Category: Glasgow events
May Murphy RIP
Members of the St Mungo Singers and the parish choir of St Joseph’s Tollcross came together with members of her family and parishioners to celebrate the life of Mrs May Murphy and to say farewell to her on 12 July 2019. May had...
Read MoreGlasgow the Welcoming City 2019
The Glasgow Churches Together (GCT) celebration in the City Chambers this year on 23 June was a really full one, with input from the Woodlands Afro-Caribbean Methodist Church Choir, the Scottish Asian Christian Fellowship choir...
Read MoreCongratulations Fr. Michael
The St Mungo Singers had the joy of another celebration on 16 June when they marked the Silver Jubilee of the ordination of Fr. Michael Hutson of Argyll & the Isles diocese. Fr. Michael had been a member of the choir while a...
Read MoreCongratulations, Sir Noel (Pt.2)
Well, the St Mungo Singers finally managed to get a suitable date in the diary for the proper celebration of Sir Noel Donnelly’s knighthood with his family and friends on 31 May at St Leo’s. A measure of the esteem in which Sir...
Read MoreCathy Gilbert RIP
It was with great sadness that members of the St Mungo Singers joined family, friends and parishioners of St Leo the Great on 2 May for the funeral of Cathy Gilbert who died in her 96th year, and yet it was a joyous occasion as...
Read MoreGlasgow Archdiocese Mass of Chrism 2019
The Archdiocesan Chrism Mass took place on 18 April at St. Andrew’s Cathedral It was a beautiful Spring day and the cathedral was full for the Mass which was concelebrated by Archbishop Tartaglia with Archbishop Emeritus Conti...
Read MoreCongratulations, Sir Noel KSG!
It was with great joy that the St Mungo Singers learned that one of their directors, Dr. Noel Donnelly, had been awarded a Papal Knighthood, as a Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great. The award had been made in...
Read MoreFuneral of Fr. Peter McKelvie RIP
Just a week after the funeral of Mgr. Jack Sheridan, the Archdiocese of Glasgow had to bid farewell to Fr. Peter McKelvie who died in his 80th year. The funeral took place in St. Martn of Tours parish, Renton, where principal...
Read MoreRIP Mgr. Jack Sheridan
St Paul’s, Whiteinch was full for the funeral of Mgr Jack Sheridan on 1 April. Mgr Sheridan, a much loved parish priest and ex-Chancellor of the Archdiocese, died on 25 March in his 90th year and 63 years after his ordination to...
Read MoreArchdiocese of Glasgow Service of Welcome for New Members and Candidates for Baptism 2019
The First Sunday of Lent is traditionally the day when catechumens and candidates for reception into full communion with the Church are welcomed on the last stage of their journey. This year in St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Archbishop...
Read MoreMass of Thanksgiving for 60 years of Service by Archbishop Emeritus Conti to the Lord and the Church
Archbishop Conti celebrated 60 years of priesthood in October 2018 with Mass in Rome but, given his association with the St Mungo Singers through diocesan and ecumenical services and events, the choir invited him to a...
Read MoreRequiem Mass for Sr. Gerard of the Little Sisters of the Poor
The chapel at the Little Sisters’ St. Joseph Home in Robroyston was full on 26th February for the funeral of a much-loved member of the Little Sisters community, Sr. Gerard, a musician, artist, dramatist and administrator – and...
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