Cathedral Hall, Paisley
Saturday 23rd November at 10.30am in St. John’s, Barrhead and Saturday 30th November at 10.30am in St. Mirin’s Cathedral Hall, Paisley
 
Westminster will vote of a proposal to allow assisted suicide at the end of the month. There is also a separate proposal to come before Holyrood at a later date on the same matter.
 
Postcards from the disability campaign group Not Dead Yet UK, a network of people who have disabilities who oppose assisted suicide, are available at the back of the church.
 
Please sign and sent to your MPs to encourage them to vote against assisted suicide.  Our MPs are telling us this is the biggest item in their postbags at present with a small majority asking them to oppose the Bill.  Please keep up the pressure. Every card helps. More information on how to do this at: https://rcpolitics.org/assisted-suicide/
 
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 Diocesan Finance Report
The profit and loss account for 6 months ended 30 June 2024 shows a profit of £16,921.
 
Income            £130,072
Expenses         £113,151
Profit               £16,921
 
This represents a 13% profit.
 
The balance as at 30 June 2024 on the parish loan to Diocese was £86,224.
The balance as at 30 June 2024 on Investment with Diocese was £441,728.
 
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support of the parish and would ask 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.
 
Glasgow, Friday 22 November, 6.00-9.00pm
You are encouraged to attend a Public Demonstration Against Assisted Suicide in Glasgow at 6.00-9.00pm on Friday 22 November. The event, organised by an Alliance of Concern and supported by the Campaign Against Assisted Dying, will hear civic concerns around the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which will be voted on by MPs in the UK Parliament on Friday 29 November. All MPs and MSPs in the Central Belt have been invited to attend. This event is supported by our Scottish Bishops’ Parliamentary Office and Marriage, Family and Life Office. Meet at Blythswood Square, Glasgow at 6.00pm to make the short walk to Renfield St. Stephen’s Centre on Bath Street for the Public meeting from 7.00-9.00pm.  For more information contact [email protected]
 
Annual Mass in Hawkhead Cemetery will be celebrated at 2pm on Sun 24th Nov. All are welcome to come and pray for the repose of the souls of those buried there.
 
We pray for those who have died recently:
Frankie Lennon, Gerald McGettigan, Donald McEachern, Edward Walters, Billy Turner, Brian Quinn,
and for those whose anniversaries
occur at this time:  Helena Carlin, Joseph George Murray, May Lafferty, Bernard Lafferty, Billy Geddes, Frank Stewart, John Gormlie, Kathleen Byrne, William Mun, Alexander Quinn, Nettie Ramsey, Johnny Donaghy,
 
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 also to 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].
A Quiet Morning of reflections for Advent at St James's Renfrew on Saturday 23rd November, starting with Mass in the church at 10 and continuing in the hall until 1pm.All welcome Western Catholic Calendar.
Copies can be pre-ordered and paid for (£3.70) in the stall (not the sacristy) at the weekend Masses. 
 
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!
 
Message from St Luke’s 
A huge thank you to all the parishioners who supported the coffee morning on Sunday 3rd November. The Caritas Group raised £105 and they split the money with School Funds and Mary’s Meals. Your generosity was greatly appreciated.
 
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.


​Installation of Fr Balmer as a Canon of the Cathedral Chapter. Thursday 5th December.
The meeting begins at 5pm  with a meeting of the Cathedral Chapter in the Diocesan Resource Room, (this includes Fr Joe's profession of faith in the oratory. This will be followed by Public Evening Prayer in St. Mirin's Cathedral at 6pm, during which Fr Joe. Will receive the Canon's Mozzetta.
 
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
 
This week’s Funeral Masses:
 
Mr Gerald McGettigan, Vigil Monday 18 Nov, at 6pm, Funeral Mass on Tuesday 19 Nov at 10am
 
Mr Edward Walters, Vigil Tuesday 19 Nov, at 6pm
Funeral Mass Wednesday 20 November at 10am.
 
Mr Francis Lennon, Vigil Thursday 21 Nov at 6pm
Funeral Mass Friday 22 November at 10am