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Jubilee 2025
Pope Francis has declared that next year, 2025, will be a Holy Year in the Universal Church. The idea of Jubilee has its roots in the Old Testament, with a […]
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What is Benedictine Spirituality and can it help Laypeople?
Notes of a Talk at the Chaplaincy of the University of Aberdeen, 2 March 2026. Throughout history, the Lord raises up figures who become luminaries for others, guides to the […]
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Day of Prayer, Reconciliation and Easter Preparations at St Thomas’ Keith
During Lent, we fast, give alms and pray. To that end, we would love to invite you come along to a Day of Prayer, Reconciliation and Easter Preparations at St […]
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Chrism Mass 2026
The Chrism Mass is a special annual celebration led by the Diocesan Bishop with the Diocesan Clergy. During that Mass, the priests publicly renew their promises, and the oils used […]
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Station Mass for Friday after Ash Wednesday – Enrolment of the Elect
Today’s Collect is a good one, and it began like this: “O God who, though you are ever the cause of the salvation of the human race now gladden your […]
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St John Ogilvie Mass
Mass will be celebrated at St Thomas’ Church, Keith, on Saturday, March 7th, at 11:00, followed by refreshments in the Church Hall. You are invited to come along early and […]
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Homily for the Diaconal Ordination of René Ko Delos Reyes
Dear René, how amazing God’s providence, how wonderful his ways. How extraordinary you should be here, close to St Thomas More’s mulberry tree, in a seminary christened by the blood […]
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Divine Mercy – A New Beginning Retreats in English and Polish
‘Divine Mercy – A New Beginning’ Retreats will take place from 14 – 18 March 2026 at Our Lady of Aberdeen, 70 Cairngorm Crescent, Aberdeen, AB12 5BR. The retreats will […]
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Homily for Ash Wednesday
Can I begin with a scene from Scripture? Adam and Eve have just sinned, and they hear “the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool […]
