is on Wednesday, 18th December at 7.30pm at Holy Cross, 113 Dixon Ave, G42 8ER. Adoration begins at 6.15pm. Tea in the hall afterwards – all welcome. The celebrant will be Fr. Matthew Carlin.

The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland’s Office for the Care of Creation along with Justice & Peace Scotland and SCIAF invite you to join them on Thursday 14th November for a Mass to pray for the success of the United Nations COP29 climate summit, taking place in Azerbaijan 11th – 22nd November. The Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Nolan and take place in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Glasgow, at 1pm, followed by refreshments in Eyre Hall and a chance to hear from SCIAF’s Ben Wilson who will join us live via video call from Azerbaijan. All are welcome!

VIRTUAL CAMINO RESULTS “CONGRATULATIONS everybody. We covered a total of 2090km for the virtual Camino. This is roughly equivalent to 702kg of CO2 emissions. That is enough to power an average household for almost a full year or power the Eiffel Tower for 10 days. It is also the equivalent of a return flight from London to New York. What an amazing achievement just by walking. Thanks to everyone who took part; we hope to have some new initiatives soon. Our next meeting to discuss future events is on the 24th September at 7.30pm in the small sacristy.” Care of Creation Group

The Care of Creation Office of the Bishops’ Conference has organised a National Conference for this year’s Season of Creation which runs from 1st September – 4th October 2024. The Conference will take place on Saturday 7th September 2024, from 10am – 3pm in St. Margaret’s Parish Hall, Raploch, Stirling. The guest speaker is Ben Wilson, Director of Public Engagement for SCIAF. If interested in attending, please complete a booking form at www.tinyurl.com/46wmt9ah and more details about this free day will follow.

The Virtual Pilgrimage Has Begun! The Care of Creation Virtual Pilgrimage is now live (with our first pilgrim already logging in their walk through our online form). For the summer months we are encouraging all parishioners to walk or cycle to church and log their distances. As well as any other walks or cycles you do throughout the summer. To record your distances, there will be log sheets at the back of the church, or you can submit via the online form using the link: Camino de Santiago – Saint Joseph's Parish (stjosephclarkston.com) You will also be able to find more information and the interactive map on the webpage. Please note if submitting any photos these will be uploaded to the webpage for all to see. Good luck everyone!

invites you to the ‘virtual pilgrimage’ of the Camino de Santiago. Beginning on 26th June 2024, we are encouraging all parishioners, who are able, to walk or cycle to church and to log the distance travelled. You can also log any walks throughout the week too. Together with Saint Josephs’s and Saint Bridget’s, we hope we can generate enough miles to complete the entire Camino. To log your distances, there will be log sheets in the church porches or you can submit it online using the form below the interactive map. For more details and the current progress visit: Camino de Santiago – Saint Joseph's Parish (stjosephclarkston.com)

To launch the new committee, we invite you to the screening of the film, ‘The Letter’, in the Parish Pastoral and Social Centre on Tuesday 12th December at 7pm. The film focuses on Pope Francis’ encyclical, ‘Laudato Si’, on the subject of climate change. If you wish to attend, please put your name on the sheet in the porch TODAY!

Archbishop Nolan has called for world leaders to take responsibility for the damage caused by climate change especially affecting the smallest and most vulnerable countries. For more information, please visit: https://www.rcdop.org.uk/news/cop28-call-to-action

Friday 1st September 2023

Please support our campaign for fair pay for Social Care Workers by signing the Scottish Faith Leaders Declaration which you can find on our website : Fair Pay for Social Care Campaign (justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk)  The declaration is open for signing until the end of June. A short highlight video of our day of reflection gives an overview of the campaign https://youtu.be/NfO4SoGBYmc Frances Gallagher Justice and Peace Scotland 07988442146

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