• Welcome to St. Columbkille's Catholic Church Rutherglen

    • Welcome to our parish website which we hope you will find to be informative about our church and the life of our parish community.

    • HISTORY

    • The present church building was opened in 1940 to replace the first St Columbkille's Church which was founded on the same site in 1851.

    • Our Parish Vision

    • We aspire to be a welcoming and faithful Eucharistic community, serving the Lord, spreading the truth of his Gospel, and helping all to respond to God's Universal call to holiness, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

    • St Columbkille's from on high

Church News

Safeguarding Matters

The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland has published a newsletter to communicate progress with the revision of IN GOD’S IMAGE, its manual of safeguarding standards, policies and procedures...

The Pastoral Conversion of the Parish Community

The Holy See has published a major document exploring how the parish is called to be different in the 21st Century from what it was in the past century. The document is essential reading for those...

40 Days for Life Lenten Prayer and Fasting Vigil

On Saturday 22nd February the 40 Days Lenten Prayer and Fasting Vigil for an end to abortion will commence with the celebration of Holy Mass at 1 pm in St Andrew’s Cathedral. It will be the feast of...

World Mission Sunday 21st October 2018

Our second collection at all Masses in World Mission Day offers you the chance to support missionaries and the Church in proclaiming the Gospel throughout the world, particularly where the Church is...

SCIAF Appeal – Indonesia earthquakes and tsunami

Devastating earthquakes have struck parts of Indonesia, leaving hundreds dead and thousands homeless. Communities are facing the loss of loved ones, homes and livelihoods. The tsunami, which crashed...

Vocations Week 2018

During its annual Vocations Week (9th – 16th September 2018) the Church is encouraging secondary school students to consider the lives of six very different people who responded to God’s call in their...

150 years in Africa

Celebrations to mark 150 years since the foundation of the White Fathers (Missionaries of Africa) and the White Sisters (Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa) took place in St Columbkille’s...

Letter of Pope Francis to every Catholic

Pope Francis has written a letter on the Church’s response to sexual abuse by clergy in the Church. Copies of the letter are available at the back of the Church. This is an important issue and we urge...