St Mary’s Magazine – Easter 2022
Welcome to the Easter 2022 edition of the St Mary’s Magazine.
This is our Fifth Magazine edition to be published on our website. Please note that there will still be a print version available for those who want one. But now you are here, why not read on?
Looking forward to Easter!
From the Rectory
As I begin to write this, I am reflecting upon our Sung Eucharist which took place this morning which indicated the beginning of Passiontide. The liturgical year moves so quickly, and it can be bewildering to some but commonplace to others. Each season of our liturgical calendar brings with it new hope, new expectations, new…
Newcomer made Welcome
My grateful thanks to everyone for their warm welcome to St Mary’s since my commissioning as Assistant Priest back in mid-December. I have very much enjoyed becoming part of our worship life together and starting to get to know people. For the past eighteen years I have been a full-time Carer for my daughter Millie.…
Lent Group Thanks
Fr Terry and Fr Roger would like to thank all who took part in the Lent Group ‘Encountering Jesus’. The five evenings were quite varied with a different number of participants every time and a fresh Bible passage each week giving rise to this changing feel. And yet some common threads held the sessions together.…
St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Repair & Refurbishment Programme
The scaffolding is back! But this time it’s more maintenance than repair, thanks to our generous funders, the Provincial Building Grants Fund, the Anderson Trust, and the Viridor Credits Environmental Company. Unfortunately the scaffolding was barely up when a storm struck and one of our rose windows was badly damaged. This has now been removed…
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Upcoming – Diocesan Summer get-togethers
After the much-appreciated events last summer, the Diocese is organising another three times to meet friends old and new from across the diocese through the coming months. 25th June – Cruden Bay Enjoy the seaside village vibe; stroll down Harbour Street to St Erroll Harbour; cross the Ladies’ Bridge to the Cruden Bay beach or…
Walk with St. John’s
Hello, I hope the Lenten season is going well for you. Following two recent successful walks I am pleased to provide details of our next adventure: LOCATION: Hill of Dunnideer, Insch (GR612 281) DATE: Monday 18th April (Easter Monday) MEETING TIME: 10.45 at Insch Railway Station (GR630 276). A train leaves Aberdeen Station at 10.10. …
Our Favourite Hymns
Thine be the glory, Risen, conqu’ring Son Endless is the vict’ry Thou o’er death hast won! The composer of this well-known Easter-triumphant shout of a hymn is much better known than the lyricist – the tune, Judas Maccabeus, is by George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759). Strangely Handel only wrote three hymn tunes, and of…
Book Review
American Dirt: Jeanine Cummins. This is the fictional story of a Mexican mother and her son’s terrifying and perilous journey to the US border after a cartel murders the rest of their family in Acapulco. The book gives an insight into the plight of migrants from Mexico and other Central American countries undertaking the hazardous…