As a new year unfolds, we've compiled some key dates to stick in you calendar.
In this Jubilee Year, we encourage you to make a pilgrimage to St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh to pray at the Jubilee Cross. The Holy See has granted permission for the Jubilee Cross to carry a plenary indulgence.
You may also want to consider the Scottish Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi, from 5th to 12th September 2025, with four nights in Rome and three in Assisi. The cost of the trip will be approximately £1,400 per person, with a single-room supplement of £168.
If you would like further information, or to register your interest, please contact Jim McKelvie at j.mckelvie@holyyear2025.org.uk or on 07957 847290.
Holy Days of Obligation
Important Feast Days when Catholic are obliged to attend Holy Mass.
Thursday 29 May
Ascension Day
Sunday 29 June
St Peter & St Paul
Friday 15 August
The Assumption
Sunday 2 November
All Saints
Thursday 25 December
Christmas Day
Lent
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday 5 March, which is a day of fasting and abstinence, to help us prepare for Easter Sunday. It continues until Holy Thursday on 17 April. Good Friday is on 18 April and is also a day of fasting and abstinence.
Paschal Triduum
The Paschal Triduum, also known as the Easter Triduum, is a three-day period that commemorates the final days of Jesus' earthly life, including his death and resurrection.
Thursday 17 April
Holy Thursday
Friday 18 April
Good Friday
Saturday 19 April
Easter Vigil
Sunday 20 April
Easter Sunday
Diocesan Calendar
Liturgical dates associated with the Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh
Friday 18 April
Dedication of the Cathedral (St Mary's in Edinburgh)
Monday 1 September
St Giles, Patron
Thursday 4 September
St Cuthbert, Patron
Archdiocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Friday 11 July to Friday 18 July, led by Archbishop Cushley. To find out more visit edinburgh-lourdes.com/lourdes25
Corpus Christi Procession
Our annual procession takes place on Sunday 22 June at St Patrick’s in Kilsyth. More details to follow.
Selected events
Saturday 15 February
Valentine’s Retreat for Married Couples, St Kentigern’s, Edinburgh.
Saturday 8 March
Holy Year Reconciliation Day, Gillis Centre.
Sunday 9 March
Rite of Election, St Mary’s Cathedral.
Monday 10 March
Pro-Life Stations of the Cross. (Each Monday throughout Lent (Zoom).
Saturday 12 April
Palm Sunday Youth Day, Gillis Centre.
Saturday 26 April
Pro-Life Chain, Lothian Road, Edinburgh.
Sunday 8 June
St Margaret’s Pilgrimage, Dunfermline.
Sunday 21 September
Venerable Margaret Sinclair Pilgrimage, St Patrick's, Cowgate
Special Collections
- Sunday 5 January: Justice and Peace
- Sunday 30 March: Papal & Episcopal Charities
- Sunday 11 May: Ecclesiastical Students’ Fund
- Sunday 1 June: Communications
- Sunday 15 June: Day for Life
- Sunday 29 June: Peter’s Pence
- Sunday 13 July: Sea Sunday (optional)
- Sunday 17 August: African Missions & Holy Places (optional)
- Sunday 19 October: Missio
- Sunday 9 November: Day for the Poor
- Sunday 23 November: Catholic Education