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Here is a link to this week’s newsletter: 5th Sunday in Lent (Year B) Coronavirus restrictions UPDATE: Although these have now been lifted, please respect the wishes of those who are continuing to be extra careful. Welcome to those joining us to worship, please feel free to visit the St John Ogilvie Exhibition & Chapel in the South corridor. St Thomas’ Church is open each day from 9am to 3pm for private prayer. Tea & coffee in the hall after Sunday Mass. All welcome. REFLECT WITH SCIAF: This Lent, your prayers and donations are making a BIG difference to people in Rwanda and around the world. As you prepare for Easter, SCIAF have created several prayers and reflections to use as part of your Lenten worship. Please visit sciaf.org.uk/resources to download your prayer resources today. Sacrament of Reconciliation: available on request. Station Masses:  the final Station Mass of the year is in Elgin on Tuesday evening at 7.00pm. Please note, there will be no 9.30 am Mass in Keith on Tuesday of this week, but Thursday instead, preceded by Stations of the Cross. SPRING CLEAN: Help is needed from parishioners for a Spring Clean of the Church on Saturday, March 23, from 10am. Just come along with a duster and cloth and lend a hand to keep our beautiful Church looking its best for Easter and the rest of the year.   Chrism Mass: in the cathedral at 6pm on Thursday 21st March. This is a very important Mass, where all the priests of the diocese renew their vows, and when all of the holy oils to be used in sacraments over the next year will be blessed. Holy Week: this begins next Sunday, with the Palm Sunday liturgy starting in the hall.  Times of services are in the diary date. The washing of the feet will be reinstated at the Mass of the Last Supper on Holy Thursday, volunteers are required, so please sign up at the back of the church. Please also remember the ecumenical services in Holy Trinity all week, St Thomas’s will lead the service on Monday 25th March. RCIA: Please welcome (and keep in your prayers) our elect: Stephanie McPhee, John Mitchell and Keith Cruickshank, who are preparing to become full members of the church at Easter. At Masses on the 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays of Lent the formal process continues with short prayers, called scrutinies. Second collections in March: 16/17 Maintenance Fund; 23/24 Easter Flowers; 30/31 Holy Places of Jerusalem Pluscarden Pentecost lectures: “Scottish Catholic Literature and the ‘transfiguration of the commonplace’” 4 talks by Dr Linden Bicket. 21st - 23rd May 2024, including the works of George Friel, Muriel Spark, George and Ann Scott-Moncrieff and George Mackay-Brown. No charge, register with Pluscarden Abbey or by emailing guestmaster@pluscardeabbey.org  Prayer Group: Monday evenings, 7pm in the hall. Contact Elizabeth Danby for information. Collection: Last week: £292.50 SCIAF £73 Pope’s prayer intention: March: For the martyrs of our day, witnesses to Christ: Let us pray that those who risk their lives for the Gospel in various parts of the world might imbue the Church with their courage and missionary drive. Safeguarding: The Parish Safeguarding Coordinator is Elizabeth Danby, and she can be contacted as shown on the Contacts page.  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 by clicking on https://www.bcos.org.uk/LinkClick.aspx?link=131&tabid=124&portalid=0&mid=584      PRAYER FOR THE SICK & HOUSEBOUND AND ALL THOSE IN NEED Father in Heaven; grant them comfort in their suffering. When they are afraid, give them courage, When afflicted, give them patience, When dejected, afford them hope, And when alone, assure them of the support of your holy people.  We ask this through Christ our Lord.  Amen.
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Here is a link to this week’s newsletter: 5th Sunday in Lent (Year B) Coronavirus restrictions UPDATE: Although these have now been lifted, please respect the wishes of those who are continuing to be extra careful. Welcome to those joining us to worship, please feel free to visit the St John Ogilvie Exhibition & Chapel in the South corridor. St Thomas’ Church is open each day from 9am to 3pm for private prayer. Tea & coffee in the hall after Sunday Mass. All welcome. REFLECT WITH SCIAF: This Lent, your prayers and donations are making a BIG difference to people in Rwanda and around the world. As you prepare for Easter, SCIAF have created several prayers and reflections to use as part of your Lenten worship. Please visit sciaf.org.uk/resources to download your prayer resources today. Sacrament of Reconciliation: available on request. Station Masses:  the final Station Mass of the year is in Elgin on Tuesday evening at 7.00pm. Please note, there will be no 9.30 am Mass in Keith on Tuesday of this week, but Thursday instead, preceded by Stations of the Cross. SPRING CLEAN: Help is needed from parishioners for a Spring Clean of the Church on Saturday, March 23, from 10am. Just come along with a duster and cloth and lend a hand to keep our beautiful Church looking its best for Easter and the rest of the year.   Chrism Mass: in the cathedral at 6pm on Thursday 21st March. This is a very important Mass, where all the priests of the diocese renew their vows, and when all of the holy oils to be used in sacraments over the next year will be blessed. Holy Week: this begins next Sunday, with the Palm Sunday liturgy starting in the hall.  Times of services are in the diary date. The washing of the feet will be reinstated at the Mass of the Last Supper on Holy Thursday, volunteers are required, so please sign up at the back of the church. Please also remember the ecumenical services in Holy Trinity all week, St Thomas’s will lead the service on Monday 25th March. RCIA: Please welcome (and keep in your prayers) our elect: Stephanie McPhee, John Mitchell and Keith Cruickshank, who are preparing to become full members of the church at Easter. At Masses on the 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays of Lent the formal process continues with short prayers, called scrutinies. Second collections in March: 16/17 Maintenance Fund; 23/24 Easter Flowers; 30/31 Holy Places of Jerusalem Pluscarden Pentecost lectures: “Scottish Catholic Literature and the ‘transfiguration of the commonplace’” 4 talks by Dr Linden Bicket. 21st - 23rd May 2024, including the works of George Friel, Muriel Spark, George and Ann Scott-Moncrieff and George Mackay-Brown. No charge, register with Pluscarden Abbey or by emailing guestmaster@pluscardeabbey.org  Prayer Group: Monday evenings, 7pm in the hall. Contact Elizabeth Danby for information. Collection: Last week: £292.50 SCIAF £73 Pope’s prayer intention: March: For the martyrs of our day, witnesses to Christ: Let us pray that those who risk their lives for the Gospel in various parts of the world might imbue the Church with their courage and missionary drive.   Safeguarding: The Parish Safeguarding Coordinator is Elizabeth Danby, and she can be contacted as shown on the Contacts page.   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 by clicking on https://www.bcos.org.uk/LinkClick.aspx?link=131&tabid=124& portalid=0&mid=584  PRAYER FOR THE SICK & HOUSEBOUND AND ALL THOSE IN NEED Father in Heaven; grant them comfort in their suffering. When they are afraid, give them courage, When afflicted, give them patience, When dejected, afford them hope, And when alone, assure them of the support of your holy people.  We ask this through Christ our Lord.  Amen.