Here is a link to this week’s newsletter: Easter Sunday (Year C) Welcome: to all our visitors, feel free to look around our beautiful church, particularly the St John Ogilvie Chapel & Exhibition. Last week Collection: £350.02 Candles: £16.04 Maint. Fund £28.60 Att: 74 Easter: A very happy Easter to everyone. There will be celebratory Easter cakes and refreshments in the hall after the Easter Vigil. All welcome. Please pray for: the repose of the soul of our much loved parishioner Margaret Rough. Her funeral service will take place on Tuesday 29th April at 11 am, followed by a private cremation. Her remains will be received into the church on Monday afternoon at 4pm. Ordination: All are welcome to attend the Priestly Ordination of Rev Aidan Matheson in St Mary’s Cathedral, Aberdeen on Friday 27th June at 6pm. SCIAF: WEE BOX, BIG THANKS From everyone at SCIAF, we wish you and your families a joyful and blessed Easter filled with peace and love. Thank you all so much for your support of SCIAF’s WEE BOX, BIG CHANGE Lenten Appeal again this year. Please return your WEE BOXES as soon as you can. You can also donate to SCIAF by visiting sciaf.org.uk/weebox or by calling 0141 354 5555. Thank you, once again, for your wonderful generosity. Fundraising: the recent Quiz Night raised £777. Many thanks to all who contributed their time, energy and money to make this a success. The next event is the Whisky Tasting on 23rd May. Tickets from Mike Collins, £25 which includes 5 drams, stovies and anentertaining and illuminating guided tasting by Keith Cruickshank. The Community of Pluscarden Abbey Pentecost Lectures from Tuesday 10 – Thursday 12 June 2025 our Lecturer will be Professor Tracey Rowland from the University of Notre Dame, Australia. Her topic will be “Trinitarian Anthropology: What Does it Mean for all of Creation to be Marked by the Form of the Trinity?” Prayer Group: Monday evenings, 7pm in the hall. Contact Elizabeth Danby for information. Tea & Coffee in the hall after Mass each Sunday. All welcome. 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. Pope’s prayer intention: April 2025: For the use of new technologies: Let us pray that the use of the new technologies will not replace human relationships, will respect the dignity of the person and will help us face the crises of our times. Safeguarding: The Parish Safeguarding Coordinator is Elizabeth Danby, and she can be contacted as shown on the Contacts page. 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 by clicking on https://www.bcos.org.uk/LinkClick.aspx?link=131&tabid=124& portalid=0&mid=584 PRAYER FOR THE SICK & HOUSEBOUND AND ALL THOSE IN NEED Father in Heaven; grant them comfort in their suffering. When they are afraid, give them courage, When afflicted, give them patience, When dejected, afford them hope, And when alone, assure them of the support of your holy people. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.