Change of Masses

There will be no Evening Mass this Monday, 25th of September, as Fr Emmet is away attending a meeting.

 

Mass next Monday will be as usual.

Weekday Masses

There will be a change to Masses over the next two weeks.
There will be no Mass on Thursday the 21st of July as Fr Emmet will be away.
There will be Adoration and Rosary as usual and there will be a Communion Service at 10am.
Fr Emmet is also away the following week Monday to Friday 25th to 28th July.
This means that there will be no Mass or Rosary on Monday the 25th.
There will be no Mass on Thursday the 27th of July as Fr Emmet will be away.
On Thursday 27th once again there will be Adoration and Rosary as usual and there will be a Communion Service at 10am.

The Solemnity of Our Lady of Aberdeen

This coming Sunday, 9th of July, we will celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lady of Aberdeen and not the 14th Sunday on Ordinary time.

While Mass will be at the usual time of 9 am, the readings will be different.

They will be:

1st reading: Genesis 3:9-15.20
Psalm: Judith 13:18-19
2nd reading: 1 Cor 15:20-26
Gospel: John 19:25-27

Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul

On Thursday the 29th of June we celebrate the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul, which is a Holy Day of Obligation.

Mass will be at 7 pm in the Main Church.

 

Please note there will be no morning Mass or Adoration that day. 

Solemnity of the Ascension

For the Solemnity of the Ascension, there will be a Vigil Mass at 6pm in Trinity Church this Wednesday 17th of May.

There will be no Mass and none of the usual activities on Thursday this week.

 

Normal service will resume the following week.

Pope Benedict XVI RIP

Papal Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Scotland.
Photo By Paul Mc Sherry

We will celebrate a Requiem Mass for Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday Morning 5th Janurary 10 am at Westhill Church.

It will be in the small chapel preceded by Adoration and Rosary.

 

There will also be three Requiem Masses at the Universities Chaplaincy on 7 High Street, Aberdeen AB24 3EE. 

These will be at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th of January respectively.

 

Bishop Hugh, whom Pope Benedict appointed as Bishop of our Diocese, will concelebrate the Funeral Mass in Rome with Pope Francis.

 

“Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and he gives you everything. When we give ourselves to him, we receive a hundredfold in return. Yes, open, open wide the doors to Christ – and you will find true life.”

Pope Benedict XVI, Mass of Inauguration, 24/3/2005

 

Image from Pope Benedict’s State Visit to the UK and his Mass at Bellahouston Park used by permission of the Scottish Catholic Media Office.