Parish News

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time,  Sunday, August 10, 2025

Services this week

Saturday

6.00pm     Vigil Mass

Sunday - 10th August 2025

10.00am    Mass 

Monday

No Mass

Tuesday

10.00am    Mass

Wednesday

10.00am    Funeral Mass for Bessie Fairgrieve

Thursday

6.30pm     Exposition

7.00pm     Vigil Mass for our patronal feast day

Friday

Holyday of Obligation

9.30am     Rosary

10.00am    Mass – Solemnity of the Assumption

Saturday

10.00am    Mass

5.30pm     Confessions

6.00pm     Vigil Mass

Sunday - 17 August 2025

10.00am    Mass

 

In your charity, please remember in your prayers:

Father Forrest, Jean Blair, Mary Robertson, Jan and John Stewart, Baby G, Gillian Jamieson, Gerry Henderson, Father Alex Davie, Margaret Temperley, and all the sick and the housebound; Also, Patrick Rutherford, Theresa Allan, Anne Jackson, Agnes Reid, Margaret Mulholland, Annie Kennedy, Eric barber and Emily Nisbet whose anniversaries occur at about this time. And Bessie Fairgrieve who died recently.

 

News…

The Offertory Collection last weekend amounted to £471.35; in addition, £345 per month is given through the direct debit facility. Grateful thanks to all donors. There will be a special collection today for the Society of African Missions.

 

Today - : Our annual parish fun day will take place in the church grounds from 1pm – 4pm, and all are very welcome to attend! As in previous years, we’ll have a BBQ, other light refreshments, a bouncy castle and a range of fun activities. We hope to be joined by the emergency services too. Please spread the word!

 

The funeral of Bessie Fairgrieve will take place at 10am on Wednesday 13th August.

 

Thursday 14th August: At 7pm we’ll celebrate the Vigil Mass of Our Lady of the Assumption, our parish’s patron. We’d love to have as many parishioners as possible at the vigil, and we’ll have tea, coffee and light refreshments in the church hall after Mass. Please join us!

 

Friday 15 August is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is a Holyday of Obligation; attending the Vigil Mass fulfils the requirements of the Holyday of Obligation.

 

Webinar -Whether you are a priest, parish leader, catechist or simply a Catholic seeking to deepen your understanding of the Eucharist, our webinar on 14 August with Thomas O’Loughlin, Professor Emeritus of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham, promises to challenge, inspire, and renew your vision of what it means to be the Body of Christ. Professor O’Loughlin invites us to reimagine the Eucharist – not as a static ritual, but as a dynamic act of community, welcome, and witness in a rapidly changing world. The discussion runs 6-7 p.m. BST. Details and tickets available at: https://bit.ly/tomeucharist

 

The 2025 Centenary Pilgrimage to pray for the Beatification of the Venerable Margaret Sinclair will take place on Sunday 21st September from 12.30 – 6pm at St Patrick’s Church, Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1NA. 12.30 – 1.30: Refreshments and sale of candles/goods; 1.30-2.30: Holy Hour; 3.00-4.00 Reflection; 4.30: Holy Mass concelebrated with Archbishop Cushley. Confessions available all day.

 

Edinburgh Fringe - Ian Bradley joins the renowned Schola Cantorum to uncover the search for the divine in shows like The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Fiddler on the Roof, Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables and more. You'll never hear these musicals in the same way again! St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, Tuesday 12 August at 7:30pm. Book your tickets via the Fringe website.