Category: Glasgow events
Glasgow – A Cradle of Faith in Action? (Pt.2)
The Centenary Mass of the Knights of St Columba The Knights celebrated the Mass for the end of their Centenary Year in St Andrew’s Cathedral just over a week after the Apostleship of the Sea celebration, on 5 October. Archbishop...
Read MoreGlasgow – a Cradle of Faith in Action? (Pt.1)
We may not recognise this description of Glasgow but it must surely have been the case at the end of World War I because in 1919 it saw the foundation of the Knights of St Columba and, in the following year, the birth of the...
Read MoreVisit of the Relics of St Therese of Lisieux
Perhaps we did wonder a bit about what the response of Glasgow’s Catholic community would be to the visit of the relics of St Therese of Lisieux to the city in this self-proclaimed secular modern age. The answer became clear to...
Read MorePause for Hope 2019
The third annual ecumenical Pause for Hope service for all people affected by cancer took place in Our Lady of Lourdes parish on 12 September and was jointly supported by Glasgow Churches Together (GCT) and the Prince &...
Read MoreFr Willie Mone RIP
Priests of the Archdiocese gathered at Our Lady of Lourdes parish on 2 September to bid farewell to a much loved member of their family, Fr Willie Mone. The principal concelebrant was Vicar General Mgr Hugh Bradley. Archbishop...
Read MoreCelebrating the Assumption at the Harry Clark Window in Kelvingrove Art Gallery
This gathering by Notre Dame sisters and ex-Notre Dame students is establishing itself as a much loved event in the calendar with increasing numbers of attendees and even one or two brave men. As they gathered this year in front...
Read MoreMay 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 MoreThe Archdiocesan Chrism Mass 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...
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