Deacon David Harper, Permanent Deacon at St Augustine's Coatbridge, gives a reflection for this Sunday, the First Sunday of Lent.

The Solemn Novena to Our Lady Untier of Knots will commence on Wednesday 11th March at 7.00pm in St Francis Xavier's Church. The Novena will then continue ea...

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The Season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday 26th February 2020. On this day there will be Holy Mass with Distribution of Ashes at 10.00am, 1.00pm and 7.00pm. ...

This weekend we welcomed Bishop Toal to our 11.00am Mass to confer candidacy on George Frame who, God willing, will be ordained a permanent deacon later on t...

Click on the image below to download this week's Parish Bulletin for St Francis Xavier's Parish, Carfin

Click on the image below to download this week's Parish Bulletin for St Francis Xavier's Parish, Carfin

I have a special interest in church music. I believe that good music both enables people to pray and such prayers in turn fosters faith. It is my intention t...

This weekend, 8/9 February, we welcome Fr Jim Grant to our Parish as he officially takes up his appointment as the new Parish Priest of St Francis Xavier's C...

This Tuesday, 11th February, we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, patron of Carfin Grotto. A very warm invitation is extended to everyone to join u...

As I begin my ministry here in Carfin, I feel it not just appropriate but ‘right and just’ to express my gratitude to Fr Francis McGachey for everything he h...

In the same vein, on behalf of all of you, my new parishioners, I would like to acknowledge the contribution Fr Sean Wyllie has made to this community in the...

I am thrilled to use the above salutation, ‘My dear parishioners’, for the very first time. It goes without saying that I am delighted to have been appointed...

New Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube pages have been launched for Carfin Grotto where we hope to share and promote the wonderful activities and event...

Bishop Joseph Toal has announced that Father James Grant has been appointed Parish Priest of St. Francis Xavier's Carfin and Guardian of the National Shrine ...

Father Seàn and Deacon Jim thank all those who worked so generously to prepare our church for Christmas – the cleaners, the florist, those who constructed th...

Words seem inadequate to thank all those who helped so generously with their time, energy, and talents last weekend during the visit of the relics of saint T...

Please continue to pray for Father McGachey who is unwell at this time. It is unlikely that any telephone calls to the parish will be answered at present so,...

On Monday the Church celebrates the feast day not of a saint, but of a building – the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, one of the four most illustrious churches...

The annual Catholic Grandparents Pilgrimage takes place on Sunday 19th August with Holy Mass celebrated by Bishop Toal at 3.00pm followed by a Rosary Process...