Teas and Coffees available after Mass on Sunday.

200 Club Christmas Draw will take place in the Hall after Mass on Sunday. Good luck!

Parish Social Event, Friday 27 December 2024, 7.00 pm to 10.30 pm in Church Hall:  If you added your name to the list in the porch, you are in. Please just pay on the night (£15 per person).

Feast of the Holy Innocents: Join Archbishop Cushley, priests and people of the Archdiocese to celebrate the Feast of the Holy Innocents at St Margaret’s Chapel at The Gillis Centre, Edinburgh, EH9 1BB on Saturday 28 December at midday. Complimentary refreshments and social afterwards. Register at bit.ly/prolifeevents or just come along on the day.  

Mass for the Opening of the Jubilee Year: Archbishop Cushley will solemnly open the Jubilee Year 2025 for the Archdiocese with Holy Mass and the blessing of the Jubilee Cross at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, at midday on Sunday 29 December. Follow 'Holy Year Scotland 2025' on Facebook and visit www.iubilaeum2025.va for more details about this special year.

Lourdes 2025: The Archdiocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes for the Holy Year 2025 takes place from 11-18 July. For more details please visit https://www.edinburgh-lourdes.com/lourdes25

Marriage, Family and Life: The Catholic Families for Life Newsletter is available to read online. Visit https://marriagefamilyandlife.org.uk/newsletter/ 

Jubilee Year 2025: Pilgrims of Hope  - On Christmas Eve, the Opening of the Jubilee Year will be celebrated in St Peter’s Basilica, Rome. “Everyone knows what it is to hope. In the heart of each person, hope dwells as the desire and expectation of good things to come, despite our not knowing what the future may bring. Even so, uncertainty about the future may at times give rise to conflicting feelings, ranging from confident trust to apprehensiveness, from serenity to anxiety, from firm conviction to hesitation and doubt. Often we come across people who are discouraged, pessimistic and cynical about the future, as if nothing could possibly bring them happiness. For all of us, may the Jubilee be an opportunity to be renewed in hope. God’s word helps us find reasons for that hope. Taking it as our guide, let us return to the message that the Apostle Paul wished to communicate to the Christians of Rome.” (Bull of Indiction of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025, Pope Francis)

As we celebrate the birth of our Saviour, the Prince of Peace, let us pray and hope for peace in all war torn areas of our world, for the triumph of light over darkness, and for the many people facing the horrific consequences of war and displacement.

A very Happy Christmas!    Fr James