A Catholic parish in Rutherglen

ADVENT SERVICES
Father Coyle has listed details of all the Services to be held in the Parish this Advent and these can be read on the page accessed from the Services menu tab or by clicking on this link.

SUNDAY MASS ATTENDANCE
The Reintroduction of the Obligation to attend Sunday Mass is to be reintroduced and the Bishops of Scotland have issued a Pastoral Letter on this subject. Bishop Toal has issued a supplementary letter responding to comments from the clergy and the faithful on the original letter.
The original letter can be read by clicking here but it is important to read also the subsequent one from Bishop Toal which can be read by selecting the link to it immediately below the Pastoral Letter or by clicking here.

BOOKING FOR MASS IS NO LONGER REQUIRED
Because Scotland moved to Level Zero for Covid restrictions from Monday 19th July, the congregation can now simply turn up for any Service they wish. This does NOT mean that there are no restrictions so please click here to see the Bulletin for Sunday 15th August for details. In particular face masks are still required.
Fr. Coyle has added some Services to our normal weekly events, please see the Services page for details.

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

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.

Fr. Charles Coyle
Rev. Fr. Charles Coyle, Parish Priest

Father Coyle’s initial message

I am absolutely delighted to be your priest. I grew up in Rutherglen and my grandparents lived in this parish; I also spent time here one summer during my seminary training, so I am familiar with the parish. I know many of you and I am looking forward to getting to know many more of you. I also know Fr Frank very well and I know he loved working here. I am looking forward to building upon the great work he has done here.

Church Closures & Reopening

The reopening of the churches is still a gradual process and we have to face the fact that it will still be a while before things go fully back to the way they were before. In the meantime, please note that the obligation to attend Mass on a Sunday continues to be suspended. 

Our two churches will open for Sunday and weekday Masses as announced in the weekly bulletin.

Please continue to pray for each other, for the most vulnerable, and for those seeking to navigate a way out of this crisis.

Financial Questions

Before the churches closed, a number of people asked about how to continue making their offering to the parish. In fact, because of people’s generosity in the past, the parish can cope without collections for the time being (not all parishes are in that lucky position). Instead, if you can afford to, you could use your offerings to bring the Church to the community at large: maybe there is a neighbour who could do with a hand; or you could support a local charity or organisation (such as Kilbryde Hospice); or you could make an extra offering to SCIAF. In that way, while the doors of the churches may be closed, you can still be a part of the Church’s caring work in the world around us.

For those who do still want to contribute to the parish you can do this via Standing Order or simply by putting your collection aside until we open again. For online offerings the RBS account number is 00235002, sort code 83-26-26.
An alternative, and perhaps easier, 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

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

Telephone: 0141 354 5555

Kilbryde Hospice

Website: www.kilbrydehospice.org.uk

Telephone: 01355 202020