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....

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

Welcome to Father Mark O’Donnell who will be with us for the next six Sundays. Congratulations to him on his recent Ordination to the...

The Relics will be arriving in our parish on Friday 30th of August at 11am. Father Jim Grant, Secretary to the Bishops’ Conference of...

The annual Pilgrimage in honour of St Philomena, the wonder worker, takes place on Saturday 24th August. Please find full details below:...

To celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Thursday 15th August, Holy Mass with the Sacrament of the Sick...

The annual Solemn Novena to St Therese of Lisieux begins on Wednesday 31st July 2019 at 7.00pm and continues each Wednesday for nine...