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St Peter-In-Chains
Inverkeithing
Fife
KY11 1LW
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Who we are
The Catholic Parishes of Ss John & Columba and St Peter in chains
Serving the communities of Crombie, Charleston, Limekilns, Rosyth, North Queensferry, Inverkeithing, Hillend and Dalgety Bay
Serving the communities of Crombie, Charleston, Limekilns, Rosyth, North Queensferry, Inverkeithing, Hillend and Dalgety Bay
Location of worship / Church Address
28 Hope Street
Inverkeithing,
Fife
KY11 1LW
United Kingdom
Phone: 01383 722202
Fax: 01383 413195
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Church Pastor
The Reverend Kevin Dow BD DipPhil DipFD MBIFD
Parish Priest
28 Hope Street
Inverkeithing,
Fife
KY11 1LW
United Kingdom
Phone: 01383 412084
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Psalms 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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Roman Catholic
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The Reverend Kevin Dow BD DipPhil DipFD MBIFD
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Reverend Father Kevin A. Dow, was appointed Parish Priest of the newly formed Parish of the Most Holy Trinity having previously served as Parish Priest of St Peter in Chains, Inverkeithing and Ss John & Columba’s, Rosyth since September 2015 and Our Lady of Lourdes, Dunfermline since September 2018.
Prior to his return to Fife, Fr Kevin served in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, Mid Lothian and the City of Edinburgh.
Ordained Deacon in June 2002 and Priest in 2003, he studied for the Priesthood at Scotus College, the National Seminary in Scotland for 6 years and graduated from the Pontifical University of Maynooth, Ireland with a Diploma in Philosophy and the Arts (with Distinction) and also a Bachelor Degree in Sacred Theology.
Prior to seminary, Fr Kevin was (and still is) a qualified Funeral Director, holding the Diploma in Funeral Directing and is a member of the British Institute of Funeral Directors.
As well as his parish responsibilities, Fr Kevin is also a member of the Royal Army Chaplains Department and serves as senior chaplain to the Black Watch Battalion ACF and as the Catholic Officiating Chaplain to the military with X51 Brigade- The Army in Scotland. He is also the Catholic OCM to HMS Prince of Wales and MOD Caledonia (Royal Navy).
Prior to his return to Fife, Fr Kevin served in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, Mid Lothian and the City of Edinburgh.
Ordained Deacon in June 2002 and Priest in 2003, he studied for the Priesthood at Scotus College, the National Seminary in Scotland for 6 years and graduated from the Pontifical University of Maynooth, Ireland with a Diploma in Philosophy and the Arts (with Distinction) and also a Bachelor Degree in Sacred Theology.
Prior to seminary, Fr Kevin was (and still is) a qualified Funeral Director, holding the Diploma in Funeral Directing and is a member of the British Institute of Funeral Directors.
As well as his parish responsibilities, Fr Kevin is also a member of the Royal Army Chaplains Department and serves as senior chaplain to the Black Watch Battalion ACF and as the Catholic Officiating Chaplain to the military with X51 Brigade- The Army in Scotland. He is also the Catholic OCM to HMS Prince of Wales and MOD Caledonia (Royal Navy).
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Administration
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Mrs Mary Irvine
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Parish Secretary
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Our Lady of Lourdes
67 Aberdour Road
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 4QZ
67 Aberdour Road
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 4QZ
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The Catholic Presbytery
137 Admiralty Road
Rosyth Dunfermline
KY11 2QL
137 Admiralty Road
Rosyth Dunfermline
KY11 2QL
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St Peter-In-Chains Inverkeithing Mass Times
Mass Times & Locations
Please note that the obligation to attend Sunday Mass has not be restored at this current time.
Masses are also being ‘live streamed’ via the Parish Facebook page Mon-Fri at 10.00am and Sunday at 09.30am
Sunday Vigil: 5.00pm in St Peter in Chains, Hope Street, Inverkeithing (Confessions from 4.15pm)
Sunday Mass: 9.30am in Ss John & Columba, Crossroads Place, Rosyth
Sunday Mass: 11.30am in Our Lady of Lourdes, Aberdour Road, Dunfermline
Sunday Mass: 5.00pm in Our Lady of Lourdes, Aberdour Road, Dunfermline
Please check the latest parish Newsletter (available on this website) in case of any changes, such as funerals, to the weekday timtable.
