Bhileag (Newsletter) Sunday 9th August 2026

WEEKDAY  MASSES:

Mon 10th  August ……No Mass

Tue 11th August…….10.00am  EOLIGARRY

Wed 12th August…..12 Noon  CRAIGSTON

Thu 13th August……10.00am  NORTHBAY

Fri 14th August………10.00am  VATERSAY

&  2.30pm    St. Brendan’s Home

Sat 15th August…….. 10.00am  CASTLEBAY

NEXT WEEKEND:    15th  & 16th August 2026

(The Feast of Assumption)

Vigil Mass (Saturday)….. 6.00pm  CRAIGSTON

Sunday Masses….9.30am NORTHBAY & 11.30am   CASTLEBAY

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

Help Support your parish by bank transfer weekly, monthly or one off donation:-

RC DCESE OF ARGYLL & THE ISLES CASTLEBAY

Account  65627538  Sort Code 83-91-25

RC DCESE OF ARGYLL & THE ISLES NORTHBAY

Account  65628061  Sort Code 83-91-25

Or pick up the leaflets in the Church which have the parish QR Code

Church Notices………..

The Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady: please note that the Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady will not be next Saturday but will be moved to the next day on Sunday 16th August. Therefore the Sunday Masses next weekend will be the celebration of the lovely Feast of the Assumption of our Lady.

Bishop’s Fund Collection: last weekend’s collection for the Bishop’s Fund was Castlebay parish £360.24  and Northbay parish £286.40. Many thanks for you kindness.

Sick & Retired Priests Collection: next weekend we will take up a 2nd collection in support of our Sick & retired priests in the Diocese.

Fr Matthias Stepper: we have Fr Matthias staying in the Vatersay Chapel house for a few weeks break. He is a Priest from Bavaria in Germany. We hope Fr Matthias will enjoy his break.

School Holidays: it’s amazing to think how the time has flown by and the school holidays are finishing soon. This week the Schools begin a new School Year. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the children and the Teachers and all the School Staff as a new School term begins.

Outer Hebrides Unearthed APP: for those interested in technology and local island history there is an APP which may be of interest to you called –Outer Hebrides unearthed. It’s a digital heritage project run by a team of Archaeologists based on South Uist. They have been adding historical sites like “Cille Bharra” in Eoligarry to this APP. It’s a good way for people who are visiting historical sites throughout the Hebrides to be able to read up on everything on their phone and help them understand what they are looking at. The local schools of Castlebay & Eoligarry have been helping in this project too. The APP is free to download. It is planned that on Wednesday 12th August some of the Archeologists behind the APP will be at Cille Bharra graveyard to demonstrate the APP to anybody between 2pm-4pm. All welcome.