Newsletter for Palm Sunday

Masses for next week

 

Weekend masses, Saturday, St. Mary’s Vigil 6pm, Sunday 11.15am

St. John’s Caol, Sunday 10am, Glenfinnan 1.30pm

Monday No Mass

Tuesday mass St. Mary’s, 10.15am,

Wednesday St. Mary’s, 10.15am

Thursday St. Mary’s, 7pm Mass of the Last Supper, Night Prayer 10pm

Friday Mass St. Mary’s, Good Friday, The Passion of the Lord 3pm

Saturday Easter Vigil, 8.30pm

 

Anniversaries

Frank Keenan, Winnie Maclellan, Ronnie MacDougall, Donald Aistair Macdonald,

George Stokes, Patricia Sweeney, Rosemary Cook, Ann MacBeth, Duncan MacBeth,

Lyndsey McMonagle, Donald John MacNeil, John Deakin, Mark Charles Munson,

Tommy Nixon, Frank Keenan, Margaret Anne Gillies, Ronnie MacDougall, Bettie McHale,

Johnnie Vickers, Edward Murohy, Krystyna Kniaz, Peter McGhie.

Conforti Music Weekend

Our music weekend is nearly among us once more. Participants should speak to their parish priests.  You must book as room-sharing pairs* by sending a £50 deposit by bank transfer to Mrs. D. Maclean, account number 72783760, sort code 874362, whatsapp,07702063783. With the balance of being paid in full by Friday the 17th of April £130. The weekend is from Friday May 1st till Sunday the 3rd of May. All are welcome.

Chrism Mass

Thank you to all who made such an effort to come to the Chrism Mass. It was wonderful to see such a crowd there. There is no charge for the bus, it will be spilt between the parishes.

First Communions 2026

The lessons for first confession and first communion continue this week. We are back to St. Columba’s school on Monday the 30th of March at 3.30pm.

Lenten Programme

There will be the last stations of the cross this Lent on Wednesday 1st of April at 6pm.

Easter Services 2026, St. Mary’s Fort William

Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7pm, Night Prayer 10pm.

Good Friday, The Passion of Jesus 3pm

Easter Vigil, 8.30pm

Easter Sunday Mass, 11.15am

Chairs for the Lady Chapel

We are delighted to announce that the chairs for the Lady Chapel have arrived, and we thank those who worked so hard to put them together.

Kevin Cameron

A huge thank you to Kevin Cameron, who came home this week to record our Easter music. We are extremely indebted to Kevin, for his time and his talent. May the Lord continue to bless him.

Blessing of the Easter Baskets

On Holy Saturday the 4th of April at 12am in St. Mary’s, Fort William, there will be the blessing of the Easter baskets of food. All are very welcome to come along.

Holy Places

On Good Friday there will be a second collection for Holy Places.