St. Joseph’s Catholic Parish Clergy: Fr. Kenneth O’Brien St Dominic's Catholic Church Fr. Daniel Rooney Church 73 Cardowan Road Tel: 0141 779 2001 247 Mossvale Road Stepps Email: [email protected] Craigend Webpage: http :// Glasgow, G33 5QS www.stjoedom.btck.co.uk The week ahead Available at RIP CatholicG33 on YouTube We pray for the response of the soul of Josephine MacDonough whose funeral will No Public Mass. take place on the 17th March at 10am. We will continue to Livestream at this time. Mass Sunday—Friday 11:30am May she rest in peace and may her Saturday 5pm. family be comforted. Lenten Program Monday—Thursday 6pm Rosary Our Lenten Program continues this week, if Friday 6pm Stations of the Cross anyone wants to collect copies of Evening Sunday 4:15-5:15pm Exposition on Line with Prayer they are available from the porch of the Evening Prayer of the Church at 5pm house at St. Joseph’s as well as online. For your own personal prayer we also have We can during this time continue to have Funerals with 20 people. Stations of the Cross available on the YouTube As always we are happy to help in anyway we page, there are the ones recorded from Friday can, please phone or email, to get in touch, and night, but also the ones that were recorded last we can see what we can organise. lent as well, these are all different reflections Bulletins are available online if you wish a so please use them. paper copy they are available to uplift from the SCIAF WEE BOXES shelf in in porch of St. Joseph’s house. We are also more than happy to arrange for If anyone still wishes a SCIAF wee box please mass cards if you need one. contact us and we can make an arragment . SCIAF is the usual Lenten Charity that we sup- port over many years and they will be strug- gling for money like so many. This Sunday is the 2nd Sunday of Lent Year B Next Sunday 3rd Sunday of Lent Year B There are no Feasts this Week! Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 18; 1 Corinthians 1:22-25; John 2:13-25 St Joseph & St Dominic Parishioners Can You Help? As we enter a new lockdown can we gently remind you of the following ways you can support the parishes financially, every little helps and if you can we would encourage you to continuing to contribute to the parishes financially, this is much appreciated, especially when for some this is a very uncertain time financially. On our parish website there are various ways that you can contribute as well as being able to put your collection through the letter box, or if in the church there is a box as you come in and one as you leave the church. Church bank details are: St Joseph’ Parish – Account No: 00255074 Sort Code 83-27-30 Royal Bank of Scotland, 116 Cowgate, Kirkintilloch, G66 1JX St Dominic’s Parish - Account No: 00111479 Sort Code 83-22-31 Royal Bank of Scotland, 1304 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 5PZ Move to reopen As we go to print we are awaiting further guidance about what the announcements from the First Minister actually means in reality. Clearly all going well we will gradually reopen around Easter. There are lots of complexities in this so we await guidance from the government and the Bishops. It did seem to be suggested that it will not be until mid March that we will get more information, at the next review. We will be ready to open following guidance given, but as I have said previously it is probably best being cautious and patient for all our benefits going forward. Looking at the official figures for our parishes the number of cases is higher this week than they were last week, so we do need to be careful. The reality is when things become less restricted that is when people let their guard down. Sacraments A number of people have asked us about Sacraments, clearly for these we have to follow guidance. At the moment at weddings you are allowed the couple, the Priest and 2 witnesses, the minimum required in law is currently the maximum allowed in law. If anyone is getting married this year we are aware how stressful this is for you, and will accommodate you as best we can, at this current time we will not put any pressure on you to make decisions but we do ask that if you decide to cancel your wedding you let us know. For Baptisms once churches are allowed to reopen around Eastertime these will be allowed with the number restricted to the number allowed for mass and funerals etc. For First Confession, First Communion, and Confirmation meetings will be held with staff of both schools in the coming days, however we will probably need to wait until we have the further advice from the government around the middle of March before we can discuss actual dates. This is because the number allowed in the church will make a difference to how we celebrate these sacraments. For all Sacraments it is also worth reminding you that given the guidance from both the Scottish and UK Governments this week there is going to be no option for gatherings (even in your own home if it involves more than your own household) after the celebration of the Sacraments this side of the School Summer Holidays. Our Prayers are asked for: Recent Dead Mark Morgan; Josephine MacDonough; George Twigg; John Dynes; Thomas McIntyre Brown; Ann McSherry; Cliff Mann; Martin McCormack; Paul Stark; Eileen Sweeney; Kyle Adams Anniversaries and Months Minds Fred Doogan; Nancy O’Donnell; Margaret Sweeney; Sophia Donnelly; Elizabeth Bogan; Janetta Glen; Una Monaghan; Gerald Cassidy; Thomas Cole; Lezzie Henery Cole; Terence Cole; John Cole; Mary Wright; Fr. John Rodgers; Mary McNamara; Debora Adamson; Peter Noonan; Fr. Joseph Martin; Fr. James Walsh; Fr. Hugh Mahon; Fr. John O’Donnell; .