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The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - 2nd June 2024

Services this Week

Saturday 1st June 2024

6.00pm      Vigil Mass  (Jordan Russell, rip)

Sunday  2nd June 2024 

10.00am     Mass  (Jordan Russell, rip)

  1.00pm     First Holy Communion

Monday

10.00am     Holy Communion Service

Tuesday

10.00am     Mass

Wednesday

10.00am     Mass ( Souls in Purgatory)

Thursday

6.30pm      Exposition and Private Prayers

7.00pm      Mass ( David Burns)

Friday

9.30am      Rosary

10.00am     Mass

 Saturday

10.00am     Holy Communion Service

5.30pm      Confessions

6.00pm      Vigil Mass

Sunday 9th June 2024

10.00am     Mass

 

In your charity, please remember in your prayers...

Father Forrest, Jean Blair, Mary Robertson, , Jan Stewart, Amy Robertson, Baby G and Sadie Clelland and all the sick and the housebound. Also, Margaret Green, Lawrence Kilgallon, William Dickson, Dorothy Mulraney, Jeanie Rutherford, Fiona Downie, Rose Martin and Bill Brown whose anniversaries occur at about this time.

 

Latest News…

 

The Offertory Collections last weekend amounted to £517.52 and the special collection for the Xavier Missions raised £542, grateful thanks to all donors.  

 

First Holy Communion for our young parishioners will take place today at 1pm.

 

Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) – there will be a meeting of the PPC on Wednesday 12th June at 7pm – all are welcome!

 

200 Club: The winners of the May draw are: No 7 – Maria Ford and No16 – Mary Black – congratulations!

 

Salamanca Pilgrimage: St Mary’s Parish in Stirling invites people from across the Archdiocese to join them on pilgrimage to Salamanca, Spain, 12–19 October. Email: admin.stmarystirling@staned.org.uk or call 01786 473749

 

Pray for Life Novena: Bishop John Keenan (Paisley Diocese) invites you to join the Novena for Life from Thursday 23 May to the feast of the Visitation, to pray for the protection of human life. Sign up to the Novena at prayforlife.ie The Feast of the Visitation is a celebration of joy in new life, and we pray to return to a society that values and protects all human life from the moment of conception to its natural end. The Novena will lead up the annual Day for Life on Sunday 16 June.

 

Corpus Christi – 2 June: St Patrick’s, Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1TQ, on Sunday 2 June, beginning with Mass celebrated by Archbishop Cushley at 11.00am, followed by a procession. All are welcome to this special event. First Holy Communicants are encouraged to wear their First Holy Communion outfits. St Patrick’s hosts a 40 Hours’ devotion ahead of the event.

 

Treasuring the Gift – Sacred Scripture Reflection Day: The translation of the Bible that we hear at Mass is changing this, Advent. Our Archdiocese has organised a day of prayer, study and discussion to learn more about this and to reflect on the gift of the Word of God to the Church. Treasuring the Gift takes place on Saturday 8th June 1-am – 3pm at the Gillis Centre. Register at bit.ly/treasuring the gift.

 

St Margaret’s Pilgrimage -23 June: Gather in faith and thanksgiving to celebrate Scotland’s patron saint in Dunfermline on Sunday 23 June. The procession to St Margaret’s Church takes place from the Glen Gates in Bridge Street to the Church at 2pm, followed by Mass at 3pm. Ecumenical prayer at the tomb of St Margaret at Dunfermline Abbey is at 12.30pm. All welcome – no registration required.

 

Events in the Archdiocese: For a full list of forthcoming events in the Archdiocese visit https://archedinburgh.org/news-events