Our Lady & St John's Church Lanark South Lanarkshire

ML11 9RZ

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Who we are

The parish of Our Lady of Fatima is one of the newest parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell, being founded in June 2019. The parish comprises of two churches, St Mary’s in Larkhall and Our Lady and St John’s Blackwood. Both churches have served the Catholic communities of Larkhall, Blackwood, Kirkmuirhill, Coalburn and Lesmahagow since the end of the nineteenth century.

Today the parish continues to proclaim the Gospel, the truths of the Catholic Faith and service of our brothers and sisters.

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Street Address

Our Lady & St John's Church
79 Carlisle Road
Blackwood
Lanark, South Lanarkshire ML11 9RZ
United Kingdom
Phone: 01698 884017

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Church Pastor

Rev. Sean G. Wyllie
Rev. Séan G. Wyllie
Parish Priest
79 Carlisle Road
Blackwood
Lanark, South Lanarkshire ML11 9RZ
United Kingdom
Phone: 01698 884017

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Roman Catholic



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Father Wyllie was born on 23rd October 1986 and grew up in Wishaw. He attended Saint Matthew's Primary School from 1991 - 1998 and then Saint Aidan's High School from 1998 - 2004. He entered Saint Mary's College, Oscott in 2011 where he completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours degree in Catholic Fundamental Theology (validated by the University of Birmingham) and a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree (validated by the Catholic University of Leuven). He was ordained on 8th September 2017 by Bishop Joseph Toal in his home parish of St Patrick's Shieldmuir.

His first appointment was to Our Lady of Lourdes, East Kilbride, where he served as curate for just over two years before being moved to St Francis Xavier's Carfin for two months to administer the parish and grotto until a new parish priest was appointed. Fr Wyllie succeeded Father Stephen Rooney as Parish Priest of Larkhall & Blackwood on 15th February 2020. He also serves as Chaplain to St Andrew's & St Bride's High School East Kilbride.   Edit
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Saint Mary’s Presbytery
Raploch Road
Larkhall
South Lanarkshire
ML9 1AN   Edit
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Our Lady & St John's Church - 79 Carlisle Road Blackwood, Lanark, South Lanarkshire
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Our Lady & St John's Church Mass Times

Our Lady & St John's Church

Sunday Mass

Sunday Morning 12noon
Sunday Evening 5.00pm

​Sunday Devotions

As announced during Advent, Lent, Eastertide, May and October

Daily Mass

Tuesday Morning 9.30am
Wednesday Evening 7.00pm
Thursday Morning 9.30am

​Holy Day of Obligation

Morning Mass 9.30am
Evening Mass 7.00pm

​Sacrament of Confession

Thursday 9.00am - 9.20am
Sunday 4.15pm - 4.45pm

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Thursday 9.00am - 9.25am

St Mary's Church

Sunday Mass

Saturday Vigil 5.30pm
Sunday Morning 10.00am

Sunday Devotions

As announced during Advent, Lent, Eastertide, May and October

Daily Mass

Monday 12noon
Wednesday 10.00am
Friday 10.00am
Saturday 10.00am

​Holy Day of Obligation

Vigil Mass 7.00pm
Morning Mass 8.00am
Morning Mass 10.30am

​Sacrament of Confession

Wednesday 9.30am - 9.50am,
Saturday 4.45pm - 5.15pm

​Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Wednesday 9.30am - 9.55am

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Schools

Holy Cross High School

51 New Park Street
Hamilton
ML3 0BN
Head Teacher - Mr John Reilly

Saint John's Primary School

Heathfield Drive
Blackwood
ML11 9SR
Head Teacher - Mrs Yvonne McCart

Saint Mary's Primary School

Raploch Road
Larkhall
ML9 1AN
Head Teacher - Mrs Nicola Colgan   Edit


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Our Lady & St John's Church History

Mention is made of a medieval church in Larkhall in a number of old documents, e.g the Charter in which King Robert the Bruce granted the lands of Cadzow and Machan to Walter Fitzgilbert (ancestor of the Hamilton family).

It is referred to as the chapel of Saint Mary of Machan. The Reformation in 1560 brought with it a radical change to the lives of the people. Many church buildings were pillaged and destroyed. Three hundred years were to pass before Catholicism returned to this area.

In 1861, Father John Small officiated at the first baptism and first wedding in Larkhall. The chapel school was built and opened in 1872 to serve the needs of the Catholics of Larkhall. ​ In 1872 the Catholic community of Blackwood which had been served from Strathaven was then attached to the newly erected mission of Larkhall. The mission territory of the parish was an extensive one, and comprised the villages of Blackwood, Lesmahagow, Draffan, Stonehouse, Auchenheath, Netherburn and Coalburn. In the middle of the 19th century Catholics had begun to appear in the district owing to collieries having been opened. Mass was said occasionally at Draffan, Lesmahagow and other places. Eventually it was decided to make Blackwood the centre for the district, and a handsome church with seating for 200, was built on ground close to the village purchased from the Duke of Hamilton. The opening took place on the 16th December 1880, when Archbishop Maguire preached. In connection with this mission it is interesting to note that formerly at Lesmahagow there stood the abbey of Our Lady and St. Machutus, founded in 1144 by St. David of Scotland, who brought monks from Kelso. The dedication to St. Machutus points to an earlier monastic foundation in the times of the Columban monks; and there are records to prove that here there existed a house of the Culdees. Not a vestige remains of the pre-Reformation buildings, but the site is still known by the name of the Abbey Green.

The history of our parish is a very long and proud one, from the medieval churches to the arrival of Irish, Polish, Italian and Lithuanian families in the 19th century. We pray that the fine example of faith which they have passed down to us through the generations will still be alive and well in the many years to come.

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