St Mungo falls on Sunday, 13 January 2013

Glasgow celebrates Saint Mungo

Posted: Tuesday, January 8, 2013

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

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Glasgow celebrates Feast of St Mungo

Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:29 pm

Glasgow is marking the 14th centenary of the feast of its patron, St Mungo, (also known as St Kentigern) this week, with a festival devoted to the saint. Events got underway at the weekend with the reading of the Life of the Saint at the Mitchell Library and an ecumenical vespers in Glasgow Cathedral. On Thursday,  Archbishop Mario Conti will give the inaugural 'Molendinar Lecture' - which is planned to be an annual event, on the theme 'Glasgow: A Tale of Two Cathedrals'. At the weekend there will be a special Ballet at St Enoch’s Shopping Centre. Sixteen dancers aged 10 - 16, will be depicting the spirit of the city in music and dance, and highlighting St Mungo’s coat of arms and his return to Glasgow from Hoddom after exile on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 January from 12 noon - 4pm on both days. This original concept especially devised for the event  will be an eye catching and beautifully choreographed performance which will wow shoppers and passers by as they view the uplifting and inspirational performance and hear the tranquil  music from Vanessa Mae’s  'A Little Scottish Fantasy' concluding with Handel’s 'For Unto Us A Child Is Born.' The modern symphonic dance piece featuring  the city’s armorial coat of arms - The bird, bell, fish and tree - will be a collage of the characters and the usually unseen 'spirit of Glasgow.' Central to the performance will be 'The Seal Of The City' a metal movable sculpture commissioned by Visual Statement and designed by Andy Scott. The dancers will dance on, inside and around this structure to add an extra dimension to the performance. Archbishop Conti will concelebrate a special Mass with priests of the Archdiocese, at St Mungo’s Church, Townhead at 7pm on  Friday, the Feast on St Mungo. The Gospel will be sung, and the music will be led by the St Mungo Singers, school groups, piper, harpist and ensemble. The Opening Prayer of the Mass of St Mungo has a particular resonance for Glaswegians reflecting on the history of their ancient city: ‘Lord our God, you chose St Kentigern as bishop to spread the light of faith by the preaching of your Word: grant our prayer, that we who celebrate his memory may always be true to his teaching and so grow daily in faith and holiness. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, Who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One God, for ever and ever.  Amen.’  For more information see: http://www.stmungofestival.com/  Source: SCMO

Biog: St Kentigern or Mungo (518 - 603)

Kentigern was born in about 518. At the age of 25 he went as a missionary on the Clyde. A community grew up around him, known as “Clasgu” (“dear family”), and this is now the city of Glasgow. He was consecrated as bishop in 540. A strong anti-Christian movement forced him into exile in Wales, where he founded a monastery at what is now St Asaph’s. After 573 he spent eight years at Hoddam in Dumfriesshire before returning to Glasgow in 581. He died there on 13 January 603. See the articles in the Catholic Encyclopaedia and Wikipedia.

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