Mass for the Feast of St. Mungo 2011
January 19, 2011
The Feast of St. Mungo was marked by Mass in the church dedicated to him in Townhead, presided over by Archbishop Conti and attended by members of the Cathedral chapter and diocesan priests and deacons, as well as representatives from parishes and from the Knights of St. Columba. The music was led by the St. Mungo Singers, with additional music from soloist Carissa Bovill on clarsach
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Bellahouston 2010 Alleluia
January 14, 2011
Ninian Cantata on YouTube
January 14, 2011
St. Mungo Evening Service in Glasgow Cathedral
January 13, 2011
The second event of the St. Mungo Festival was an ecumenical service held on Sunday 9 January at St. Mungo’s Cathedral, involving instrumentalists (Cathedral Strings, Rutherglen Salvation Army Band and clarsach player Carissa Bovill), choirs (Russkaya Cappella and St. Mungo Singers) and dancers (Visual Statement), as well as representatives of the church communities in Glasgow, the City Council and the Scottish Parliament. Read more
St. Mungo Festival Opening Event at the Mitchell
January 11, 2011
Russkaya Cappella rehearse before the service
The annual St. Mungo Festival in Glasgow goes from strength to strength. This year, its theme is “Mungo’s Bairns” and it explores what it means to be a Glaswegian. It began, as in previous years, with a celebration of the Life of St. Kentigern (or Mungo) in word and music in the Mitchell Library. Despite the double challenges of flu (which affected St. Pat’s Primary school children) and snow on the day, a good crowd turned up to join in the event. Read more
Hogmanay Watchnight Service 2010
January 4, 2011
What a great way to mark the end of the old year and celebrate the start of the New Year! The Hope Alba ecumenical Watchnight Service which took place in Glasgow Cathedral at 11 pm on Hogmanay provided an opportunity to reflect on the year past, rejoice in Christmas, and pray for the year to come. Read more
A Morning Prayer for St Mungo’s Day 2011
January 4, 2011
For the Feast of St Mungo, patron of Glasgow
January 13th 2011
The Church’s official Morning Prayer for the Feast of St Kentigern (Mungo) can be found in the Proper of Liturgy of the Hours.
Parishes may find this adapted form helpful as they make a start or continue their efforts to restore this feast to a warm part of
parish celebrations in the Archdiocese of Glasgow. We walk before we run, so perhaps some elements of either the official Morning Prayer
or of this shorter and adapted version, will be help us celebrate with devotion and delight either with a self-standing Morning Prayer or with
a form of Morning Prayer before Mass. Read more
