Religious Service

Mass on 1st January 2026 to celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God will be at 10am

Usual Sunday Mass times on Sat. 3rd / Sun. 4th January - Sat. 4pm (vigil); Sun. 9am, 10.30am. 12 Noon & 4pm

Usual Sunday Mass times on Sat. 10th/ Sun. 11th January - Sat. 4pm (vigil); Sun. 9am, 10.30am. 12 Noon & 4pm

On the feast of St Mungo (Tuesday 13th January), as part of the 2026 St Mungo Festival, St Columbkille's Church will host a service of Sung Evening Prayer (Vespers) at 7pm with the Schola Benedicti. All welcome. www.stmungofestival.co.uk

On THURSDAYS during Lent, there will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 9.30am to 7pm.

Mass every Thursday evening at 7pm during Lent

Fridays, 8.15am during term time for our primary school children. Please note this Mass will take place in the church, NOT the school. Tea and toast after Mass!

Opportunities for Confession, with several priests available, on Saturday 28th March 2026 from 1pm-4pm, with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament throughout. During Holy Week: Monday 30th March 9.30am - 9.55am; 7 -7.30pm Tuesday 31st March 9.30am - 9.55am; 7.30 -8.30pm Wednesday 1st April 9.30am - 9.55am.

Opportunity for workers (and other early birds) to attend Mass at 7am every Monday during Lent.

Stations of the Cross at 7pm each Monday evening during Lent.

Confession during Holy Week in St Columbkille's are scheduled as follows: Monday 30th March 9.30am - 9.55am; 7 -7.30pm Tuesday 31st March 9.30am - 9.55am; 7.30 -8.30pm Wednesday 1st April 9.30am - 9.55am.

Eucharistic Adoration on Holy Tuesday will take place 6-8.30pm with Confessions taking place 7.30-8.30pm. To sign up to be a Guardian of the Blessed Sacrament during this time please use the sheet at the back of the church.

As with the Feast of Christmas, Easter is too special to be restricted to just one day, therefore the Church celebrates the Easter season or Eastertide. The Feast of Easter lasts for eight days – The Easter Octave. Mass on each of these days is an Easter Mass.

On Divine Mercy Sunday, 12th April there will be Confessions between 2pm & 4pm (visiting priests available), with Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 2pm & 4pm, Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3pm and Holy Mass at 4pm. All welcome. The Church offers a Plenary Indulgence on this feast day. Refreshments in the hall afterwards.

There will be a special 8.15am Mass on Friday 1st May 2026,  followed by a festive breakfast for all those children who attended the 8.15am Mass during Lent.

This year’s First Holy Communion Mass will take place on Saturday 9th May, 11am. N.B. There will be no 10am Mass that day. Please remember the children in your prayers as they prepare to receive these sacraments. The families of children making their First Holy Communion are invited to 12noon Mass on Sunday 10th May...

On this day we celebrate the Solemnity Ascension of Our Lord into heaven, 40 days after Easter Sunday. This is a holyday of obligation. Times of Masses are as follows:-  Wednesday 13th May - Vigil at 7pm  Thursday 14th May - 7am, 10am, 1pm  N.B. There will be no evening Mass on Thursday. 

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be conferred by Bishop Toal on children from our Primary school in the church on Tuesday 19th May at 7pm.

May Devotions will begin on Monday 4th May at 7pm and for the subsequent Mondays during May. We will recite the Rosary followed by Solemn Benediction. On the final Monday in May there will be a torchlight procession.