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The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ_22 June 2025_PDF
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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.
Vacancy at the council for the Church Representative.
The Church Rep is directly appointed by the Archbishop for a fixed term of three years with the possibility of extending the appointment at the discretion of the Archbishop. For further details please contact Canon Kenneth.
Parish Pilgrimage dates for your diary, in celebration of the Jubilee year of Hope:
- St. Peter’s social evening
St. Peter’s social evening will take place on Friday 27 June at 7pm in the Parish. Celebrate with us. Please bring a plate of food to share (your choice of starter, main or dessert—just fill in list at back of Church) and your own bottle. Can you help with set up, serving or clean up – please add your details to the Helper’s list. Come along and celebrate – everyone is welcome to join! - 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…
Forty hour devotion
Forty hour devotion in honour of the Most Holy body and Blood of Christ, St. Patrick, Cowgate 5.45pm Thursday 19 June and ending with solemn Mass at 11am followed by a Corpus Christi procession through the streets.
Tuesday 24 June 11am, School Leavers P7 Thanksgiving Mass
Friday 27 June 7pm, St. Peter’s Social evening, Parish room
The Open Door Edinburgh is part of the Big Give’s Small Charity Week. Each donation made to our campaign via BigGive.org during the week of 23-30 June 2025 will be doubled. Helping deliver crucial Day Services for older adults in Edinburgh so they experience better mental and physical health, feel less lonely and provide respite for their families.
Donations help in many ways e.g.: £1 -coffee and biscuits and a friendly chat; £5 – freshly cooked hot meal (often the only hot meal that week); £10 – seated exercise class for 5 Day Service members with reduced mobility and much more.
Please add a diary reminder for 23-30 June and this link https://donate.biggive.org/ campaign/a05WS000004T56sYAC
The donate button will appear on this page when the campaign starts at midday on Monday 23rd.
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.
A complete retreat package to use at home or away this summer
£30 (£35 with printed booklet), available late June
What does it mean to “remain” in God?
How do we put down roots and grow in an increasingly rootless world?
Are we nomads on earth, or committed citizens?
How do we come home to ourselves, and to the God who makes a home in us?
A Place Like Home is a complete retreat package with reflections to read and listen to and other materials to linger with, suitable to use on retreat or at home at your own pace. The approach uses art, poetry, Scripture, wisdom writing and other creative material.
To book visit: https://heartinpilgrimage.org.
or email info@heartinpilgrimage.org.uk. A limited number of low-cost and no-cost places are available.
To browse a selection of other retreat packages which are available immediately, visit: https://heartinpilgrimage.org.
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.
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. —
St Peter’s 40 hours