The next meeting of the RCIA will be on Sunday 31st January at 1.30pm.
St Joe's Prize Draw - Lottery Membership
First draw of 2010 due on Sunday 31st January. New members can join up this weekend in the Theresa Hall after all Masses. All annual subscriptions (£20) may be paid today, by new and existing members (of 200 Club). Please support our new Church lottery: - over 40 cash prizes to be won in 2010. All funds raised will support the Church Refurbishment Project.
St Joseph's 60+ Club
The 60+ Club will meet tomorrow (Monday 18th January) at 2.00pm in the Theresa Hall. Please enter by side door.
Meditation Group
This will resume this Sunday in the Conti Room from 7.30pm - 8.30pm.
White Cockade
The White Cockade - the story of the Jacobites in words and music - has now been rearranged for Friday 19th March, 7.30pm for 8.00pm. This is a tremendous night of entertainment. Come along and join in the music. Tickets £5 from Theresa in the Sacristy.
Word of Life
The January issue of this leaflet from Focolare is available at the back of the Church.
Life - West of Scotland
.....Annual Fiddlers' Rally concert in Glasgow City Chambers on Friday 12th February at 7.30pm. Tickets £6 from Life, 205 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5QD or telephone 01505 335571. See noticeboard for further details.
Beginning Experience
- a weekend away for a lifetime of change for those who find themselves single again either through separation, divorce or widowhood - from 12th - 14th March at St Mary's, Kinnoull. Please see noticeboard for further details.
St Vincent de Paul
The Annual Charity Concert will be held in Woodside Halls, Clarendon Street, Glasgow on Friday 26th February from 7.30pm to 10pm. Tickets £7.50 from SSVP Head Office, 113 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 2RU. Further details on the noticeboard.
The Newman Association (Glasgow)
An illustrated lecture entitled "The Sistine Chapel" by Mr Ian MacDonald, Lecturer in the History of Art, on Thursday 28th January at 7.30pm at the Glasgow University Chaplaincy. All welcome. Further enquiries to
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John Sweeney Jnr, Robert Inglis, Doris Woods, Ruth Brown, Joyce Partner, Paola Biella, Helen Rossi, Eamon O'Doherty, Margaret McGowan, Diane Shields, Brian Crines, Mary McCann (nee Stevenson) and Pat Boyle.
Recently Deceased
Antoinette Fionda, Jim Hamilton, George Lawrence, Eddie Devine and Alice Maher.
Anniversaries
Peggy Carberry, Thomas Johnston, James Lamb and John MacDonald.
Safety Announcement
(some interesting statistics!)
Avoid cars because they are involved in 20% of all fatal accidents.
Don't stay at home because that's where 17% of all accidents occur.
Avoid walking on streets or pavements because 14%of all accidents happen to pedestrians.
Avoid travelling by air, rail or sea because 16% of all accidents involve these forms of transport.
Of the remaining 33% of all deaths, 32% occur in hospitals.
BUT ...................
You will be pleased to learn that only 1% of all deaths occur during religious services held in Church, and these are usually related to a pre-existing medical condition.