“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
14th - 22nd March 2026 Year A
SAT 5.30pm Vigil Mass: 4th Sunday in Lent - Laetare Sunday
SUN 10.30am Mass: 4th Sunday in Lent - Laetare Sunday
FRI 9.00am Stations of the Cross
9.30am Friday of 4th week in Lent
SAT 5.30pm Vigil Mass: 5th Sunday in Lent
SUN 10.30am Eucharistic Service: 5th Sunday in Lent
SCIAF Wee Boxes
SCIAF SUNDAY
On this SCIAF Sunday, we pray for families around the world who long for safety, stability, and clean water. We give thanks for the courage of mothers in Ethiopia who walk miles each day
to care for their children, often at great risk.
Please give what you can in today’s collection for SCIAF. You can also donate at sciaf.org.uk/donate, by calling 0141 354 5555 or by using this QR code which will link it to our parish donations. Thank you.
News
Welcome: to all our visitors, feel free to look around our beautiful church, particularly the St John Ogilvie Chapel & Exhibition.
Reverence: it is good to develop good habits during Lent – why not try a time of silence before Mass – 10 minutes quiet time, listening to God and preparing for Mass rather than talking to your neighbour?
Hospital Chaplain: Deacon Graeme is very happy to visit parishioners in hospital, but he needs to know if you or a loved one is in that position. Hospitals are not allowed to pass on that information, so please just give him a ring.
Lent: During Lent, Exposition on Fridays will be replaced with Stations of the Cross. Chrism Mass in St Peter’s, Buckie on Thursday 26th March at 6pm.
Sung Lenten Vespers: TODAY Sunday 15th March at 4pm in St Margaret’s, Huntly. Hymns, psalms, readings and prayers. All welcome.
Holy Week Ecumenical Services will be in St Thomas’s on Monday 30th, Tuesday 31st March and Wednesday 1st April at 7.30pm.
World Day of Prayer: Friday 6th March 7.30pm will be held in St Rufus this year. All welcome.
Second collections in March: 14/15 SCIAF; 21/22 Easter Flowers
Last week Collection: £355.60 Candles £30.94 Flowers £4.01 Att: 60
Lenten Retreat: we will host the annual retreat for the 4 parishes here on Saturday 28th March 10am-1pm, ending with lunch. All welcome – not restricted to parishioners. See posters in church porch. For catering purposes, please let Deacon Graeme or Elizabeth Danby know if you will be
attending.
Prayer Group: Monday evenings, 7pm in the hall. Contact: Elizabeth Danby
Tea & coffee in the hall, after Sunday Mass. All welcome.
The Light of the North: the diocesan magazine is now published on line only - accessible via the diocesan website. There are many very interesting articles, some written by our own parishioners.
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: March: For disarmament and peace: Let us pray that nations move toward effective disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament, and that world leaders choose the path of dialogue and diplomacy instead of violence.
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.
