MASSES AT ST. CADOC’S
Sunday Masses: Saturday Vigil Mass at 5pm; Sunday at 10am & 11.30am.
WEEKDAY MassES: Monday to Friday at 10am.
holy day of obligation: Vigil Mass 6pm; 10am (Holy Day Mass).
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (CONFESSION): Anytime on request
and Saturday 4.15pm – 4.45pm.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: To enquire or arrange a baptism, please contact the parish
by phoning the parish number (0141 641 3669) from Tuesday to Friday between 4pm - 6pm.
SICK & HOUSEBOUND: Please inform Fr. Rodrigues if you, or someone you know,
would like a home visit from a priest, and please provide with the relevant name, address
and phone number.
SACRAMENT OF CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE: Couples intending to marry should contact the priest to arrange a date. By Diocesan policy, this must be done at least six months in advance.
CONTACT DETAILS: TELEPHONE: 0141 641; EMAIL: stcadoc@rcdom.org.uk;
WEBSITE: stcadocschurch.org
PARISH PRIEST: Rev. Jose Cirilo Rodrigues
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29TH sunday in ordinary time (A)
READINGS FOR TWENTY-NINETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A)
First Reading – (Isaiah 45:1, 4–6) – The return of the people from exile under King Cyrus is seen, not merely as a sign of God’s love for his people, but of his lordship over all peoples.
Responsorial Psalm – Ascribe to the Lord glory and power.
Second Reading – (1 Thessalonians 1:1-5) – This reading contains the opening lines of St. Paul’s first letter to the community of Christians he founded at Thessalonika. His concern for them shines through.
Gospel Reading – (Matthew 22:15-21) – In an effort to trap Jesus into saying something incriminating, his enemies ask him whether or not it is right for a Jew to pay taxes to the Roman emperor.
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PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL
INTROUCTION: Dear brothers and sisters, on this World Mission Sunday, we are reminded of our shared call to bring the light of the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Trusting in God’s infinite mercy, let us now bring before him our own needs and those of the Church and the world in humility.)
The response is… Lord graciously hear us.
╬ We pray for our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV: that God may grant him comfort, strength, and peace following his recent surgery, so that he can continue to shepherd the universal Church with joy and a renewed spirit. Lord, hear us; Lord graciously hear us.
╬ We pray for peace in the world: that God may guide the leaders of all nations to reject violence, heal divisions and work together to build a just society firmly grounded in truth. Lord, hear us; Lord graciously hear us.
╬ We pray for Christians suffering persecution in many parts of the world: that God may grant them the strength to remain steadfast in their faith, comfort them in their trials and deliver them from harm, so that they may live and profess the Gospel in freedom and peace. Lord, hear us; Lord graciously hear us.
╬ We pray for all Christians: that the celebration of World Mission Day may help us realise that we are not only receivers but proclaimers of God’s word. Lord, hear us; Lord graciously hear us.
╬ We pray for all the sick of our families and our parish, those in hospital, in hospice or nursing home and those for whom we are asked to pray: that God may give them strength and fortitude, and bless those who care for them. Lord, hear us; Lord graciously hear us.
╬ We pray for the souls of all those whose anniversaries, months mind and birthday remembrances we are asked to recall, as well as those who have recently died: that they may receive the reward of their faith and enjoy the happiness of heaven. Lord, hear us; Lord graciously hear us.
CONCLUSION: God our Father, look with favour upon your family gathered here, and bless our global mission. Help us to share your love both in our local communities and across the world.
We make this prayer and all our prayers through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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PLEASE REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE
IN YOUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK
SICK – Alex McLeod, Thérèse McKeand, Martin McGuire & James Hannaway.
I also ask your prayers for the sick and housebound
– those at home in our parish community, those in hospital,
and those in local nursing and care homes in Cambuslang, Halfway
& Blantyre and elsewhere. Our prayers for them
not only help in their suffering and pain but also reassure them
that they are not forgotten by our community of faith.
Our prayers help relieve their feelings of isolation and loneliness.
To be remembered before the Altar of God
brings them comfort and consolation.
Almighty and Eternal God, you are the everlasting health
of those who believe in you.
Hear us for your sick servants
for whom we implore the aid of your tender mercy,
that being restored to bodily health,
they may give thanks to you in your Church.
Through Christ our Lord.
Our Lady, Help of the Sick, pray for them.
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80TH BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCES (LIVING) – John Campbell.
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RECENTLY DEAD – Canon John Grorry, Eddie Leishman (Requiem Mass, Tuesday 20th October 2026 at 10am), Rosemary Leydon & Isabella Jamieson.
ANNIVERSARIES – Monsignor Thomas Connolly & Ann Holmes.
Eternal Rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let Perpetual Light shine upon them.
May they Rest in Peace. Amen.
