Glasgow celebrates Saint Mungo

Saint Mungo (Kentigern)

The Festival in honour of Glasgow's Patron begins this week, culminating in his feast on Sunday 13 January, and the programme offers something for everyone. The Feast of St Mungo falls on Sunday, 13 January. The 12 noon Mass will be celebrated in St Mungo’s Church in Parson Street, Townhead, by Archbishop Philip Tartaglia. And at 6.30pm, the Archbishop will preach at the ecumenical service in Glasgow Cathedral to mark the Feast.

Councillor Gordon Matheson, Leader of Glasgow City Council, will launch the festival on Thursday, 10 January at 7pm. The first event will be the Molendinar Lecture, entitled Glasgow and Europe - the care and repair of Cities, which will be given by David Mackay, an international architect and city planner, who has lived and worked in Barcelona for 50 years.

On Friday, 11 January, the City Chambers will echo to the sound of music from Mungo’s Bairns when primary school children will sing, dance and recount stories of St Mungo. Students from Glasgow University will assist the young people with presentations and pupils from Lourdes Secondary School will be involved with the production and performance which takes place in the Banqueting Hall from 10 - 11.30am.

Later in the day, at 1pm, the third annual presentation of the Molendinar Awards will take place when recognition will be given to schools successful with themes from heritage and preparation for Commonwealth Games.

The Mitchell Library will be the venue on Saturday, 12 January, from 12 noon - 1pm when Archbishop Tartaglia will read extracts (in Latin) of the ancient text of the Vita Kentigerni with English translations being read by Dr Laurence Whitley, Minister of Glasgow Cathedral. The Vita Kentigerni is the 12th century book commissioned by Bishop Jocelyn of Glasgow to promote the story of St Mungo.

Source: Archdiocese of Glasgow