The Legion of Mary meets in the Winning Room every Wednesday at 7.00pm. Anyone who would like to be an auxiliary or active member of the Legion should speak to John Munn or any other member.
We organize a stall in the Theresa Hall after all the weekend Masses.
There will be a bus going to Carfin on Friday 13th August for the Commemoration of the Fatima Apparitions. The cost of the trip is £6 per person leaving Douglas Street car park at 6.00pm. Please leave your name on the list in the Church porch. Further information from John on 563 7479.
Sacraments 2010/11
If you have a child who would like to celebrate the Sacraments of First Confession, Confirmation or First Holy Communion this coming year, you or someone representing you, must attend the preparation meeting on Thursday 9th September at 7.30pm in the Church.
Mitsidi Meeting
There will be a meeting of the Mitsidi Group on Thursday 29th July at 7.30pm in the Winning Room. Please enter by back kitchen door.
Parish Anniversary Project
The Parish celebrated its 150th Anniversary in 2006 and, to commemorate this, embarked on an outward-looking project in 2007. Through the Mary's Meals organization, the Parish formed a relationship with Mitsidi, an impoverished government primary school in the urban Blantyre area of Malawi and, since 2007, have support this school.
Each year, our first priority is to collect funds to enable Mary's Meals feed the children daily in the school. (We currently pass on about £6000 per annum to Mary's Meals for this). Thereafter, in consultation with the school, we use the remaining funds to help improve its general well-being, its physical and educational environment and life chances for its young learners. Full details of how we have helped the school can be found in the Theresa hall display, or on the Parish website (http://www.stjoes-milngavie.net/).
The first Sunday of each month is Mitsidi Sunday and there is a table in the Theresa Hall where the parishioners can make donations in the envelopes provided and find out more about the project. Parishioners are encouraged to Gift Aid their donations where possible and many who support the project do so conveniently through monthly standing orders direct from their banks. Forms for this are also available from the Mitsidi table.
Parishioners have been extremely generous over the past few years and we have been able to make considerable improvements to the school. If you have not previously supported the Project, perhaps you might visit the table to find out more. Your support can make a real difference to the children of Mitsidi.
Becoming a Catholic?
Do you know anyone who would like more information about becoming a Catholic? If so, ask them to contact Father McGrorry by end July.
St Joseph's Giant Summer Tea Party
We are looking for people to host afternoon tea in their own homes / gardens as part of this Church Building Project Fundraiser between June and August 31st. For details / tickets please contact Ann Gilmore on 956 3545 or Dorothy Parkin on 563 7767.
Interested in Marriage and Family Life?
In partnership with the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, Scottish Marriage Care - a leading Relationship Support Charity - is delighted to provide FOCCUS to all those planning to marry. We are now recruiting for people to volunteer as FOCCUS Facilitators to deliver the above service - closing date 27th August. For more information and an application form please contact Kathleen Conroy on 0141 222 2166 or
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AGAP's Theatre Production
(The Archdiocese of Glasgow's Arts Programme): Are you 16 years or over and available on Monday and Thursday evenings for rehearsals?
And able to take part in a touring theatre production during September 2010? Then come along to AGAP's open auditions on Monday 9th and Thursday 12th August at 7.30pm in St Michael's Church Hall, 1350 Gallowgate (at Parkhead Cross behind the Forge Shopping Centre). For further information contact 0141 554 1333 or
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SSVP (Scotland)
The work of the winner of the St Vincent de Paul's 350th Poster Competition, Amy Campbell from St Andrew's Primary School, Kilmarnock, can be seen on the noticeboard at the back of the Church.
There are still places left on the youth formation programme of the SSVP and you should contact 0141 226 8833 or email:
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PLEASE PRAY FOR
Seriously Ill
Margaret Anderson, Christopher, John Haughney, Saskia (10 years old), Peggy McCaughan, Honor Johnston (9 months old), Dermott Sweeney, Kareen Maher, Robert Inglis, Doris Woods, Eamon O'Doherty, Margaret McGowan, Diane Shields and Pat Boyle.
Recently Deceased
Mary McCann (nee Stevenson), Marie Fuller, Cannon Sean Bennett, Donald Kent and Frank Sexton.
Anniversaries
Linda Eadie, Anne M Lynch, Elizabeth Murray, Erne Parkin, Frances Phee, Joseph Mulholland, Chares Heron, Marie and Jerry O'Hara.
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