CLERGY ANNIVERSARIES – OCTOBER
Rev. Francis Thomas Misset 11/10/1956
Rev. James Butler 10/10/1958
Very Rev. Patrick Canon Keating 13/10/1963
Very Rev. Edmund Canon Macdonald 16/10/1963
Rev. Thomas Kelly 18/10/1963
Rt. Rev Mgr. Alexander Hamilton 22/10/1963
Rev. Lawrence Connelly 03/10/1964
Rev. Peter Murphy 31/10/1969
Very Rev. John Canon Battel 13/10/1978
Very Rev. William Canon Duddy 08/10/1986
Rev. Michael Houlihan 15/10/1986
Very Rev. Daniel Canon O’Doherty 07/10/1992
Rev. Bartholomew O’Regan 22/10/1997
Rev. Francis Kelly 26/10/1999
Rev. Thomas Connelly 16/10/2000
Rev. Augustine McCauley 26/10/2006
Rev. Richard Higgins 06/10/2015
Very Rev. Cornelius Canon O’Leary 22/10/2020
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OCTOBER DEVOTIONS
The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. According to an account by fifteenth-century Dominican, Alan de la Roch, Mary appeared to St. Dominic in 1206 after he had been praying and doing severe penances because of his lack of success in combating the Albigensian heresy. Mary praised him for his valiant fight against the heretics and then gave him the Rosary as a mighty weapon, explained its uses and efficacy, and told him to preach it to others. A plenary indulgence is granted when the rosary is recited in a church or oratory or when it is recited in a family, a religious community, or a pious association. A partial indulgence is granted for its recitation in all other circumstances.
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calendar
On Monday we can celebrate the 17th-century French Jesuits – Jean de Brebuef, Isaac Jogues and others – who after a period of some evangelizing success among the Huron Indians in Canada were captured, tortured, mutilated, burnt and eventually eaten by Iroquois war-parties. On Friday we are permitted to remember St John of Capestrano, one of the great 15th century preachers and reformers of the Franciscan order, who earlier had been a married man, and in later life fought the Hussite heresy in Austria and the Turkish menace in Hungary. On Saturday we have St Anthony Mary Claret, 19th Century founder of the Claretian order of teachers and missionaries, Bishop of Havana and later chaplain to the Spanish Queen.
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the WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE MISSIONS
This Sunday (18th October 2026) is the World Day of Prayer and Giving for the Missions. You are asked to be earnest in your prayers that God’s word may reach the earth’s farthest corners and touch those who seem far from Christ, and to be generous in your contribution for the work of the Missions.
We have a marvellous track record in St. Cadoc’s of helping the spread of the Faith in mission lands and I look forward to your continued generosity in our second collection at all Masses this weekend. The amount gathered will go to support the Missions.
A box intended to support the collection for the missions will be situated at the back of the church for the next two weeks beginning today. Thank you for your continued kindness and support.
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CHILDREN’S LITURGY
We began the Children’s Liturgy of the Word once again at 10am Sunday Mass (except during school holidays) from the beginning of September 2026. I encourage parents, guardians & carers to bring their children to the church to participate in our children’s liturgy on regular basis. Our young ones are the future of our parish. Their participation in parish activities, such as the children’s liturgy, is an important step in their faith formation. It is my humble and hearty request to parents, guardians & carers that you bring your children to a Sunday Mass on a regular basis. I hope to see a wonderful turnout for our children’s liturgy in the weeks ahead, and I thank our parents, guardians and carers for encouraging their children to join us.
The Children’s Liturgy of the Word will not be on for the next two weekends beginning today because of October week holiday & Enrolment Masses and will resume on Sunday 1st November 2026.
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SACRAMENTAL ENROLMENT MASS
Some of our young people attending St. Cadoc’s Primary School will enrol themselves for the Sacraments of Reconciliation, First Holy Communion and Confirmation at 10am Mass on Sunday 25th October 2026. Pupils from St Charles’ Primary School will be enrolling themselves for the Sacraments of Reconciliation & First Holy Communion at 11.30am also on Sunday 25th October 2026. As the parish community of St Cadoc’s, let us pledge to support these young candidates and their families through our prayers and our Christian example at this special stage in their journey of faith.
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80th birthday wishes
Congratulations and best wishes to John Campbell on celebrating his 80th birthday during the week. May God bless him abundantly on this special milestone and always.
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LITURGY ROTA
Liturgy rota for Readers (October – December 2026) for 5pm (Saturday) & 10am & 11.30am (Sunday) Masses is available in the sacristy. Please collect a copy before or after any of the Sunday Masses. Thanks to Mrs Anne Moran for giving her time to prepare the readers rota.
While our 10am Sunday Mass is well-covered, we urgently require volunteer readers for the Vigil Saturday 5pm Mass and 11.30am Sunday Mass.it is usually once a month. Sharing the scriptures is a beautiful way to serve your parish family. If you can help us in the reading ministry, please let Anne Moran or Fr. Cirilo know before or after any of the weekend or weekday Masses.
