A Catholic Parish in Rutherglen

St Mark’s church
St Anthony's RC Church Rutherglen
St Anthony’s church

ADVENT SERVICES AND CHRISTMAS MASSES

MASSES
Wednesday 24th December – Christmas Eve
Vigil Mass: St Anthony’s 5pm
1st Mass of Christmas by Candlelight:
St Mark’s 8pm (Carols from 7:30)
Thursday 25th December – Christmas Day
Dawn Mass: St Mark’s 10am.
Mass during the Day: St Anthony’s 11:30am
No Evening Mass on Christmas Day.

ADVENT SERVICES
Wed 10th Dec: Caritas Award Justice & Peace & Holy Hour (St Mark’s 7pm)
Sat 13th Dec.: Parish Advent Retreat
(St Anthony’s 12:30 – 3:30pm)
Wed 17th Dec.: Confession (St Mark’s
7 – -8pm)
Thurs 18th Dec: Carols by Candlelight
(St Mark’s 7pm)

Mass times and other regular Services

Please complete the Parish Census Form if you haven’t already recorded your parish membership.

Click here for information on the two Food Banks operated by the Parish

The parish is in the diocese of Motherwell and is a merger of two parishes.
St. Mark’s parish was founded in 1956 and the church was formally opened in 1961 by Bishop James Scanlan.
St Anthony’s parish was established in 1965 and the church was formally opened in 1970 by Bishop Francis Thomson.
The parishes were linked in 2012 and united in 2017.

Rev Fr. Stephen Reilly

I’m Fr Stephen and I’m the parish priest! I was very happy and excited to be appointed as PP of St Anthony and St Mark Parish in 2023, having got to know parishioners over the years when I celebrated Mass on a Saturday evening for Fr Frank, and also when I played guitar at the Children’s Mass during COVID. 
My pastoral priorities for our parish are mission and outreach to those who do not currently practise their faith, and ministry to families, young people and children. The past two years have been full of enjoyment and growth, with many events and initiatives springing up all the time as part of our parish Wellspring renewal and our celebration of the Jubilee Year 2025. I also really enjoy my roles as chaplain to St Mark’s and St Anthony’s Primary Schools, and Trinity High.

We’re also blessed with an assistant priest in the parish, Fr Christopher Igwe, and we’ve had the joy of accompanying him towards and through his priestly ordination in September 2025. 

Fr Stephen is an Honorary Lecturer at the School of Education in Glasgow University and was formerly chaplain to the Scottish Region of HCPT – the Pilgrimage Trust, and president of the Scots College Rome Society. A full biography is available here:
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/education/staff/stephenreilly/#


Financial Questions

For those who want to contribute to the parish you can do this via Standing Order. For online offerings the RBS account number is 00235002, sort code 83-26-26.

An alternative way to pay is via the Diocesan website.
1. Go to: https://www.mygivinghub.com/detailed/donate?charity_id=1086524  
2. Scroll down to the “search” box and type in either St Mark or St Anthony and it will take you to the payment page
3. Follow the instructions
The same page also allows you to make to donations to things like Peter’s Pence.

You can also pay by scanning the QR code which appears in the weekly bulletins.

SCIAF
Website: www.sciaf.org.uk/weebox

Telephone: 0141 354 5555

Kilbryde Hospice

Website: www.kilbrydehospice.org.uk

Telephone: 01355 202020