This Week in the Parish

This page shows everything happening in the parish this week, including Mass times, events, meetings, and online gatherings. Please check back regularly, as the information is updated weekly

Saturday 9 May
10.00am – St John’s – Mass – livestreamed
6.30pm – St John’s – Vigil Mass – livestreamed
Sunday 10 May – Sixth Sunday of Easter
9.30am – St John’s – Mass – livestreamed
11.00-10.00pm – St John’s – 40 Hours Adoration/Quarant’Ore
11.15am – St Mary Magdalene’s – Mass – livestreamed


Monday 11 May
5.30am-2.15pm – St John’s – 40 Hours Adoration/Quarant’Ore
2.30pm – St John’s – Healing Mass with the Sacrament of Anointing – livestreamed
3.45pm-10.00pm – St John’s – 40 Hours Adoration/Quarant’Ore
6.00pm – Zoom – Gospel Sharing (click HERE or type https://bit.ly/3QUNPrx)
7.00pm – St John’s Hall – A follow-up meeting discussing the Place of Women in the Catholic Church
Catholic Church (with Mel Giarchi)


Tuesday 12 May
5.30am-10.00am – St John’s – 40 Hours Adoration/Quarant’Ore
10.00am – Lauder Lodge – Mass
11.15am – St John’s – A Tour of the Church for P7 of St John’s Primary School
10.00am-2.00pm – St Mary Magdalene’s – 40 Hours Adoration/Quarant’Ore
2.00pm-6.45pm – Parish House Prayer Room – 40 Hours Adoration/Quarant’Ore
7.00pm – Prayer Room – Mass – livestreamed
7.40pm-10.00pm – St John’s – 40 Hours Adoration/Quarant’Ore
7.45pm – Prayer Room – RCIA (Mystagogia 5)


Wednesday 13 May
– 9.10am-9.50am – St John’s – Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00am – St John’s – Mass – livestreamed
7.40pm – Mayfield Salisbury Church, EH9 1TQ – Understanding Christian Nationalism (by Dr Naomi Haynes)


Thursday 14 May
FEAST OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
9.15am – St John’s Primary School – Mass
10.00m – St John’s – Mass – livestreamed
12.00 midday – Mount Vernon – Burial of Maureen Scott’s ashes
1.30pm – St John’s Hall – Thursday Club
7.00pm – St Mary Magdalene’s – Mass – livestreamed


Friday 15 May
9.10am-9.50am – St John’s – Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00am – St John’s – Mass – livestreamed
7.00pm – St Teresa of Lisieux, Craigmillar – CELEBRATION OF CONFIRMATION (Archbishop Leo Cushley)


Saturday 16 May
NO Morning Mass because of Cluster Pilgrimage
10.00am – St Mary, Star of the Sea – BEGINNING OF THE CLUSTER PILGRIMAGE
6.30pm – St John’s – Vigil Mass – livestreamed


Sunday 17 May
Seventh Sunday of Easter (Communication Sunday)
9.30am – St John’s – Mass – livestreamed
11.15am – St Mary Magdalene’s – Mass – livestreamed
6.10pm – Junction of Portobello High Street and Brighton Place – Vigil to remember
the Dead of Gaza organised by the Porty Pals of Palestine – (see handout with newsletter)