Category: Glasgow events
Archdiocese of Glasgow – 2026 Service to Welcome new Members and Candidates for Baptism
Some might claim that people are not queuing up to join the church but that was exactly what they were doing at this lovely affirming service on 22nd February, the First Sunday of Lent. Over 120 people, from a wide range of ages...
Read MoreSt John Ogilvie Vespers 2026
Remembering and revering St John Ogilvie and other witnesses of faith in Scotland with an Evening Prayer on Monday 9th March at St Aloysius, Garnethill. All welcome Fr Gerard Mitchell the Jesuit Community and...
Read MoreThe Mass of Our Celtic Roots 2026
This Mass has been held in St Aloysius Church for 17 years, to provide a religious aspect to the celebrations of Celtic culture in the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow. This year, the weather was kind to us, a fact...
Read MoreThe St Mungo Festival -St Andrew’s Cathedral 12th January 2026
This year, the service in St Andrew’s Cathedral took the form of an Evening Prayer and Vespers, presided over by Archbishop Nolan. The music of the liturgy was led by the St Mungo Singer; psalms 24(23) and 112(111) and a setting...
Read MoreThe St Mungo Festival – Glasgow Cathedral 11th January 2026
It was a pretty cold and wet afternoon but that did not discourage either the piper (Willie Park) at the door to Glasgow Cathedral, the church representatives, musicians and singers, or the congregation attending the Ecumenical...
Read MoreThe St Mungo Festival 2026- Vita Kentigerni
The annual reading from the Life of St Mungo took place in the Mitchell Library on 10th January 2026. This year the reading told of St Mungo’s time in Wales when he set up a monastery and taught people about Christ, before...
Read MoreCarols for Peace 2025
The annual Carols for Peace service in the City Chambers on 14th December, organised by Glasgow Churches Together (GCT) and hosted by the City Council, also marked the final service for Glasgow 850. As people gathered for the...
Read MoreEcumenical Service for the Vigil of St Andrew’s Day 2025
This ecumenical service organised by Glasgow Churches Together was held this year in St Andrew’s Cathedral on the eve of the feast. In the midst of a busy Saturday afternoon in the town centre filled with Christmas shoppers,...
Read MoreAnnual Mass for the Deceased Clergy of the Archdiocese of Glasgow 2025
This annual Mass for the deceased clergy, including bishops and archbishops of the Archdiocese of Glasgow, was held this year on 14th November, in St Andrew’s Cathedral, presided over by Archbishop Nolan. The music for the...
Read MoreThe Legend of St Mungo Cantata
It is around 35 years since the first presentation of this cantata by Fr Gerry and David Morris. It was therefore totally appropriate to put it on again during the celebrations for Glasgow 850. The location this time was Kelvin...
Read MoreThe St Mungo Festival 2026
The St Mungo Festival St Mungo : 604 / 612 St Mungo: legend and oral tradition tell us that his mother, St Enoch or Thenew, gave him birth at Culross in Fife in the latter part of the 6th century. He grew up at the monastery...
Read MorePause for Hope Ecumenical Service for All People Affected by Cancer 2025
This year’s service was hosted by the congregation of Croftfoot United Free Church, a lovely welcoming church whose Session Clerk Mrs Anne Blackwood (in the absence of their minister who was on holiday) greeted us warmly on...
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