National Pilgrimage to Carfin

The National Pilgrimage at the National Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, Carfin, will take place on Sunday 7 September.

As we are in the midst of the Jubilee Year the theme for this year’s Pilgrimage will be Pilgrims of Hope.

Holy Mass will be celebrated at the Shrine at 3:15pm, the main Celebrant and Preacher will be Archbishop Leo Cushley

Pope Leo XIV recently announced that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, will be canonised on this day in Rome, so it seems an ideal day for the Scottish Catholic Community to come together to joyfully celebrate our faith in communion with Pope Leo and the Universal Church.

GALLERY: Our Summer Pilgrimage in Carfin

Thanks to everyone who came to the Rosary Procession and Mass at Carfin Grotto for the annual Archdiocesan summer pilgrimage yesterday (Sunday 18 August).

In his homily at Mass, Archbishop Leo Cushley said: "We draw life from Jesus Christ here in the Eucharist which nourishes our lives."

Highlighting the second reading from Mass (Ephesians 5:15-20) he said: "St Paul says that this may be a wicked age but your lives should redeem it.

"It's a lovely thought: you have the opportunity to redeem what you see around you by living your lives faithfully as disciples of Jesus of Nazareth. You can make a difference.

"We gather here to remember friends and family who have passed to God, to pray for those who need healing and want to be closer to the Lord, and also to pray for ourselves as well so that we too can be the people who draw life from the Lord and help redeem our age by our own lives."

Parishioners from St Agatha's in Methil, Fife.
Holy Mass.
Youth for Lourdes.
Archbishop Cushley and fellow clergy after Mass on the steps of St Francis Xavier's Church.
A group from Edinburgh, many of whom are parishioners of St Joseph's in Sighthill.
All smiles at the Grotto!
The Rosary Procession.

WATCH: Archbishop Cushley invites you to Carfin on Sun 18 Aug

We look forward to welcoming you to Carfin Grotto on Sunday 18 August for our annual summer pilgrimage.

There will be a Rosary Procession at 2pm followed by Holy Mass celebrated by Archbishop Leo Cushley at 3:00pm.

Archbishop Cushley invites you along to take part in a "Wonderful and uplifting" day. Watch below or on YouTube

Carfin Grotto is the national shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes at 100 Newarthill Road,  Carfin, (near Motherwell) ML1 5AL.

SYNOD: National Marian Prayer event at Carfin

Bishop Brian McGee, of Argyll & The Isles, will lead a service of prayer at Carfin Grotto on Wednesday 31 May at 7:00pm.

The event is to place the work of the Synod under the protection of Mary, Mother of the Church.

It follows the request of Pope Francis who invites the Church around the world to hold a moment of Marian Prayer onthe Feast of the Visitation and the last day of the Marian Month of May.

The faithful throughout Scotland are also asked to join their prayers to those of the universal Church on that day.

The 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, takes place in Rome this October.

GALLERY: Diocesan Day at Carfin

Holy Mass with schools across the Archdiocese took place at Carfin Grotto as part of the Archdiocesan Day (Thursday 29 Sep).

They were joined by parishioners and clergy, including Archbishop Leo Cushley, and there was a chance to venerate the relics of St Bernadette!

(Pictures with logo courtesy of Sancta Familia).

Pupils at Holy Mass in the grotto at Carfin.
The relics of St Bernadette.
Mass procession.
Pupils who took part in Holy Mass.
Sisters from the Carmelite Monastery in Dysart.
St Augustine's, Edinburgh.
St Ninian's, Livingston.

St Patrick's Parish, Cowgate, Edinburgh.
St Margaret's Academy, Livingston.
St Kentigern's, Blackburn.

Our Lady of Lourdes, Blackburn, and Our Lady's, Stoneyburn.

St David's High, Dalkeith.
Holy Rood High, Edinburgh.
Reliquary containing relics of St Bernadette.

 

Relics of St Bernadette at Carfin!

Today (Thursday 29 Sep) we host our Diocesan Day at Cafin Grotto to celebrate the arrival of the The relics of St Bernadette in Scotland!

Schedule

8.00am                St Francis Xavier’s Church opens for private prayer

9.00am                Confessions

9.15am                 Morning Prayer of the Church

9.30am                Holy Rosary

10.00am              Holy Mass followed by veneration of the relic

11.00am               Confessions

12.30pm              Holy Rosary

12.30pm              Confessions

1.00pm                Holy Mass followed by veneration of the relic
                              Main Celebrant: Archbishop Leo Cushley  

3.00pm                Liturgy of Water

5.00pm                Stations of the Cross

7.00pm                Holy Hour

8.00pm                Torchlight Procession

9.00pm                Holy Mass

 

Keep up to date with the week events at the grotto at www.carfingrotto.org

Sunday: National Pilgrimage in honour of St Joseph

Catholics across the country will head to Carfin on Sunday for the National Pilgrimage in honour of St Joseph.

The annual event takes place at Scotland's National Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes and will be attended by Archbishop Cushley and his fellow Bishops. The principal celebrant at Mass will be Bishop Brian McGee of Argyll & the Isles.

If you plan to attend, get there early as it is expected to be busy (plus there will be confessions available from 2pm).