Category: Glasgow events
Congratulations, Mgr Gerry – 80 Years Young
The coming of the coronavirus to the UK has caused the cancellation of so many long-planned events in the Archdiocese of Glasgow and elsewhere. One of them was the Mass and Dinner to mark the 80th birthday of Mgr Gerry...
Read MoreArchdiocese of Glasgow Service of Welcome for New Members and Candidates for Baptism 2020
It is always a joyful occasion to welcome new members to the family of the Church and this year’s annual service for this purpose on 1st March was no exception, with 57 catechumens and candidates in total. It was particularly...
Read MoreRacial Justice Sunday 9 February 2020
The Annual Racial Justice service this year was organised by Glasgow Churches Together and hosted by Canon Peter McBride and the community of St Peter’s, Partick. The service was by turns uplifting, warm and challenging. Canon...
Read MoreMass of Thanksgiving for Jubilarians of the Archdiocese of Glasgow
The Mass for priests of the Archdiocese who celebrated notable jubilees of their ordination in 2019 was held in St Andrew’s Cathedral on 31 January 2020. Archbishop Tartaglia was joined by the jubilarians, Archbishop Emeritus...
Read MoreMass of our Celtic Roots 2020
Our annual Mass for those attending the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow took place in its usual venue, St Aloysius, on 26th January. The St Mungo Singers, St Mungo’s Choir from Alloa and our group of instrumentalists...
Read MoreSt Mungo Festival – Festival Service at Glasgow Cathedral
Our third event was our ecumenical service at Glasgow Cathedral on 12th January, hosted by the Cathedral community and Glasgow Churches Together (GCT). The weather was much more clement than the previous day, and it was possible...
Read MoreThe St Mungo Festival – Mungo in the Mitchell – Celebrating the Life of St. Mungo
It wasn’t the best of days for the second event of the St Mungo Festival, which was the service centred on readings from the mediaeval Vita Kentigerni or Life of St Mungo. The rain was pouring down and there was a huge...
Read MoreThe St. Mungo Festival 2020 – Mungo’s Bairns
It’s January again so it is time to celebrate St Mungo in Glasgow. The St Mungo Festival grows year on year, and one of the most joyful events is Mungo’s Bairns held in Wellington Church, when B.Ed student teachers and...
Read MoreCarols for Peace 2019
As Bailie Annette Christie reminded us in her welcome, this is the 19th year that we have celebrated Carols for Peace in the City Chambers in Glasgow. In view of the capacity congregation the previous year, when people had to be...
Read MoreWorld Day for The Poor
The third annual World Day for the Poor, 17 November 2019, was marked in Glasgow by a short ecumenical service around the statue of the “Homeless Jesus” which is situated at the rear of St George’s Tron Church, in Nelson Mandela...
Read MoreFriends of the Holy Land Service
The charity, Friends of the Holy Land, was established in 2009 to support vulnerable Christians in the Holy Land and celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The Archdiocese was therefore very honoured to have them hold their...
Read MoreAnnual Mass of Remembrance at St Agnes Lambhill on 10 November 2019
Each year a Mass of Remembrance is held at St Agnes for those whose final committal has been in the cemeteries in the parish or at Glasgow Maryhill Crematorium. This year’s Mass was on 10th November and was well attended. The...
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