Monday: 10.00am in St Peter in Chains, Hope Street, Inverkeithing
Tuesday Mass: 10.00am in Our Lady of Lourdes, Aberdour Road, Dunfermline
7.00pm in Ss John & Columba, Crossroads Place, Rosyth (Confessions from 6.30pm)
Wednesday Mass: 10.00am in St Peter in Chains, Hope Street, Inverkeithing
Thursday Mass: 10.00am in Ss John & Columba, Crossroads Place, Rosyth 7.00pm in Our Lady of Lourdes, Aberdour Road, Dunfermline (Confessions from 6.30pm)
Friday Mass: 10.00am in St Peter in Chains, Hope Street, Inverkeithing
Saturday Mass: 10.00am in Ss John & Columba, Crossroads Place, Rosyth (Confessions from 10.30am)
Mass Times last updated on the 16th of February, 2021
Please note that the obligation to attend Sunday Mass has not be restored at this current time.
Masses are also being ‘live streamed’ via the Parish Facebook page Mon-Fri at 10.00am and Sunday at 09.30am
Sunday Vigil: 5.00pm in St Peter in Chains, Hope Street, Inverkeithing (Confessions from 4.15pm)
Sunday Mass: 9.30am in Ss John & Columba, Crossroads Place, Rosyth
Sunday Mass: 11.30am in Our Lady of Lourdes, Aberdour Road, Dunfermline
Sunday Mass: 5.00pm in Our Lady of Lourdes, Aberdour Road, Dunfermline
Please check the latest parish Newsletter (available on this website) in case of any changes, such as funerals, to the weekday timtable.
Monday: 10.00am in St Peter in Chains, Hope Street, Inverkeithing
Tuesday Mass: 10.00am in Our Lady of Lourdes, Aberdour Road, Dunfermline
7.00pm in Ss John & Columba, Crossroads Place, Rosyth (Confessions from 6.30pm)
Wednesday Mass: 10.00am in St Peter in Chains, Hope Street, Inverkeithing
Thursday Mass: 10.00am in Ss John & Columba, Crossroads Place, Rosyth 7.00pm in Our Lady of Lourdes, Aberdour Road, Dunfermline (Confessions from 6.30pm)
Friday Mass: 10.00am in St Peter in Chains, Hope Street, Inverkeithing
Saturday Mass: 10.00am in Ss John & Columba, Crossroads Place, Rosyth (Confessions from 10.30am)
Mass Times last updated on the 16th of February, 2021
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St Peter-In-Chains History
The history and clergy of the parishes
The earliest mention of a Church being in our area, is that of a foundation being made in Inverkeithing in the fifth century, when St. Erat, who was a follower of St Ninian, established a small church here. This was later replaced by a Norman church (twelfth century) but it appears that St. Erat continued as the dedication. The church and its associated lands were granted to Dunfermline abbey in the twelfth century. After this, in the early thirteenth century, the Norman church was replaced by a Gothic building. The church was re-consecrated in 1244, after having been closed for reconstruction, and was dedicated to St. Peter. The foundations of the Norman church were possibly uncovered when the vestry at the western end of the church, to the north of the tower, was constructed in the twentieth century. The tower on the western side of the church was added in the fourteenth century. The Church was taken over for use for Protestant worship at the Reformation.
Inverkeithing was also home to a Franciscan Friary, which is thought to have been established sometime after 1346, but was fully equipped by 1384, the date King Robert II granted the remission of alms due to the Crown and all other secular burdens.
Saintly and Royal connections with our parishes also exist through Saint Margaret, Queen of King Malcom III. Princess Margaret, as she was, landed close to North Queensferry (later named after her), in 1069, at a point later named St Margaret’s Hope. This area of land is part of the site of Rosyth Naval Base. St David’s Bay, which can be found in Dalgety Bay is named after St Margaret’s saintly son, King David I, who built many Abbeys and brought a great many Religious Orders to Scotland.
The Chapel of St James the Apostle, the ruins of which can be found in North Queensferry, is mentioned in a charter of the early 14th century.
The Church of St John’s Rosyth is mentioned in a Papal Bull of 1178, so the church was already well established by then, mention being made of the Church from 1123. Also mentioned in the same Papal Bull is the Church of Dalgety, which we know as St Bridget’s Kirk, to be found on the banks of the Forth.
