Parish Welcome & Mission Statement

Welcome to the Parish of Our Lady and St. Andrew serving Our Lady and St Joseph, Selkirk and St. Cuthbert’s, Melrose.

In our Parish we seek to build and sustain a living, vibrant Christian community here in the Scottish Borders, extending a warm and genuine welcome to all who join us for Mass, prayer, and parish life. Whether you are a long-standing member of the community or newly arrived, we hope you will share fully and joyfully in the spiritual, liturgical, and social life of our parish.

Our parish family is enriched by the dedication of many ministries, groups, and individuals, and we are happy to welcome you

This website is to furnish you with information about our liturgy, about the preparation for and celebration of the Sacraments, and to the wide variety of activities and ministries that support parish life in our faith community. It also provides information on how to get involved and whom to contact, so that every parishioner can find a place to belong and contribute.

Through baptism we are all called to place our gifts and talents at the service of the Church and of our wider community.

You are warmly invited to take your part in the mission and life of our parish as together we seek to witness to Christ’s love in the Scottish Borders by making our Parish a place of WELCOME for all.

“May the Church be a place of God’s mercy and hope, where all feel welcomed, loved, forgiven, and encouraged to live according to the good life of the Gospel. And to make others feel welcomed, loved, forgiven, and encouraged, the Church must be with doors wide open so that all may enter. And we must go out through these doors and proclaim the Gospel.”

Pope Francis (2013, June 12). General Audience. Vatican.

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