Coming Up Next Week (November, Week 1)

Sunday 1 November
Holy Mass for All Saints' (Missa Cantata) [EF]
11.30am, St Andrew's Church, Belford Road, Ravelston, Edinburgh

Sunday 1 November
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
11.00am, St Margaret's RC Church, Loch Rd, South Queensferry,
followed by Rosary and Benediction at 3.00pm

Monday 2 November
Low (said) Mass for All Souls' [EF]
8.00am, FSSP Oratory, 6 Belford Park, Edinburgh

Monday 2 November
Holy Mass for All Souls' [EF]
10.30am, St Mary's, Fochabers

Monday 2 November
Holy Mass for All Souls' (Missa Cantata) [EF]
12.15pm, FSSP Oratory, 6 Belford Park, Edinburgh

Monday 2 November
Holy Mass for All Souls' (Missa Cantata) [EF]
6.15pm, St Andrew's Church, Belford Road, Ravelston, Edinburgh

Monday 2 November 2009
Queensferry Quench: "God's Undertaker"
Has science buried God?
talk with Alistair Donald (more info)
7.15pm onwards, Orocco Pier, 17 High Street, South Queensferry

Tuesday 3 November 2009
Prayer Vigil against blasphemous play
7.00pm, outside Tron Theatre, Trongate, Glasgow

The Holy Family Apostolate have organised a prayer-protest against a blasphemous play entitled ‘Jesus Queen of Heaven’ which depicts Jesus as a transexual woman. Venue is the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, starting Tuesday 3rd November.

Volunteers are meeting outside the theatre to pray a Rosary of Reparation from 7-8pm. Please do your best to join this protest against this calculated insult to Our Lord. if you can’t make it, please remember us in our prayers during the day.

Wednesday 4 November 2009
Holy Hour - Prayer for Priests
7.00 - 8.00pm, St Mary's RC Cathedral, Broughton Street, Edinburgh

Thursdays, 5, 12, 19, & 26 November 2009
Gregorian Chant for Beginners
9.45 - 11.45am, Appies Tea Rooms, Sandvick, Orkney Islands

Saturday 7 November 2009
Una Voce Requiem Mass [EF]
12.00 noon, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Balornock

Saturday 7 November 2009
Monteverdi Vespers (1610)
Linton Singers & Scottish Gabrieli Ensemble
7.30pm, Carlops Church, Carlops

Sunday 8 November 2009
Monteverdi Vespers (1610)
Linton Singers & Scottish Gabrieli Ensemble
7.30pm, Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile, Edinburgh
both these performances are in aid of Mary's Meals^(?); tickets £8 at the door.

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Please comment with details of further events.

Note: November has seen an unprecedented number of traditional events, hence splitting the 'Upcoming Events' post into four. Please let us know if you like this new format!

All Souls' Masses in Edinburgh

ALL SOULS' DAY

Monday, 2nd November 2009
8.00am, 12.15pm and 6.15pm

Latin Requiem Masses
according to the Extraordinary Form

Rev. Fr. John Emerson
Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
Celebrant

8.00am, Low (said) Mass
FSSP Oratory, 6 Belford Park, Edinburgh

12.15pm, Gregorian sung Mass:
FSSP Oratory, 6 Belford Park, Edinburgh

6.15pm, Gregorian sung Mass:
St Andrew's RC Church, 77 Belford Road, Edinburgh
(with Gregorian Chant sung by Schola Sanctae Margaritae, Regina Scotorum)

For more information on the FSSP in the UK, see www.fssp.org.uk

To find out more about the Schola, which sings monthly Latin Vespers in Edinburgh, visit edinburghschola.blogspot.com

Murphy lobbies over Pope's visit

Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy has said he hopes that the Pope will make a visit to Scotland next year

Mr Murphy will travel to Rome next week for talks with the Vatican about a possible visit to the UK next year by Pope Benedict XVI.

The Pope is expected to visit the UK in 2010 but nothing has been formally announced.

To read the full article (BBC News) please click HERE.

Catholic genealogical records go online

A "treasure trove" of historic archives from the Scottish Catholic Church have been published online for the first time.

Hundreds of volumes of records from the Scottish Catholic Archives have been available on the ScotlandsPeople site.

They include details of French royal post-revolution refugees and Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's family tree.

To read the full article (BBC News) please click HERE.