“My Lord and my God!”
John 20:28
St Thomas R.C. Church
Welcome to St Thomas R.C. Church. St Thomas’ is situated in the friendly town of Keith in the north east of Scotland. St John Ogilvie was born in Keith and a special chapel is dedicated to him within our church. We welcome visitors and tourists to our Masses during the week and on Sundays.
Please check out our website to discover more about the history of our church, Mass times and information about St John Ogilvie.
May God Bless You.
Mass Times
27th December 2025 - 4th January 2026 Year A
SAT 5.30pm Vigil Mass: Solemnity of the Holy Family
SUN 10.30am Eucharistic Service: Solemnity of the Holy Family
FRI 9.00am Exposition
9.30am Eucharistic Service: Feast of St Basil the Great
and St Gregory Nazianzen
SAT 5.30pm Eucharistic Service: The Epiphany of the Lord
SUN 10.30am Mass: The Epiphany of the Lord
News
Welcome: to all our visitors, feel free to look around our beautiful church, particularly the St John Ogilvie Chapel & Exhibition.
Christmas wishes: Fr Kingsley and Fr Peter wish everyone the joys, blessings and compliments of the season.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Isobel Murray, whose Funeral Service is on Monday 29th December at 10am here in St Thomas.
Our much loved parishioner Nancy Jamieson sadly died recently at the great age of 97, please pray for the repose of her soul, funeral arrangements later.
Hospital Chaplain: Deacon Graeme is very happy to visit parishioners in hospital, but he needs to know if you or a loved one is in that position. Hospitals are not allowed to pass on that information, so please just give him a ring.
Last week Collection: £503.51 Att:74
Christmas Collection: to follow Att: 121
Annual leave: both Fr Kingsley and Fr Peter will travel back to Nigeria shortly after Christmas to visit family and friends. Please pray for their safe travels there and back. Fr Anil Gonsalves will be here to celebrate Mass next Sunday.
Friday Masses: throughout the winter months these will be in the parish house, enter via the sacristy please. The next two weeks will be Services of the Word & Holy Communion.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen Youth Events: Just to let you know that our diocesan youth have many opportunities to come together in Christian fellowship. Listed below are just some of the upcoming events.
- 10th January – Inverurie NET Retreat
- 20-22 February – Boys “JP11” Tomintoul Retreat for S3-S6 boys
For more information or to register please contact Sr. Angela Marie at op@rcda.scot or telephone 07938729895.
Prayer Group: Monday evenings, 7pm in the hall. Next meeting 5th January 2026.
Contact: Elizabeth Danby
Tea & coffee in the hall after Sunday Mass, all welcome.
Communications: on the diocesan website (rcda.scot), if you click Contact on the drop down menu, and scroll down, you will find a pro forma to sign up for the Diocesan newsletter, and to opt in to other communications.
Pope’s Prayer Intention: December: For Christians in areas of conflict: Let us pray that Christians living in areas of war or conflict, especially in the Middle East, might be seeds of peace, reconciliation and hope.
Safeguarding: The Parish Safeguarding Coordinator is Elizabeth Danby, and she can be contacted as shown overleaf. The diocesan Safeguarding page can be found at Safeguarding – Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen (rcda.scot) and the text of In God’s Image (V2) is accessed through the Bishops Conference website.
St Thomas’ Church is open each day from 10am to 3pm for private prayer. Please note, the church may not be open on weekdays in the event of severe weather.
