choir visit to Lockerbie 2018
Leaving Hoddom and St Kentigern’s Field, we travelled a short distance to Lockerbie to pay...
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The St Mungo Singers visit to Hoddom and St Kentigern’s Field 2018
The weather was dreadful but we enjoyed tea and coffee and biscuits at the Cafe at the Hoddom...
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 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 MoreMass of St John Ogilvie with a short Morning Prayer
The Mass with Morning Prayer of St John Ogilvie ‘You choose the weak and make them strong in bearing witness to you You alone are holy and you alone are Lord, And you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ our Lord. ...
Read MoreOgilvie: A Poem by Mary Hanrahan for the 4th centenary 2015
Ogilvie. At Glasgow Cross where now the Tollbooth reigns, Where roads converge and traffic’s din is loud, Imprint of ghostly gallows still remains… A martyr hanged amidst a jeering crowd. John Fagan like us all...
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 MoreThe Vigil of St. Andrew’s Day 2017
This year’s ecumenical service organised by Glasgow Churches Together (GCT) was hosted by Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Cardonald, the new parish of GCT chairman Fr. David Wallace. The purpose of the service, as the leaflet for...
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