St. Joseph's, Helensburgh

​THE SEASON OF LENT

During this season of Lent a number of different services and opportunities for prayer and reflection are offered. The Season of Lent page of our website provides food for thought along with poems and prayers to use. 

From this Sunday onwards, our Lenten Gospels come from John and focus on very personal encounters with Jesus, starting today with the Samaritan woman's encounter at the well. 

You may like to watch the interpretation of this story in 'The Chosen'.

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LENTEN REFLECTION

The Lenten Reflection will continue each Thursday in the chapel house at 2pm. Next one on Thursday 12th March - all are welcome.

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STATIONS OF THE CROSS
During Lent, each Monday Evening, at 7pm, there will be Stations of the Cross in St. Joseph's church.  Please come and join in prayer, this Lenten Devotion on the Way of the Cross.   

 

'BROKEN FOR YOU'

You are invited to join us for FireCloud's powerful prayerful  reflection on the Passion and suffering of Jesus - Broken For You. The Immaculate Conception, Maryhill Road, G20 0AA on Wednesday, March 11th at 7pm. Followed by refreshments in the church hall. This is a free event but there is an (optional) bucket collection for SCIAF's Ethiopia campaign. Look forward to seeing you!

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PARISH PILGRIMAGE

The parish will be embarking on a day’s pilgrimage to Schoenstatt on Saturday 28th of March. Fr. Bernard Fox of the Mill Hill Missionaries will guide us in our day of Retreat/Pilgrimage, offering two talks on a Lent- Easter theme.

We will be leaving Helensburgh at 9am and returning at 4pm. The cost will be £31 per person. If you would like to be part of this spiritual exercise please add your name to the list on the notice board.

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RETREATS

Weekend residential retreats at Conforti, Coatbridge: Run by the Ignatian Spirituality Centre.  Friday 13 - Sunday 15 March -  please see website for details and to book (ISCglasgow.co.uk).

 

Individually Guided Retreat in daily life 22-29 March: A chance to have a retreat experience without going away by meeting a guide each day at the Ignatian Spirituality Centre, Glasgow. For more information please contact marianne.lucchesi@isc.glasgow.co.uk

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LENT ALMSGIVING
During Lent there will be a Second Collection each week to help the Archdiocese of Glasgow support our Sick & Retired Priests, other than the fourth week in Lent, when the Second Collection will be for S.C.I.A.F.
 
SCIAF WEE BOXES
Lenten SCIAF Wee Boxes are on the table at the back of the church.  Please take one and during the next few weeks, fill with your loose change.  There is a Gift Aid Declaration on the Wee Box, so if you pay tax, please complete the details before returning your Box.  Many thanks.

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SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION

Confirmation: For children who are in P7 or above, and not attending St. Josephs, who wish to be confirmed this year, kindly speak to Fr. Greg or Jenny after mass.

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BUY A SLATE APPEAL

As we look toward the future of our parish, we are currently raising funds to replace our roof slates. If you would like to contribute towards a slate(s), please pick up a designated envelope from the back of the church where you'll also find more information church. Your generosity will help keep our community warm and dry.

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FLOURISH: NEWS FROM AROUND THE DIOCESE

The special Lent edition of Flourish is now available free. Please take home a copy. It has an interesting centre spread on how to ‘reboot’ your Lenten observances. The new edition also has the Pope’s letter for Lent, details of a planned pilgrimage for young people to World Youth Day, a focus on the upcoming vote on Assisted Suicide in the Scottish Parliament, details of the St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Glasgow and news from around the parishes and schools.

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​DEVOTIONS

There will be Eucharistic adoration on Tuesday and Thursday this week from 9am, followed by daily mass. 

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RCAG YOUND ADULTS – Engaging Your Workplace with Faith

RCAG Youth invites young adults (ages 16–35) to explore how we can live our Catholic faith authentically at work — and discover how everyday work can become a place of vocation, holiness, and mission. The session will include a talk by guest speaker Dermot Grenham from Opus Dei and a reflection on how work and rest together form a rhythm of holiness in our lives. Whether you are a student, professional, or discerning your next steps, you are warmly welcome. Thursday, 12 March  from  7–9 pm in Eyre Hall. To register go to RCAGyouth.co.uk

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THEOLOGY ON TAP

The next in the series of talks and fellowship for young adults, led by Fr. Ross Campbell of St. Patrick's Dumbarton,  will be on Thursday 26th March at 7pm. The theme of the next talk is "The Righteous will Live by Faith" and the group will meet in the Abbotsford Hotel in Dumbarton. For more information see our Parish Groups page.

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​GIFT AID

Boost your support for St. Joseph’s at no extra cost!

Did you know that as a registered charity, St. Joseph’s can claim an extra 25% on your donations from HMRC—at absolutely no cost to you?

How it works:   If you make a Gift Aid declaration, the Parish receives an extra 25p for every £1 you give, so for every £100 you donate over the course of the year, the Parish receives and extra £25 from HMRC ... and it doesn't cost you a penny more!

If you are a higher-rate taxpayer, you can also claim personal tax relief on the donation through your Self-Assessment return.

There is no minimum donation and no commitment to a specific amount: you simply nominate the Parish to receive the tax refund.

You can give easily via Direct Debit or by using our weekly envelopes. At the end of the year, we’ll handle the totals and the paperwork with HMRC. To get started, please see Aileen Baird to obtain the necessary forms or to ask any questions regarding the scheme.

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​​​​​​​​​WE REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS:​​

• The sick, including Janice Keeper, Mgr. John Hughes, Anne Cunningham, Paul Letters, Louie Sims, Maxine Widdop, Mary Campbell, Nicola Maruyama, Sabina Kosovyck, Ian O'Donnel, Anne Kelly, Christopher Hendrick, Shaun Hendrick, Evie Hutton, Susan Callaghan, Jacqui Morton and Liz Wilson. 

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• The recently deceased, especially:  John Lighten.

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• All those whose anniversaries occur about this time, especially:  Margaret O’Neill, Aiden McCairn, Mary Shields​​​

 

​​​​​​​​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​​​​​​