St. Joseph's, Helensburgh

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​FAMILY MASS AND COFFEE MORNING​​

This Sunday, 1st February, at 11am we celebrate our monthly Family Mass followed by a coffee morning in church. Please come along and join us. Donations of home baking welcome and please bring a reusable cup if you can. Thanks

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​SECOND COLLECTIONS

Next weekend, 7th/8th February, there will be a mission appeal for Stella Maris children, Minna Nigeria. An appeal to support children displaced by insurgency. Fr. Chido from St. Dominic's, Bishopbriggs will join us to celebrate the mass and to make the appeal.

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Future second collections:

21st/22nd February: Sick and Retired Priests

28th Feb/1st March: Sick and Retired Priests

 

STELLA MARIS (Seafarers and Fishers)

Stella Maris is seeking new volunteers and parish contacts: Volunteering can be anything from knitting woolly hats to collecting toiletries and ship visiting with chaplains. The parish contact is a go between Stella Maris and the parish, which helps to free up the valuable time of the clergy. If you are interested in any of these opportunities please contact Peter Mullen: peter.mullen@stellamarismail.org  Tel. 07745543959

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​DEVOTIONS

There will be adoration on Thursday from 9am, followed by daily mass. There will be no adoration on Tuesday.

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FUNERAL

Peacefully in God’s care, Rose Friel née McGinn. Beloved wife of the late Charlie, loving mum to Terence, Fr Paul, Rose Mary, gran, great gran and aunt to her devoted family and dear friend to many. A woman of deep faith and kindness, she will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered.  Requiem Mass, Tuesday 3rd February 12 noon, St Joseph’s Helensburgh and thereafter to Cardross Cemetery.

Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on her soul.

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​​NOTICES​​

If you have any notices for the bulletin or noticeboard, please send them to parish email address (see above) or give to Fr Greg no later than Thursday of each week.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
Saint Joseph’s has been invited to host the local churches World Day of Prayer, which this year focuses on Nigeria. This ecumenical service will take place at 2.00pm on Friday 6th March 2026. We intend to include several of our Nigerian parishioners in the prayers and singing, together with representatives from other churches in Helensburgh, Rhu, and Cardross. We hope you will support this World Day of Prayer for Nigeria, if you can help on the day by preparing the church, contributing home baking or serving tea and coffee, please put your name on the poster at the back of the church or speak to Father Greg or Mary McGinley.
 

​​​​​​​​WE REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS:​​

• The sick, including Janice Keeper, Margaret Cavana Mckechnie, Mgr. John Hughes, Anne Cunningham, Paul Letters, Louie Sims, Maxine Widdop, Mary Campbell, Nicola Maruyama, Gerald McGoldrick, Sabina Kosovyck, Ian O'Donnel, Anne Kelly, Christopher Hendrick, Shaun Hendrick, Evie Hutton, Stella McGoldrick, Liz Wilson. 

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• The recently deceased, especially:  James Bannigan, Bradley Stoppa, Rose Friel, Alice Hardie.

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• All those whose anniversaries occur about this time, especially: Julie Costello, Dominic Welsh, Bridget Welsh, Fred Turner, Harry Moffat.

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Please note: The 'sick list' in the bulletin is currently being reviewed and updated. If you or a family member no longer wishes to be included - or if you want a name adding - in the prayers, please give a note to Fr. Greg or email the parish address as above. Thank you

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The Archdiocese of Glasgow is a Religious Charity Number SC018140​​​​​​