All of these places of Catholic worship were taken at the time of the Reformation, some were continued to be used for the reformed style of service, others were used for secular use or allowed to fall into disrepair. Only the church in Inverkeithing is still in use today for Christian worship.
The first recorded priest after the Reformation to work in this area of Fife was a Fr Anthony Sweeney, a priest of the Diocese of Dunkeld, who had been loaned to our own Archdiocese in 1909 when he was appointed assistant in St Margaret’s Dunfermline. Fr Sweeney took up residence in 1913 in Clarence House, Inverkeithing and ministered to the workers and the other Catholics of the area based in Jamestown.
Jamestown Mission (Church of St Peter-in-chains)
1913-1917 Fr Anthony Sweeney
1914-1917 Fr James Connolly -curate
1917 -1923 Fr Joseph C. Long
1917-1918 Fr Patrick McHugh -curate
1918-1919 Fr James Hart-curate
1919-1920 Fr William Murphy -curate
1923-1930 Fr Dominic Hart
From 1913 work began on the construction of the Dockyard, and Mass was being celebrated in temporary accommodation in “Tintown” from then. In 1915 it is recorded that a Requiem Mass was offered on All Souls Day at Rosyth Naval Base for those killed in WW1 and nearly 3,000 attended.
In 1919 a timber building was erected on Church land in Admiralty Road in Rosyth and was the first Catholic school in the area known as St John’s. Mass was celebrated in this building on Sundays.
A new purpose built school was opened in Crossroads Place, Rosyth on 28th July 1924, replacing the timber building, and again Mass was celebrated in the school every Sunday.
In 1926 the Church of Ss John & Columba Rosyth was built and the attached Presbytery became the residence of the priest.
1930-1931 Fr William Quigley
1931-1936 Fr Thomas Ferrigan
From 1936 the church in Jamestown was looked after by the Parish Priest and his curate from St Joseph’s Burntisland.
1936-1940 Fr Peter McFarlane
1936-1938 Fr Thomas Martin -curate
1938-1941 Fr Robert E Barry -curate
1940-1948 Fr John McHugh
1941-1942 Fr Bernard O’Donnell -curate
1942-1944 Fr Anthony Smith -curate
1944-1946 Fr Eugene Loughlin -curate
1946-1948 Fr John D Mullan -curate
1948-1951 Fr Stanislaus Eardley
1948-1951 Fr Thomas F P Murray -curate
1951-1958 Fr Edward Gilchrist
1951-1955 Fr Liam O’Mahoney -curate
1958-1972 Fr Patrick Quinn
1972-1979 Fr Anthony McNally
In 1977 the Church of St Peter in chains on Hope Street, Inverkeithing was established, with the Church in Jamestown closing.
Inverkeithing Parish (St Peter in chains)
In 1979 a resident Parish Priest was appointed to St Peter in chains Parish.
1979-1988 Fr John Agnew
1988-1991 Fr George Rogers
19991-2010 Fr (later Canon) John McAllister
From 2010 both parishes of St Peter in chains Inverkeithing and Ss John & Columba Rosyth have shared the same Parish Priest, resident in Rosyth
2010-2015 Fr Peter Kelly
2015-present Fr Kevin A. Dow
Rosyth Parish
On the 16th November (Feast of St Margaret of Scotland) 1936, Archbishop Andrew Joseph McDonald OSB of St Andrews & Edinburgh, erected the Parish of Rosyth under the Patronage of St John and St Columba.
1936-1979 Canon Thomas Ferrigan
1979-1993 Canon Daniel J. Boyle
1993-1998 Fr Michael Purcell (also remaining PP of St Joseph’s Kelty and in 1997 becoming PP of Ss Peter & Paul’s Church, Rosyth)
1998-2006 Fr John Scally (St Joseph’s Kelty receives their own priest)
2007-2010 Fr Andrew Kingham (Ss Peter & Paul’s Church is closed)
In 1964 a resident Naval chaplain was appointed full-time in Rosyth, and by the late 1960’s a timber building was given to the Catholic community serving in the Armed Forces and their families, and was dedicated to the patronage of St Peter & St Paul. In 1990 a new purpose built Church was built by the Ministry of Defense and continued on under the patronage of St Peter & St Paul, being served by priest’s of the Royal Navy. In 1996, the Royal Navy left Rosyth and after a campaign by the local Catholics, the Church came under the pastoral care of the local Parish Priest, Fr Michael Purcell.
