Bhileag (Newsletter) 12th October 2025
WEEKDAY MASSES:
Mon 13th October……..No Mass
Tue 14th October………10.00am EOLIGARRY
Wed 15th October….. 12 Noon CRAIGSTON
Thu 16th October……10.00am NORTHBAY
Fri 17th October……….10.00am VATERSAY
2.30pm ST. BRENDAN’S HOME
Sat 18th October……..10.00am CASTLEBAY
NEXT WEEKEND: 18th & 19th October 2024
(29th Sunday C -MISSION SUNDAY)
Vigil (Saturday)….6.00pm CRAIGSTON
Sunday Masses….9.30am NORTHBAY & 11.30am CASTLEBAY
Sacrament of Confession: every Saturday 9.30am-9.50am in Castlebay and from 12 Noon-12.30pm in Northbay
You can go online to help support our parishes:-
R C Diocese of Argyll and the Isles Castlebay Mission
Account No: 65627538 Sort Code 83-91-25
R C Diocese of Argyll and the Isles Northbay Mission
Account No: 65628061 Sort Code 83-91-25
Or go to the Diocesan website- www.rcdai.org.uk
and go to the “Finance” section and then scroll down to the button “Donate to the Diocese” and then pick Castlebay or Northbay parish to support financially!
CHURCH NOTICES
Fr. Donald MacLeod: we warmly welcome Fr Donald to the island and our parishes. Of course Fr Donald is a local and it’s nice to get him back over to Barra to let him catch up with family. He will look after the daily Masses while Canon John Paul is away. Fr Donald will head back to the mainland on Monday13th October.
Fr. Stephen Reilly: this week we also have a visiting Priest from the Diocese of Motherwell coming to have a retreat in the Vatersay Chapel House. Fr Stephen has been a few times to the island and loves his time visiting the islands. We hope he has a fruitful retreat on our islands. Fr Stephen will also help this week with celebrating the Masses on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.
Canon John Paul: will be back on the boat on Thursday 16th October.
Recent Baptism: we warmly welcome into the family of the Church Cailean Gray who was baptised last Saturday 4th October in St. Brendan’s, Craigston. We wish Cailean every blessing of health, joy, peace and happiness and every blessing upon the parents and Godparents.
Diocesan Safeguarding day: The diocese is hosting an online Safegaurding day on Saturday 25th October from 11am -1pm.
The month of October: is an important month in praying the Rosary. Pope Leo asks us all to pray this month for Peace in our world during this month of October. The holy Rosary is a very powerful prayer given to us by Our Lady and she encourages us to pick up our Rosary and to pray it each day during the month of October.
Mission Sunday: Next Sunday is World Mission Sunday when we are called by Pope Leo to be “Missionaries of Hope”. We can do this by being part of the Church’s missionary efforts, supporting missionary priests, religious brothers and sisters and lay catechists who provide hope to those most in need. Let us pray for the Church’s missionary work and offer our financial support through Missio Scotland for our Catholic brothers and sisters in Mission countries. This year the focus of Missio Scotland is the people of Bolivia. Mission Sunday is the 19th October. On that day we will take up a special collection for MISSIO and there will be a letter read out on behalf of Fr Vincent Lockhart who is the national director of Missio Scotland.
Good luck: to all those heading for the Mòd in Lochaber this week. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Enrollment for Sacraments: letters have been sent out through the School to see how many Children will be preparing for their First Holy Communion & also for the Sacrament of Confirmation. If parents could fill in the forms and pass them onto the school.