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May is month of Our Lady: perhaps consider taking time to pray the rosary daily or a decade of the rosary with your family. Or take a pilgrimage to Carfin Grotto, Scotland’s National Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes. The Grotto welcomes 70,000 pilgrims annually from across the Globe. It’s at the Parish of St Francis Xavier, Carfin near Motherwell. Nearer to home there is a Lourdes Grotto in the grounds of the Gillis Centre in Strathearn Road– perhaps say a decade of the Rosary there.
Electronic payment device available in church
Please note that we now have an electronic payment device at the back of the church. It is very easy to use. It takes most debit cards as well as Apple Pay. This will be really useful for making donations, paying for magazines, teas and coffees, and for when we have bake sales or fundraisers.
*No Confessions, Exposition or 12 noon Mass at St. Peter’s on Saturday 31 May
Parish Pilgrimage dates for your diary, in celebration of the Jubilee year of Hope:
- Saturday 21 June. St. Peter’s visit to St. Mary’s Cathedral. Starting with 12 noon Mass at St.
Peter’s, then meeting at St. Mary’s Cathedral at 1.30pm for a service, followed by teas and coffees
in the Saints café at St. Mary’s Cathedral.
- Registration for Sacramental preparation course 2025
- Dear parents of children who will be in P3, P4 and P7 in September 2025 and are attending nondenominational schools, we’ll start Sacramental preparation classes – 1st Confession (P3), 1st Holy Communion (P4) and Confirmation (P7-S1) – again in October. Classes will be on Sunday mornings 10.30 – 11.30 am in St Columba’s Halls every 2–3 weeks.
- For information and registration please contact Sister Karin: sister@stcolumbasrcedinburgh.org.uk
Upcoming events in our Parishes…
Thursday 29 May Ascension, Holy Day of Obligation. Masses:
09.30 St. Peter’s
11am School Mass, St. Peter’s (all welcome)
7pm St. Columba’s
Saturday 31 May Celebration of Sacrament of First Holy Communion St. Peter’s 10am
Sunday 1 June 4pm, Christ Church (at Holy Corner) is celebrating its 150th anniversary with Choral Evensong
Saturday 21 June 12noon – 3pm, St. Peter’s Pilgrimage to St. Mary’s Cathedral*
Tuesday 24 June 11am, School Leavers P7 Thanksgiving Mass
Friday 27 June 7pm, St. Peter’s Social evening, Parish room
4th June, one day conference at St Ninian & St Triduana, Edinburgh
9th July Rosary Procession, St Andrews will now be held in 2026
20th – 21st June, CHARIS Scotland National Conference, Blessed John Duns Scotus, Glasgow
26th– 27th Sept, Scotland on Fire Conference, St Mirin’s Cathedral
10th Oct Healing Service St Joseph’s Edinburgh.
Verdi’s “Requiem”, Greyfriars Kirk on Saturday 14th June
Join the Edinburgh Singers on 14th June for an unforgettable performance of one of the most powerful and dramatic religious works – Verdi’s “Requiem”!
Grand, intense and thrillingly emotional, this monumental work will be performed with a stellar line up of soloists and a top professional orchestra in the stunning setting of Greyfriars Kirk. From the thunderous ‘Dies Irae’ to the serene ‘Agnus Dei’, this promises to be a very special evening.
Tickets can be purchased through The Queen’s Hall (Scan this QR Code) or on the door.
Appealing for trainers and clothing (including socks, underwear) for young men aged 18—36years. Please leave at back of Church at St. Peter and St. Columba’s.
Join hundreds of people in Scotland’s ancient capital on Sunday 8 June for the annual St Margaret’s Pilgrimage. The highlight of the event is the colourful procession of the saint’s relics through the city centre at 2:00pm, led by Archbishop Leo Cushley, then Mass at St Margaret’s Church at 3:00pm.
We gather in Kilsyth on Sunday 22 June for the annual Corpus Christi Procession. The procession starts at St Patrick’s Church at 3:00pm. Archbishop Leo Cushley said: “Join us for this beautiful feast when we witness in public to the living Lord among us in the Eucharist.”Events around Archdiocese
Open doors event Sunday 28 September
St. Peter’s will once again be taking part in the Open doors event Sunday 28 September, 1-5pm.
Please put the date in your diaries.
From the makers of the Bible in a year and the Catechism in a year comes the Rosary in a year.
In Ascension’s Rosary in a Year podcast, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR, guides listeners in a step-by-step journey that will change the way you pray – no matter where you are in your spiritual life. By starting small and adding on over time, listeners will find themselves falling more in love with this powerful Marian devotion, becoming a source of grace for the whole world. Listen to discover on your podcast provider …. – How to build a daily habit of prayer – How to form a relationship with Jesus and Mary – The Biblical foundations of the Rosary – How to meditate with sacred art (visio divina), saint writings, and scripture (lectio divina) – The power of Mary’s influence in your life …and more. —
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