Dear Parishioners Time has flown even though it’s been several months since my arrival in Banff. I wish at the outset to thank all of you for your kind reception in the parish. Your warmth, your good work, support and commitment to parish life has been wonderful to feel and to witness. We all do what we can as a community, a parish and at church. And we all have individual gifts that we bring, to make what we…
House blessing. If you want your house to be blessed please contact Ks Piotr Rytel – call 01261815405. Trwa Kolęda – wizyta duszpasterska księdza, w czasie której ksiądz modli się o Boże błogosławieństwo dla całej rodziny w Nowym Roku i święci mieszkanie. Jest to też okazja by lepiej poznać siebie nawzajem. Osoby, które chcą przyjąć Kolędę prosimy o kontakt z Ks Piotr Rytel lub telefonicznie 01261 815405. Kolęda potrwa do końca miesiąca.
Epiphany (also known as Twelfth Night, Theophany, or Three Kings Day) marks the occasion of a timehonoured Christian tradition of “chalking the doors.” The formula for the ritual — adapted for 2020 — is simple: take chalk and write the following above the entrance of your home: 20 + C + M + B + 20. The letters have two meanings. First, they represent the initials of the Magi — Caspar, Malchior, and Balthazar — who came to visit Jesus…
And yet he was born. And yet he came to save the world. In a shabby stable. In distant land. Defenseless and all-powerful. Baby – God. There was no place for him. The war and the vast sky around. The buzz and crowds of everyday matters. And yet he came to save the world. Merry Christmas and just happy moments in the New 2020 Year Fr. Piotr Rytel
Bulletin for Advent and Christmas 2019
INSTALLATION MASS On Saturday 3rd of November 2019 at Vigil Mass at 6.00 p.m. Bishop of Aberdeen Hugh Gilbert OSB made Installation of new Parish Priest. Fr Piotr Rytel was officially presented to the Parishioners as a new Parish Priest of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Banff.
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY Next weekend, at His Holiness Pope Francis’ invitation, Catholics in parishes all over the world will be asked to contribute to a special collection for the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS)—his official charity for overseas mission—during World Mission Sunday. For October this year, the Pope has asked us to place an extraordinary focus on mission, so Missio Scotland—the Scottish branch of the PMS—is following the Holy Father’s lead by showcasing some our extraordinary missionaries and the extraordinary work…
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and adoration on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 09.00, Friday after evening Mass in polish at 19.00 and Saturday after morning Mass in english at 09.30. Confession possible on Friday and Saturday during exposition time.
Saint John Paul II in Rosarium Virginis Marie wrote: Meditation on the mysteries of Christ is proposed in the Rosary by means of a method designed to assist in their assimilation. It is a method based on repetition. This applies above all to the Hail Mary, repeated ten times in each mystery. If this repetition is considered superficially, there could be a temptation to see the Rosary as a dry and boring exercise. It is quite another thing, however, when…
Celebration of the anniversary of the Canonisation of St John Ogilvie: 17th October 2019: Holy Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Hugh at 6.30 pm, followed by refreshments in the church hall. The Diocesan shrine of the birthplace of St John Ogilvie within St Thomas Church will be open from 4.00 pm especially for anyone who wishes to pay a visit to the shrine and exhibition.