St Mungo Singers | St Mungo Music: Recent Episodes
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On 9th June 2025, the St Mungo Singers joined the family, friends and parishioners at St Michael’s Dumbarton to say farewell to soprano Catherine Bell, a long time member of the choir, who died on 19th May from cancer. Parish priest, Fr Vincent Toal, said that Catherine had been a woman of tremendous faith, particularly […]
As part of the year long celebrations to mark the 850th anniversary of Glasgow becoming a burgh in 1175, the community of Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow Churches Together (GCT), and church and civic leaders came together on 11 May to celebrate the first Archbishop of Glasgow, Robert Blacader (or Blackadder). Before the service began, harpist Catherine […]
Mill Hill Missionary ‘Shuggie ministered with humility, a gentle presence, and an enduring love for the people he served.’ ‘wit, warmth and a beautiful tenor voice with which he sang with The St Mungo Singers ‘How blest are those who have died in the Lord’ Hugh O’Donnell- […]
On Tuesday 22 April 2025, as we came to terms with the death of Pope Francis, the St Mungo Singers had a loss of their own to mark, as they joined family and friends of Mrs Catherine (Kay) Dick at St Andrew’s Bearsden for her funeral. Kay, a member of the alto section of the […]
It was with a strange mixture of sadness and thanksgiving that members of the St Mungo Singers joined a capacity congregation of family, friends and parishioners at St Jude & St John Ogilvie’s parish for the funeral of Mrs Ann Harvey, a retired choir member who had served for around 40 years in the Soprano […]
On Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd September, members of the St Mungo Singers came together with family and friends of former member of the Choir, Irene Harkins, to mark her sad passing and take part in her funeral liturgies. Irene was a well-kent figure in the Archdiocese, both in the Cathedral and many other parishes, […]
This Mass is a regular date in the diary for the Archdiocesan Choir, the St Mungo Singers. This year, it had a special meaning for them, as one of the Jubilarians, indeed the most senior one present, was their own Director, Mgr. Gerry Fitzpatrick, who had celebrated his Diamond Jubilee in March. He joined fellow […]
With sadness, the St Mungo Singers said farewell to another former member of the choir when some of the choir attended the funeral Mass of Christine Cairns on 22 July 2024 at St Ninian’s Church in Gourock. Christine and her twin sister Sr Maureen Coyle SND had both been members of the choir for many […]
This service, organised by Glasgow Churches Together and held in the City Chambers, was originally planned as a service to welcome visitors to Glasgow but over the years it has developed to be as much a service of welcome for those who have come to live in the city, particularly migrants and refugees. This year, […]
St Andrew’s Cathedral was full for the Chrism Mass on 28 March, with Archdiocesan Choir, the St Mungo Singers, providing gathering music and the congregation and priests assembled. This annual service is always one of great impact as we witness the priests of the Diocese renew their commitment to their priestly service and we see the […]
When it’s the Diamond Jubilee (and also the birthday) of the long serving Director of Music for the Archdiocese of Glasgow, Mgr. Gerry Fitzpatrick, there is only one way to celebrate and that is – in his own words – with a mega, mega Mass! And so it was that his parish church, St Leo […]
(A poem by Mary Hanrahan) Despite the rather dreich day, a congregation gathered at St Aloysius on 10 March to join Glasgow Churches Together (GCT) and the Jesuit community to celebrate the memory of St John Ogilvie and with him, those other men and women, known and unknown, who have witnessed to their Christian faith […]
On 1 March, members of the St Mungo Singers joined members of her family and parishioners at St Paul’s Whiteinch for the funeral of Mrs Marie Jamieson, a longtime friend and supporter of the choir, who had died at the age of 94. Marie’s late husband, Hugh, had been a tenor in the choir for […]
Despite a decidedly cold day, church and civic representatives gathered at Glasgow Cathedral for the annual service to honour the city’s patron saint, St Mungo, organised by Glasgow Churches Together and the Cathedral community. The representatives bravely processed from the St Mungo Museum, led by piper Willie Park, behind a copy of the Gospels and […]
Pause for Hope may seem a strange title for a service for people affected by cancer – patients, families, friends – but it reminds us of an important point, that as Christians we face this illness with firm hope that we are not alone in this situation and that there is a future beyond it. […]
The St Mungo Singers combined a day trip excursion to Falkland on 30 September with a Memorial Mass for Fr Willy Slavin in the Chapel Royal, at Falkland Palace. Falkland was where Fr Willy had lived in retirement in a hut in Falkland Forest, and members of the Chapel Royal congregation who knew him joined […]
How blest are those who have died in the Lord: let them rest from their labours The St Mungo Singers has always been a community as much as a choir, and on 10 October they came together with David Harris, one of the Directors of the choir, and his wife Louise, a former member of […]
St Mungo Singers rehearsal 27th August and 3rd September and Mary Walsh’s funeral We met at 7.00. We are preparing for our Civic Reception on Friday the 15th September and our next service is on the 17th September with The GCT ecumenical service for the Season of Creation in St Andrew’s West in Bath Street […]
Irene Travers RIP At the end of June, the St Mungo Singers came together again to say farewell to a retired member of the choir. Irene Travers had been a great alto for many decades until her health meant she had to retire, although her voice remained strong and true to the end, as those […]
Fr Sean Fitzgerald RIP On the Friday and Saturday before the wonderful celebration of Glasgow the Welcoming City, the choir gathered to say farewell to a longtime supporter and friend, Fr Sean Fitzgerald, who was a very close friend of Mgr Gerry since their days in seminary together. Fr Sean died on 28th May 2023, […]
Glasgow Churches Together has planned a little service acknowledging and praying for King Charles and for the country.Members of Glasgow Churches Together have recorded a Prayer, reading, intercessions, concluding prayer and Blessing.The St Mungo Singers have recorded : ‘Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem’ – based on a verse from Ps 121 and set by […]
A Celtic Invocation: words (c) the heirs of Canon Fenelly; music (c) Noel Donnelly. Sung by The St Mungo Singers… [Read more]
This year, the Legion of Mary celebrated an unbelievable 90 years of service to those in need through their work… [Read more]
choir SHORT AD The St Mungo Singers is starting a new session and looking forward to another year of music… [Read more]
It was with great sadness that members of the St Mungo Singers gathered with the family, friends and fellow-parishioners of… [Read more]
On 18th February 2022, members of the St. Mungo Singers gathered in St Paul’s, Whiteinch to bid farewell to Dougie… [Read more]
My Dearest Lord (The prayer of Columba) We had hoped that we would be able to hold our annual Mass… [Read more]
Ann Millar and her family are mourning the death of Dougie Millar who died yesterday evening surrounded by his loving… [Read more]
In the middle of COP26, an ecumenical service was held in St Mungo’s Cathedral on 7 November to mark the… [Read more]
It wasn’t quite what the St Mungo Singers had envisaged for their celebration of 50 years’ service to the Church. … [Read more]
In this, their 50th anniversary year, the St Mungo Singers are at last back singing in person, albeit in masks. … [Read more]
‘How blest are those who have died in the Lord. Let them rest from their labours, for their good works… [Read more]
The coming of the coronavirus to the UK has caused the cancellation of so many long-planned events in the Archdiocese… [Read more]
The St Mungo Singers has always been as much a community as a choir and former members regularly keep in… [Read more]
As Bailie Annette Christie reminded us in her welcome, this is the 19th year that we have celebrated Carols for… [Read more]