A very warm welcome to St John Ogilvie's Parish website. The site provides information about the Parish and about its activities and events. We hope everyone who visits the site will find something of interest.

John Ogilvie, a convert to the Catholic Faith, was born in Keith (Banffshire), educated on mainland Europe before being ordained a Jesuit Priest. He returned to Scotland to serve for a short time. He was hanged at Glasgow Cross on March 10th 1615 after having been arrested for saying Mass and celebrating the Sacraments with persecuted Catholics in and around the Glasgow area.

He was Canonised in 1976 following the miraculous cure of a Glasgow man John Fagan from cancer.

Some more information about John Ogilvie and two short videos about his life (Part 1) and about the miraculous cure of John Fagan (Part 2) can be found on the St John Ogilvie page of this website.

St John Ogilvie's Church is a Roman Catholic parish situated in the Wester Hailes area of Edinburgh, Scotland. We serve the areas of Baberton, Calders, Clovenstone, Dumbryden, Hailesland, Murrayburn, Sighthill, Westburn and Wester Hailes.

The parish was established in 1970 with the current Church building being opened in 1978.

From 1970 to 1980 Fr John McQuade SJ was Parish Priest. From 1980 the parish has been served by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

The parish is part of the Oblate Centre of Mission Edinburgh which also includes St Mary's, Star of the Sea, Leith and the Priests of both parishes.

Resident at St John Ogilvie's: Fr Tony Quinlan OMI and resident at St Mary's Star of the Sea: Fr Dennis Connor OMI and Fr John McFadden OMI.

To help foster a greater sense of belonging to a Centre of Mission, both parishes have agreed to make their weekly newsletters available to each other through their respective websites. Click on the buttons below to view the newsletters.

The Oblate Vocations Director is Fr John McFadden OMI, St Mary's Star of the Sea, 106 Constitution Street, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 6AW, Telephone 0131 554 2482, e-mail address: j.mcfadden@oblates.co.uk.

For further information about about possible vocations to the Oblates, please contact Fr John. Information is also available on the OMI Vocations website at www.oblatevocations.com.

Copyright 2016. St John Ogilvie's
is a Roman Catholic parish of the Archdiocese of
St Andrews and Edinburgh, registered charity No. SC008540