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GIFT AID TAX RECLAIM SCHEME
Weekly contributions from the 65 parishioners currently members of this scheme have, in the 2025-2026 tax year, enabled the parish to reclaim the sum of £7,525.83 in 2026 (compared to £7,484.34 in 2025) from HMRC.
Grateful thanks are extended to this group of parishioners for their commitment which generated much needed income for the parish at no extra cost to themselves, more especially when the current climate of increasing cost of living coupled with continually rising energy prices has impacted on the ability of the parish to financially make ends meet. Their practical support to the parish will provide much needed help and financial stability in the months to come. The Gift Aid scheme can be utilised by parishioners who are taxpayers and contribute to the weekly collections. I would encourage those who may be eligible to consider increasing the value of their normal weekly offerings by joining this worthwhile scheme. Gift Aid forms can be collected from the back of the church and when completed can be returned to Jim Cunningham or Father Cirilo. Thank you once again for your enduring generosity and support. We are also very grateful to Jim Cunningham, our Gift-Aid organiser, for giving his time to deal with Gift-Aid envelopes.
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MONTH OF THE HOLY SOULS
During the month of November, it is a sacred tradition in the Church to pray for those who have gone before us and whose loss we feel. We do this in many ways but the most common is to remember them at Mass.
If you would like your dead loved ones to be remembered at Mass during the month of the Holy Souls, then please complete a November list provided with today’s bulletin and return it to the box provided at the back of the Church. “The remembrance of the dead, the care for graves and prayers of repose are a witness of the confident hope, rooted in the certainty that death is not the final word on the human fate, since man is destined to a life without limits which has its roots and its fulfilment in God.”
Please come to Mass more frequently during the month of November to pray for all the Faithful Departed. As we pray together for our deceased family members, relatives and friends, remembering also those who have no one to pray for them, we ask the Lord to continue to watch over and bless you, your family, and your friends.
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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP
WITH RISING ENERGY BILLS (GAS & ELECTRICITY)
We are approaching to that of the year when our heating and electricity bills will begin to rise as we head into winter. I kindly appeal to your generosity to consider adding an extra pound or two to your weekly contributions to help the parish defray the high cost of our energy bills over the coming cold months. As a practical reminder to help us manage these expenses, please be mindful of closing the main church doors behind you to keep the heat in and the cold out. I am deeply grateful to everyone who has already increased their regular giving to help cover our rising energy bills.
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STALL
Our church stall is now stocked with a lovely selection of religious Christmas cards and Christmas Mass bouquets. Stocks are limited, so don't miss out! Cards for other occasions are also available. Thank you to Mary McInulty for her kind assistance in ordering these items. Please consider supporting the parish by buying your Christmas cards directly from our church stall.
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DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE GIFT-AID SCHEME
AND HELP THE PARISH
It’s so simple. If you are a tax payer, normally come to Church, and are prepared to put your money offering in a confidential numbered envelope (or pay by Standing order) and sign a simple form, then the parish can (at no cost to yourself) reclaim the tax you have already paid on that offering. For every pound you give, your parish will get back an additional 25 pence from the Inland Revenue. Thanks are extended to all those who have answered our appeal and have committed to gift-aid their offerings. Anyone wishing to join the scheme, please contact Jim Cunningham, our parish Gift Aid organiser or Fr. Cirilo. Alternatively, you can contribute to the Sunday Mass collections via a direct debit or standing order arrangement with your bank. Thank you once again for your enduring generosity and support.
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NEW PARISHIONERS
We would ask those who are new to the parish, or who are moving house within the parish, to record their name, address and telephone number on the registration card provided in the porch of the church. I would greatly appreciate your involvement in the parish. If you have any spare time, talents, or skills to share, I rely on the kindness and support of parishioners like you to help us grow and serve our community better. It is also very helpful if those moving from the parish let us know, so that our statistics can be kept up to date. Please be assured that any data we have (including the parish survey I undertook in 2016) will be held in a secure way and will never be shared or given to anyone else.
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parking in the streets
surrounding the church
A core part of our mission is to be good neighbours, both to one another and to those who live around our church. A handful of our neighbours have reached out with concerns about their driveways being blocked by vehicles during our services and gatherings. Please be mindful of where you park to ensure you are not blocking access to our neighbours’ homes. Thank you for your kindness and cooperation.
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right to life uk: praying for the unborn
& women facing crisis pregnancies
18th October 2026 (29th Sunday in Ordinary Time) - “This Thursday, we will celebrate the feast day of Pope St John Paul II, patron saint of the Pro-Life movement. We ask for his intercession as we the church seek to support all the vulnerable, especially those at the end of their lives, and that, like him, we would become models of support and charity to all in society.”
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Holy mary, mother of god,
st. Joseph,
st. Michael and holy angels,
ST. CADOC,
Pray for us