Bhileag (Newsletter) 8th March 2026

WEEKDAY  MASSES:

Mon 9th March…………11.00am NORTHBAY

Tue 10th  March………10.00am EOLIGARRY

(+ Rosary)

Wed 11th March……..12 Noon CRAIGSTON

(+ Stations of Cross)

Thu 12th March……No Mass

Fri 13th March……..10.00am VATERSAY

(+ Stations of Cross)

2.30pm  St. Brendan’s Home

Sat 14th March……..10.00am  CASTLEBAY

NEXT WEEKEND:      14th & 15th March 2026 

( 4th Sunday of Lent A )

Vigil Mass (Saturday)…..4.00pm CRAIGSTON

Sunday Masses…9.30am NORTHBAY & 11.30am CASTLEBAY

Sacrament of Confession each Saturday Castlebay 9.30am- 9.50am and Northbay 12 Noon -12.30pm

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Church Notices………..

Stations of the Cross: there will be Stations of the Cross today (8th March) in Castlebay at 4.00pm.

Also during the week there will be Stations of the Cross after Wednesday Craigston Mass and Friday Vatersay Mass.

Northbay Weekday Mass: Canon John Paul needs to attend a local deanery Priests meeting over on South Uist on Thursday. Therefore No mass on Thursday instead the Northbay Mass will be moved to Monday (9th March) at 11.00am this week.

The Rosary: on Tuesday after the Eoligarry Mass the Rosary will be prayed- reflecting on the Sorrowful mysteries of the Rosary.

Northbay Tea after Mass: after the Northbay Sunday morning Mass today. All welcome

SCIAF Sunday Collection: next Sunday (15th March) is the 4th Sunday of Lent and also SCIAF Sunday. There will be a special collection taken up at the weekend Masses for SCIAF.

SCIAF 60th Anniversary: to help celebrate the 60th anniversary of SCIAF we have 5 Barra teenagers going to raise some money for SCIAF. On Sunday 15th March which is SCIAF SUNDAY, the 5 teens will aim to complete 60Km in 60 minuties by combining cycling, running and swimming-working together as a team. It’s called the 60 for 60 Challenge! Scott & Robbie & Rowan Campbell along with Lewis & Ross Irving will do their best to raise money for SCIAF. There are sponsorship forms in the Post office and Buth Buidsear- also forms in Castlebay & Northbay Church- also you can go online to a JUST GIVING page “Barra Teens 60 for 60 Challenge for SCIAF. Good luck to the 5 teens! Please help support their challenge!

Craigston Vigil Mass: the clocks move forward at the end of this month so on Saturday28th March will be the last 4pm Vigil Mass time. After that date we move the Vigil Mass time back to 6.00pm.

St. Barr’s Statue: as you will have seen last week the old Statue of St.Barr which has been standing on the wee island out in the bay of Northbay for the last 50 years has been taken down. We are now preparing the wee island for the new statue which will hopefully be ready soon. So lots of preparations going on behind the scenes to get everything ready to get the new statue in place.

Northbay Church scaffolding: the reason we have scaffolding up around the Church bell tower is that we have taken out the inside parts of the bell (clapper & crownstaple) as they were broken and have been sent down to England so that we can we get replacements made and then it will be placed back into the bell so that the church bell can be rung again for many more years !

Parish 200 Club: Canon John Paul wishes to thank everyone who has joined up again for the Parish 200 club. Many thanks also to Mary Sarah Campbell for “pulling it all together”. The draw for the months of January, February and March will be made after the Craigston Vigil Mass this weekend. The names of the Winners will be put into the “Guth Bharraidh” .