“My Lord and my God!”
John 20:28
St Thomas R.C. Church
Welcome to St Thomas R.C. Church. St Thomas’ is situated in the friendly town of Keith in the north east of Scotland. St John Ogilvie was born in Keith and a special chapel is dedicated to him within our church. We welcome visitors and tourists to our Masses during the week and on Sundays.
Please check out our website to discover more about the history of our church, Mass times and information about St John Ogilvie.
May God Bless You.
Mass Times
18th - 26th October 2025 Year C
SAT 5.30pm Vigil Mass: 29th Ordinary Sunday
SUN 10.30am Mass: 29th Ordinary Sunday
FRI 9.00am Exposition
9.30am Mass: Friday of 29th week in Ordinary Time
SAT 5.30pm Vigil Mass: 30th Ordinary Sunday
SUN 10.30am Eucharistic Service: 30th Ordinary Sunday
News
Welcome: to all our visitors, feel free to look around our beautiful church, particularly the
St John Ogilvie Chapel & Exhibition.
October Devotions, Rosary and Litany: There is a plenary indulgence for recitation of these in Church, family or pious association.
Rite of Catholic Initiation of Adults: If anyone would like to join our faith or would like to know more about it, please get in touch with Deacon Graeme.
Sacrament of Confirmation Classes: We will begin classes for the Sacrament soon, if there are any children in Primary 7 or above who would like to join these classes, please contact Deacon Graeme.
Tombola: Wednesday 19th November, 7pm in St Thomas Hall, for church funds. Please be generous with donations of cash, prizes and raffles. Information soon about collection times.
Special collections in October: 18/19 MISSIO.
Last week Collection: £426.05 Maintenance Fund: £317.11 Att: 66
Jubilee Calendar:
- 18 - 19 October – Jubilee of the Missionary World
- 30 October - 2 November – Jubilee of the World of Education
- 16 November – Jubilee of the Poor
Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen Youth Events: Just to let you know that our diocesan youth have many opportunities to come together in Christian fellowship. Listed below are just some of the upcoming events.
- 31st October – 2nd November: “Sacred” Craig Lodge Retreat.
- 29th November – Diocesan Ceilidh Youth Ball
- 10th January – Inverurie NET Retreat
- 20-22 February – Boys “JP11” Tomintoul Retreat for S3-S6 boys
For more information or to register please contact Sr. Angela Marie at op@rcda.scot or telephone 07938729895.
New Parish Mass Books: these are now available at the back of the church. Several people have sponsored them already, and the HallCommittee have also stepped forward to help financially.
Prayer Group: Monday evenings, 7pm in the hall. Contact: Elizabeth Danby
Tea & coffee in the hall after Mass each Sunday. All welcome.
Communications: on the diocesan website (rcda.scot), if you click Contact on the drop down menu, and scroll down, you will find a pro forma to sign up for the Diocesan newsletter, and to opt in to other communications.
Pope’s Prayer Intention: October: For collaboration between different religious traditions: Let us pray that believers in different religious traditions might work together to defend and promote peace, justice and human fraternity.
Safeguarding: The Parish Safeguarding Coordinator is Elizabeth Danby, and she can be contacted as shown overleaf. The diocesan Safeguarding page can be found at Safeguarding – Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen (rcda.scot) and the text of In God’s Image (V2) is accessed through the Bishops Conference website.
St Thomas’ Church is open each day from 10am to 3pm for private prayer. Please note, the church may not be open on weekdays in the event of severe weather.
