Glenfinnan
GLENFINNAN, Inverness-shire, Highland, SS. Mary and Finnan (1870, 1872).
[Location: PH37 4LT]
Clergy based at Caol
Postal address: St. John’s, St. John’s Road, Caol, Fort William PH33 7PR
(01397) 700622
Email: glenfinnan@rcdai.org.uk
Sunday: 1.30pm (1st & 3rd Sundays).
Holy Day of Obligation: as announced.
Confessions: Sunday 12.40pm.
Estimated Catholic population: 40
The Church of St Mary and St Finnan was formally dedicated by Archbishop Eyre, Administrator of the Church’s Western District, assisted by two English bishops, on 19 August 1873, in the presence of a gathering that included MacDonald of Glenaladale, whose seat was at Glenfinnan House.
The Church is situated in one of the most picturesque and historically significant areas in the Highlands; standing at the head of Loch Shiel, where Charles Edward Stuart raised his standard before the gathered clans. Our church is a silent witness to a yet more ancient arrival, that of the faith of St Finnan and the Celtic saints which has echoed in each generation since an enduring testament to the living Catholic Faith of her people.