Twenty Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B

St John the Evangelist Parish
Aurs Rd., Barrhead G78 2RW
 
29th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B
20 October 2024  Mission 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: £430.90  NGA £882.87
UK-MED GAZA Appeal: £1,000 
CARITAS LEBANON Appeal: £800
Monthly Standing Orders: £4,271.50
 
Mission Sunday. Today there is a second collection for the work of the missions throughout the worlds. Please pray for all our missionaries.
                                         
Second Collection for the work of Caritas and The UK Med Team. This was a magnificent response from the people of St John’s Barrhead. In total you donated £1,800. These monies have now been transferred to the corresponding charities. Your charity will help save the lives of people you will never know but to whom you have shown great compassion. God bless you. Fr John
 
School Mass for the Feast of Luke. The staff and students of St Mark’s Secondary School community will attend Mass here in St John’s to celebrate their transferred feast day on this Friday 25 October at 9am. This will replace the normal parish 10am Mass on that day. All are welcome to join the school community at this Mass.
 
Parish Pastoral Council.  Thank you for the nominations for the PPC. The nomination process is now concluded. Eight parishioners will be chosen from the 15 nominated candidates. The newly elected members will be invited by phone to our first meeting on Tuesday 29 October at 7pm in the parish house. Thanks all who agreed to have their name put forward, and to all who nominated someone.
 
Parish Helpers. Please let me know what you are good at doing and join us in building up our parish community of St John’s here in Barrhead. I now have two names for the new parish social committee. Please get in touch if you are interested. Fr John
 
RCIA  The parish programme for initiation of adults into the Catholic Church takes place on a Wednesday at 7pm. If you know of someone who may wish to become a catholic, please get them to contact one of the priests. The catechesis will take the form of a weekly meeting which will last until Easter, when those who are ready will be invited to come forward for baptism at the Easter Vigil.
 
Marriage, Family and Life Commission: Bishop John and the Marriage, Family, and Life Commission warmly invite you to join families throughout the Diocese for an afternoon of celebration and fun in honour of Mary our Mother! The day will begin at 2pm in St John the Evangelist Parish, Barrhead parish hall on Sunday the 27th of October and will include prayer, activities for children and refreshments for all. We will conclude with Holy Mass at 4pm.THIS 4pm MASS WILL REPLACE THE NORMAL SUNDAY 5PM ON 27TH OCTOBER.
 
Congratulations to Michael Williams age 9  of St Marks Primary raised £710 in a  sponsored walk this October for Mary's meals. 
Congratulations Mikey! Well done and thank you to all your generous sponsors (and to mum and dad!).
 
The Scottish Parliament are considering whether certain people should have the right to state assisted dying/suicide in ending their own life. Professor Leonie Herx, Queen’s University in Ontario has experience of state assisted dying in practice. She said,
“Administering death is cheaper and easier than providing care, and it will quickly become the solution for any forms of human suffering, as we have seen in Canada.”                                      
 
Ask your MP to stop assisted suicide being rushed into law . Please go to the RIGHT TO LIFE website ; enter your postcode and a letter to your MP will be organised for you. This Bill is the most serious threat to vulnerable lives since the Abortion Act was introduced in 1967
 
Diocesan Music Workshop: The Diocesan Liturgy Commission has arranged an evening workshop for parish organists, musicians and cantors. In preparation for the Seasons of Advent and Christmas please come along to learn some new music, hymns, and also psalm settings from the new Lectionary. There will be a workshop in St Mirin’s Cathedral on Thursday 14th November at 7pm, and the same workshop in St Mary’s, Greenock, 21st November at 7pm. Please contact Michael Hepburn, the Diocesan Director of Music, to indicate which evening you hope to attend to give an idea of numbers  [email protected]
 
Young Adults: The Young Adults series of 'Ascend the Mountain - 7 Deadly Sins and 7 Lively Virtues’ talks continue with 'Pride vs Humility’ by Fr Chris Doig on Wednesday 30th October at 7pm in the Diocesan Offices. All young Catholics 18-35 welcome. For more information contact Fr. Joe McGill at [email protected]
 
Annual St Conval’s Cemetery Mass will be on the 3rd November at 2pm. The Mass will also be livestreamed for people unable to travel – Please check website prior for the link.
 
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.
 
Retreat: A Rachel's Vineyard retreat for spiritual and emotional healing after abortion will be held north of Glasgow on Friday, 1st to Sunday 3rd November.  This confidential, supportive retreat is powerful for anyone who has been affected by their own or someone else’s abortion experience. For more information, please call/text Sr Andrea on 07816 942824 or email at [email protected]. For more details, see www.rachelsvineyard.org.uk
 
Thursday 24th October, 7pm in St Charles Borromeo, Paisley. This Net Teams  Mass will be celebrated by Fr Joe McGill..
 
Important Notice – PAYAcharity update
 
Although  PAYAcharity notified us that any recurring donations to our online giving platform would cease on 16 September 2024, the transition to the new platform has been delayed and proved to be problematic which has resulted in recurring donations to PAYAcharity continuing beyond 16 September 2024.
 
If your PAYAcharity recurring donation has not yet ceased, and you have recently set up a new recurring donation to the parish bank account please log into your PAYA MyGivingHub account to cancel it by selecting Giving History under the quick link. Under the recurring donations section please select edit and then press the delete button in order to cancel the PAYAcharity recurring donation.
If you have any queries or have made duplicate donations to both the parish bank account and PAYAcharity please contact Jackie Brett by email at [email protected] and we can arrange a refund on PAYAcharity’s behalf.
 
We continue to encourage parishioners to take out a Standing Order and make the transition of their recurring donations from  PAYAcharity’s online platform to a payment directly to the parish bank account: this avoids 5% deduction of your donation which goes to PAYACharity’s  administration fees and commission charges.
 
We pray for those who have died recently:      Mairie Quinn, Louise Sancak, John Crossan, Isabell Carberry and for those whose anniversaries
occur at this time:Canon Jim O’Connell, Fr James Murphy, Catherine White, Ethna Herbert, Mary Goldie,  Liam McGinley, Elizabeth Carrey, Michael Conafray, Michael McQuade, Edward Gillan, Mary O’Neill,  Frank Beck,  Peter and Anna Hughes, Jim Connelly, and the first anniversaries  of Stephen McGinley and Edward Joseph McGuire 
November Lists
Masses for the dead will be offered during the month of November for the intentions of your deceased family members. Envelopes for names will be available in porch of the church.
 
Mass for the Bereaved:
This Mass will take place on Tuesday 12th November at 7pm in St John’s, Barrhead. Please let anyone who has suffered a bereavement to know that they are welcome to join us for this 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.
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions): Monday to Friday 9.30am -9.50am                      Saturday: 10.30 am – 10.50am &   3.15pm – 3.45pm