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St Joseph’s Primary

More fantastic festive events on this week, offering plenty of choice for Christmassy fun in Blantyre! On Friday evening this week, St Joseph’s Primary School and Nursery are hosting their Christmas Fayre. From 6pm until 8pm, there’s plenty to see. All welcome.

St Joseph’s Coffee Morning

Several MacMillan Coffee mornings took place in Blantyre this week. Amongst them, St Joseph’s in Blantyre would like to thank everyone who came along to their coffee morning in St John Ogilvie hall. Donating to MacMillan, a spokesperson added, “It was a morning of great joy as we came together to raise money for this […]

St Joseph’s Family BBQ

Well done to all the organisers at St Joseph’s who organised such a fantastic family mass and BBQ. The event was well attended and glad the weather stayed dry! A spokesperson for St Joseph’s added, “What an absolutely glorious day for the Parish to come together and enjoy the sunshine and a burger in equal […]

Scottish Primary Schools Ranked

St Joseph’s Primary School in Blantyre is the third highest ranked primary school…. in Scotland! The best performing primary schools in Scotland have been ranked, listed and released by The Sunday Times. Three primary schools from South Lanarkshire featured in the top 100 in the whole of Scotland which included St Mary’s Primary School in […]

The Frank Coll Foundation

Last Sunday a group of Blantyre children braved the treacherous weather to complete a sponsored walk. As a group, they managed to raise a fantastic £360 for St Joseph’s Primary School. This money will be used to buy ASDA Vouchers and distributed to families who are struggling this Christmas. Pauline Lennon told us, “As many […]

St Joseph’s Church Vandalism

It’s been a long, long time since anybody deliberately damaged a church in Blantyre. Unfortunately there has been an act of vandalism on St Joseph’s , Glasgow Road during last night. A window was smashed, a horrible thing to see, when you realise just how beautiful many of the windows are in this building. The […]

Hall Extension & New Carpark

Planning permission has been submitted last month to extend the existing St Joseph’s Church Hall on Glasgow Road, Blantyre and to form additional off-street parking at the rear. The plans which have still to be decided upon by the planning department, include for drop-off spaces for the neighbouring school, accessed via nearby Mayberry Place. A […]