“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
28th March - 5th April 2026 Year A
SAT 5:30pm Vigil Mass: Palm Sunday
SUN 10.30am Mass: Palm Sunday
Holy Week - See News section or Dates for Diary page for more details
SAT 8:00pm Vigil Mass: Easter Day
SUN 10.30am Mass: Easter Day
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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
Statement from the Bishops' Conference of Scotland
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Following a request from the Holy See, the Bishops of Scotland have been invited
to reflect on how the structures of the Church in our country can best serve her
mission in the years ahead, specifically whether the present situation of eight
dioceses is suitable.
We are all aware of the challenges before us — fewer clergy, changing patterns
of practice, and increasing pressures on our diocesan resources, among other
things. Yet our mission remains unchanged: to proclaim the Gospel and to lead
our people to Christ.
Two possible pathways are being proposed for careful discernment: developing
deeper cooperation and the sharing of resources across dioceses within our
present structures, or the merging of some dioceses.
In order to best inform ourselves and the Holy See, each bishop will engage with
his diocese over the coming months for the first part of this process. Everyone
will be given the opportunity to pray, reflect, and contribute.
Following-on from the presentation of a discussion paper, responses from each
diocese will contribute to the initial findings which will be given to the Holy See
in the Autumn.
This is not simply an administrative exercise. It is a pastoral and missionary
response to our changing landscape. This process will ensure our Church in
Scotland will continue to grow ever more missionary, more Christ-centred, and
more collaborative in the service of God’s people.
Entrusting this work to the guidance of the Holy Spirit and to the intercession of
Our Lady, we move forward together with confidence and renewed hope.
Welcome: to all our visitors, feel free to look around our beautiful church, particularly the St John Ogilvie Chapel & Exhibition.
Holy Week Services: Thursday Mass of the Last Supper 8pm; Friday Celebration of the
Passion 6pm; Saturday Easter Vigil 8pm. Other devotions as detailed inside the newsletter and the Dates for Diary page on the website.
Holy Week Ecumenical Services will be in St Thomas’s on Monday 30th, Tuesday 31st March and Wednesday 1st April at 7.30pm.
Second collections next week: Friday 3rd April - Holy Places of Jerusalem
Last week: Collection: £330.80 Att: 65
Lenten Retreat: thanks to all involved in this. It is always good to have a quiet time to stop and pray before Easter
Prayer Group: Monday evenings, 7pm in the hall. Next meeting 6th April.
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.
