Arrangements during Fr Alex's absence (Update 18/19 January)

For general enquiries please continue to email southedclust@btinternet.com.

Each parish now has a Link co-ordinator (please see table below). Their role is to be a point of contact for matters which would normally require access to Fr Alex. They will pass requests on to where they can best be dealt with.

Any requests for funerals will be managed by Gerry Mulvenna, backed up by Gordon Jackson, so that funeral directors don’t approach Fr Alex directly and parishioners are not left uncertain as to what to do.

Sacrament of the Sick (Anointing)

1. If you have a planned admission to hospital and would like to receive the Sacrament of the Sick (anointing) before you go into hospital, please approach the priest saying Mass in the sacristy, before or after Mass.
2. If you are admitted to hospital and would like to see a priest, please speak to the nurse in charge on your ward and he/she will arrange for one of the priests on the hospital chaplaincy team to visit you.
3. In the event of a pastoral emergency, please telephone St Marks’s on 0131 4413915 and ask for Fr. Sean. Please note that it may not be possible to respond immediately.

Below are the details of all those involved and how to contact them.

We will continue to liaise with Fr Alex’s family regarding his health and when they are ready to share an update, we will bring that to you via the newsletter. Kindly don’t call the house.

We continue to pray for Fr Alex for a speedy and full recovery.

Key Contacts