Parish Bulletin 23.02.20
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CARFIN GROTTO
SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL MARIAN SHRINE
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Parish Bulletin 16.02.20
Click on the image below to download this week's Parish Bulletin for St Francis Xavier's Parish, Carfin
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Feb 16, 20201 min read
Join the Choir
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....
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Feb 8, 20201 min read
Fr Grant's First Mass
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...
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Feb 8, 20201 min read
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
This Tuesday, 11th February, we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, patron of Carfin Grotto. A very warm invitation is extended...
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Feb 8, 20201 min read
Thank you to Fr McGachey
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...
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Feb 8, 20201 min read
Goodbye and Thank you to Fr Sean
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...
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Feb 8, 20201 min read
Welcome from Fr Grant
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...
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Jan 17, 20201 min read
New Social Media Channels
New Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube pages have been launched for Carfin Grotto where we hope to share and promote the wonderful...
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Jan 12, 20201 min read
Father James Grant appointed new Parish Priest of Carfin
Bishop Joseph Toal has announced that Father James Grant has been appointed Parish Priest of St. Francis Xavier's Carfin and Guardian of...
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Dec 29, 20192 min read
Christmas 2019
Father Seàn and Deacon Jim thank all those who worked so generously to prepare our church for Christmas – the cleaners, the florist,...
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Sep 15, 20191 min read
Thank you from Father McGachey
Words seem inadequate to thank all those who helped so generously with their time, energy, and talents last weekend during the visit of...
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Sep 15, 20191 min read
Important Parish News
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...
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Aug 11, 20192 min read
Our Lady of the Snows
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...
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Jul 30, 20191 min read
Catholic Grandparents Pilgrimage
The annual Catholic Grandparents Pilgrimage takes place on Sunday 19th August with Holy Mass celebrated by Bishop Toal at 3.00pm followed...
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Jul 30, 20191 min read
Welcome to Father O'Donnell
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...
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Jul 30, 20193 min read
Visit of the Relics of St Therese
The Relics will be arriving in our parish on Friday 30th of August at 11am. Father Jim Grant, Secretary to the Bishops’ Conference of...
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Jul 30, 20191 min read
Pilgrimage in honour of St Philomena
The annual Pilgrimage in honour of St Philomena, the wonder worker, takes place on Saturday 24th August. Please find full details below:...
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Jul 30, 20191 min read
Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady
To celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Thursday 15th August, Holy Mass with the Sacrament of the Sick...
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Jul 30, 20191 min read
Annual Novena to St Therese
The annual Solemn Novena to St Therese of Lisieux begins on Wednesday 31st July 2019 at 7.00pm and continues each Wednesday for nine...
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