The Third Sunday of Lent - Year A

Update on Coronavirus

All Masses and liturgies at St Mary's Catholic Cathedral and St Andrew's, Ravelston are being celebrated as announced in the newsletter and on our website. We are currently reviewing all other parish activities: please expect all non-essential meetings to be cancelled over the next few days.

In order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, from now on until Easter:

  1. Holy Communion under only one kind.

  2. No sign of peace and no Holy Water.

  3. No Communion on the tongue.

Stations of the Cross during Lent

Every week during Lent there will be Stations of the Cross in the Cathedral on Mondays at 7pm and on Fridays after the 12.45pm Mass. Stations in Polish will be on Fridays following Mass at 6pm.

In St Andrew’s , Ravelston, the Prayer Group will lead Stations of the Cross in the church on Thursdays at 7pm. Please do take the opportunity to come along to this special way of growing closer to Christ.

City Mobility Plan Council Consultation – ends 27th of March

The Council plans for the future of the City emphasise walking, cycling and public transport as the means of transport around the city. We are concerned that the needs of elderly, infirm and disabled people are not given due consideration. Travelling by private car is an absolute lifeline to many of our parishioners. Please support the disabled and infirm of this parish by responding to the Council’s consultation stating the need for any future transport plan to clearly set out how it will accommodate the housebound and those who have mobility problems or who cannot access public transport. You can respond until 27 March 2020 here.

Read the newsletter for 15 March (pdf)

Read the newsletter for 15 March (doc)