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 … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
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 + … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
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. … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
Bishop Hugh Gilbert has appointed Father Piotr Rytel as parish priest of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish with effect from 1 October 2019. We thank Father Colin Stewart, Dean, and the priests of Saint John Ogilvie Deanery for their pastoral care and celebration of the Sacraments during the past few months.