Parish News

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A Sunday, October 11, 2026

Services this week

Saturday

10.00am    Mass

6.00pm     Vigil Mass (Rose McCue, rip)

Sunday

10.00am    Mass

Monday

No Mass

Tuesday

10.00am    Mass

Wednesday

9.30am     Rosary

10.00am    Mass (Souls in Purgatory, rip)

Thursday

6.30pm     Exposition

7.00pm     Mass

Friday

9.30am     Rosary

10.00am    Mass (Cathy O'Neil, rip)

Saturday

10.00am    Mass

5.30pm - 5.50pm    Confessions

6.00pm     Vigil Mass

Sunday

10.00am    Mass  

 

In your charity, please remember in your prayers:

Father Forrest, Jean Blair, Mary Robertson, Margaret Temperley, Frieda Temperley, Angela Irvine and all the sick and the housebound; Also, John Hamilton, Mary Baptie, Lawrence Smullen, Susan Wings, Rose McCue, Peggy Robertson, Jessie Martin, Margaret Tooey, Andrew Johnston, Jack McPhee, James Cummings and William McAdam whose anniversaries occur about this time.

 

News…

 

Collections: The collection last week amounted to £479 and £380 pcm is given by Direct Debits. Thank you to all donors. There will be a Special collection next week on Mission Sunday.

 

Dates for your Diary :

6th November – Bottle Bingo – our next fundraiser – donations of bottles would be welcomed.

27th November – St Andrew’s Celebration at 7pm

 

200 Club – the winners of the September draw are: No. 33 – Mary Rockland and No. 37 – Maria Ford. Congratulations.

 

Saturday 17 October | 3:45pm-4:45pm | St Andrew’s, Ravelston - In October, the month of the Rosary, women are invited to explore how the mysteries of the Rosary are rooted in Scripture. An optional Holy Hour with Adoration, Rosary and Vespers follows at the adjacent convent from 5:10pm. To register email edinburgh@almamercy.org

 

Additional Support Needs Mass - Those with additional support needs of all ages and their families/carers are invited to a special Sunday Mass this Sunday (11 October) at 2pm in the quiet, beautiful Chapel of St Albert the Great at 23/24 George Square Lane, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD.  Mass will be celebrated by Father Jamie McMorrin. 

 

World Mission Sunday - Next Sunday (18th) we have the annual special collection for the 100th World Mission Sunday. This year’s theme, chosen by Pope Leo XIV, is One in Christ, United in Mission. Our prayers and donations will support missionaries and communities in need, including Missio Scotland’s projects in Albania and Ukraine. Please pray for missionaries throughout the world and give what you can. Donations can also be made online at missioscotland.com/donate

 

Mass for the Faithful Departed - Archbishop Cushley will offer Holy Mass for the repose of all the faithful departed who have died in the Archdiocese in the last year, especially those buried at Mount Vernon Cemetery in Edinburgh. This will take place on All Souls’ Day, Monday 2 November, at 10:00am in the Cemetery Chapel at Mount Vernon Cemetery, 49 Mount Vernon Rd, Edinburgh, EH16 6JG.