As November approaches, we invite you to remember your departed loved ones in the prayers of our parish. November lists will be available in the bulletin this weekend, 24/25 October. Please return completed lists to the box in front of the Marian altar so that those named may be remembered in prayer throughout November.

This Sunday, 25 October, we look forward to welcoming representatives from St Ambrose High School to St Augustine’s. They will speak at the end of Mass about the spiritual and pastoral life of the school, sharing how faith is nurtured and young people are supported throughout their time there. Please keep the pupils, staff and families of St Ambrose in your prayers as they continue to learn, grow and live out their faith together.

This Sunday we are looking forward to welcoming our Primary 1 children and their families to a very special Mass at St Augustine’s. Our Primary 1 Welcome Mass will take place at 10.00am on Sunday, giving us an opportunity to welcome our youngest children as they begin this exciting new chapter at school and in the life of our parish. Each P1 child will receive their own little Jesus teddy to take home with them, and after Mass everyone is invited to join us for Sunday Brunch in the Parish Centre.

Only three days to go until our Halloween Movie Night at St Augustine’s Parish Centre! Join us this Friday, 23 October at 7.00pm for Hocus Pocus and a great Halloween evening in the Parish Centre. Tickets are £5 per person and every penny raised will support our young people travelling to Lourdes next year. The pilgrimage costs around £1,200 for each young person and is fully funded, so events like this make a real difference. Bring the family, enjoy the film and help us support our young people on their journey to Lourdes. saintaugustines.org.uk/produ…

Our Garden and Grounds Team are looking for your help to make St Augustine’s bloom next spring! We would be very grateful for donations of spring bulbs, particularly dwarf daffodils, tulips, muscari and crocuses, which will be planted around our parish grounds. Donations can be left in the marked box in the church porch. You can also include the name of someone you would like remembered, and their name will be planted along with the bulbs. It’s a simple way to help make our parish grounds beautiful for everyone to enjoy in the spring. Thank you, as always, for supporting the work of our Garden and Grounds Team.

Our Marian Devotions continue this evening at St Augustine’s as part of our Tuesday evenings throughout October. Join us in the church at 7.00pm for the Holy Rosary and Benediction. Everyone is very welcome to come along this evening, and please feel free to share the details with family and friends who may wish to join us. 📍 St Augustine’s Church, Coatbridge 🕖 Tonight at 7.00pm

Have you ever thought about becoming Catholic? Perhaps you’ve been coming to Mass with your family for some time, were baptised in another Christian tradition, or simply want to find out more about the Catholic faith. Our new RCIA programme begins this Thursday, 22 October at 7.00pm at St Augustine’s. RCIA is for adults interested in becoming Catholic and for those baptised in another Christian tradition who wish to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church. There is still time to join us. Speak to one of the clergy after Mass or contact the Parish Office for more information: [email protected]

The People’s Pantry is open this evening from 6.00pm–7.30pm, offering free food support to anyone who needs it. There is no referral required — simply come along and we will provide a free bag of food for you and your household. We just ask that people make one visit per week so that we can support as many households as possible. Please share this post with anyone who may benefit. Everyone who comes along will be made very welcome.

The National Family Conference takes place this coming Saturday, 24 October, with St Augustine’s Parish Centre, Coatbridge. The conference runs from 9.30am until 5.00pm, bringing families together for a full day of activities and events. 📅 Saturday 24 October ⏰ 9.30am–5.00pm 📍 St Augustine’s Parish Centre, Coatbridge

One week to go until we welcome our new Primary 1 children and their families to a very special Mass at St Augustine’s. Our Primary 1 Welcome Mass will take place next Sunday, 25 October at 10.00am. Starting school is such an important milestone, and we’re looking forward to bringing our youngest parishioners together with their families as part of our parish community. After Mass, everyone is invited upstairs to the Parish Centre for Sunday Brunch, and every Primary 1 child will receive their own little Jesus teddy to take home with them.

One week to go until the National Family Conference! Married couples and families are warmly invited to St Augustine’s Parish Centre, Coatbridge, on Saturday 24 October for a day of prayer, encouragement and growing together in faith. Organised by the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland’s Agency for Marriage, Family and Life, the programme includes family Adoration, Holy Mass with Bishop John Keenan, talks and children’s catechesis. With the conference taking place here in Coatbridge, it’s a lovely opportunity for families from our parish to take part. Find out more and book your place: bcos.org.uk/NFC26

Join us for Mass this Sunday at St Augustine’s as we come together as a parish community. Whether you’re with us every week, haven’t been to Mass for a while, or are visiting us for the first time, you’ll always find a warm welcome at St Augustine’s. Mass will be celebrated at 4.00pm on Saturday, 10.00am, 12 noon and 5.00pm on Sunday. We look forward to welcoming you.

Our Church is lit up in pink and blue to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week (9-15 October). Remembering all the babies who have gone to God. May Jesus soothe the heart of every grieving mum & dad 🙏🏻

🚗🧽 A huge thank you to everyone who supported our car wash today! Thanks to the generosity of everyone who came along, donated and helped out, we managed to raise just over £750 towards helping our young people travel to Lourdes on pilgrimage next May. 🇫🇷🙏 We’re incredibly grateful for all the support. There are plenty more fundraisers coming up over the next few months, so please support them where you can and help us get our young people to Lourdes in 2027. You can find all the details of our upcoming events here: 👉 saintaugustines.org.uk/lourd… Thank you again for your fantastic support!

A final reminder that our evening with Fr Benny McHale takes place tonight at 7.00pm in Saint Augustine’s Parish Centre. Join us for tea, coffee and biscuits as Fr Benny shares some of the lessons life has taught him. All are welcome.

We are really looking forward to welcoming all the children in P3, P4, and P7 and their families to the 10:00am Enrolment Mass this weekend as they take this important next step in their journey of faith. 🙏 After the Enrolment Mass, we invite families to join us for our Ignite Family Day; a special time where children can come along with their families to take part in a fun craft activity together. Let’s keep these children in our prayers as they begin this beautiful journey towards receiving their next sacrament.

Tomorrow we celebrate the Patronal Feast of St Augustine with Holy Mass at 10.00am. As we mark the feast of our parish patron, we invite parishioners, families, and friends to join us for this special celebration. 📍 St. Augustine’s Church 🕙 Friday, 28 August • 10.00am All are very welcome. St. Augustine, pray for us. 🙏

LAST-MINUTE PLACES AVAILABLE – MEDJUGORJE PILGRIMAGE Due to a few cancellations, a small number of places have become available for our parish pilgrimage to Medjugorje from 2nd–9th September. We currently have: • 2 single rooms available • 1 twin room available With the pilgrimage now less than a week away, anyone interested must get in touch by Thursday. If you would like to join us, please email [email protected] as soon as possible for further details. Please feel free to share with anyone who may be interested.

🥾 Walking the Miles for Lourdes On 15th July, parishioner Joe Bradley will set off on the annual Knock Walk, a remarkable pilgrimage of around 120 miles over 4½ days, walking from South Armagh to Knock in County Mayo. Joe is taking on this challenge to help raise funds to send local S1 students of our parish on the annual youth pilgrimage to Lourdes in 2027. Every donation, no matter how small, will help make this life-changing experience possible for our young pilgrims. 🙏 If you would like to support Joe and contribute to the Lourdes 2027 fund, please donate here: 🔗 bit.ly/LourdesFundraiser27 Please keep Joe and all the pilgrims in your prayers as they prepare for this journey.