Category: Glasgow events
70th Anniversary of Glasgow Lourdes Hospitalité
Glasgow Lourdes Hospitalité celebrated 70 years of service to the Archdiocese with Mass in St Andrew’s Cathedral on 15th April 2018. The cathedral was full for the service, which was presided over by Archbishop Tartaglia. The...
Read MoreEric Thomson Dick RIP
As the St. Mungo Singers prepared for the Holy Week services, the sad news came of the death of a long-term member of the choir, Eric Dick, on 22 March, just weeks short of his 88th birthday. Eric, with his wife Kay, had been...
Read MoreChrism Mass 2018 Archdiocese of Glasgow
The sight of a packed church, with people standing in the aisles, and full sanctuary at this service gave a visible witness of the Church and Diocese united in prayer and worship as we began the Triduum. The St Mungo Singers and...
Read MoreOrdination of Rev. Vincent P Toal
It may have been the most unusual beginning to a homily at a priestly ordination in the Archdiocese of Glasgow, as Archbishop Tartaglia greeted the about-to-be ordained candidate with the words “My dear Vincent, you got here at...
Read MoreFeast of St. John Ogilvie
It is a measure, perhaps, of how far ecumenical relations have come that the feast of the martyr John Ogilvie is now marked by an ecumenical service. This year Glasgow Churches Together (GCT), together with the Jesuit community...
Read MoreBr. Daniel Herd fms RIP
The Marist community in Glasgow bade farewell to Br. Daniel at St. Peter’s Partick on the feast of St. Joseph. The funeral Mass was celebrated by Fr. Peter McBride, parish priest of St. Peter’s, and support for the music of the...
Read MoreMass of our Celtic Roots 2018
The Mass of our Celtic Roots at St. Aloysius church, Garnethill, has become a fixture during the Celtic Connections festival. Begun with the intention of giving people the opportunity to express or experience the spiritual...
Read MoreThe St. Mungo Festival 2018 – St. Mungo Festival Service
Our final Festival report is on the Festival Service held in Glasgow Cathedral on 14 January with the support of Glasgow Churches Together (GCT). This year’s Festival Service began a little differently with the congregation...
Read MoreThe St. Mungo Festival 2018 – Mungo at the Mitchell
Saturday, the actual feast day of St. Mungo, saw a celebration of the life of St.Mungo in the Mitchell Library. It may seem a strange place for this celebration which is now an annual event in the Festival but it is an...
Read MoreThe St. Mungo Festival 2018 – Mungo’s Bairns Raise the Roof
One of the most exuberant and joyful events of the Festival each year is Mungo’s Bairns which took place this year on 12th January in Wellington Parish Church. Sponsored by Glasgow Churches Together (GCT), it is an opportunity...
Read MoreSt Mungo Singers events in January
The St Mungo Festival begins next week and some of us will gather in St Andrew’s Cathedral for the “Medieval to Modern Ecumenical Vespers” at 7.00 p.m. on Friday 12th January, the Vigil of St Mungo. Then on...
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