From 2010 both parishes of Ss John & Columba Rosyth and St Peter in chains Inverkeithing have shared the same Parish Priest, resident in Rosyth
2010-2015 Fr Peter Kelly
2015-present Fr Kevin A. Dow
The earliest mention of a Church being in our area, is that of a foundation being made in Inverkeithing in the fifth century, when St. Erat, who was a follower of St Ninian, established a small church here. This was later replaced by a Norman church (twelfth century) but it appears that St. Erat continued as the dedication. The church and its associated lands were granted to Dunfermline abbey in the twelfth century. After this, in the early thirteenth century, the Norman church was replaced by a Gothic building. The church was re-consecrated in 1244, after having been closed for reconstruction, and was dedicated to St. Peter. The foundations of the Norman church were possibly uncovered when the vestry at the western end of the church, to the north of the tower, was constructed in the twentieth century. The tower on the western side of the church was added in the fourteenth century. The Church was taken over for use for Protestant worship at the Reformation.
Inverkeithing was also home to a Franciscan Friary, which is thought to have been established sometime after 1346, but was fully equipped by 1384, the date King Robert II granted the remission of alms due to the Crown and all other secular burdens.
Saintly and Royal connections with our parishes also exist through Saint Margaret, Queen of King Malcom III. Princess Margaret, as she was, landed close to North Queensferry (later named after her), in 1069, at a point later named St Margaret’s Hope. This area of land is part of the site of Rosyth Naval Base. St David’s Bay, which can be found in Dalgety Bay is named after St Margaret’s saintly son, King David I, who built many Abbeys and brought a great many Religious Orders to Scotland.
The Chapel of St James the Apostle, the ruins of which can be found in North Queensferry, is mentioned in a charter of the early 14th century.
The Church of St John’s Rosyth is mentioned in a Papal Bull of 1178, so the church was already well established by then, mention being made of the Church from 1123. Also mentioned in the same Papal Bull is the Church of Dalgety, which we know as St Bridget’s Kirk, to be found on the banks of the Forth.
All of these places of Catholic worship were taken at the time of the Reformation, some were continued to be used for the reformed style of service, others were used for secular use or allowed to fall into disrepair. Only the church in Inverkeithing is still in use today for Christian worship.
The first recorded priest after the Reformation to work in this area of Fife was a Fr Anthony Sweeney, a priest of the Diocese of Dunkeld, who had been loaned to our own Archdiocese in 1909 when he was appointed assistant in St Margaret’s Dunfermline. Fr Sweeney took up residence in 1913 in Clarence House, Inverkeithing and ministered to the workers and the other Catholics of the area based in Jamestown.
Jamestown Mission (Church of St Peter-in-chains)
1913-1917 Fr Anthony Sweeney
1914-1917 Fr James Connolly -curate
1917 -1923 Fr Joseph C. Long
1917-1918 Fr Patrick McHugh -curate
1918-1919 Fr James Hart-curate
1919-1920 Fr William Murphy -curate
1923-1930 Fr Dominic Hart
From 1913 work began on the construction of the Dockyard, and Mass was being celebrated in temporary accommodation in “Tintown” from then. In 1915 it is recorded that a Requiem Mass was offered on All Souls Day at Rosyth Naval Base for those killed in WW1 and nearly 3,000 attended.
In 1919 a timber building was erected on Church land in Admiralty Road in Rosyth and was the first Catholic school in the area known as St John’s. Mass was celebrated in this building on Sundays.
A new purpose built school was opened in Crossroads Place, Rosyth on 28th July 1924, replacing the timber building, and again Mass was celebrated in the school every Sunday.
In 1926 the Church of Ss John & Columba Rosyth was built and the attached Presbytery became the residence of the priest.
1930-1931 Fr William Quigley
1931-1936 Fr Thomas Ferrigan
From 1936 the church in Jamestown was looked after by the Parish Priest and his curate from St Joseph’s Burntisland.
1936-1940 Fr Peter McFarlane
1936-1938 Fr Thomas Martin -curate
1938-1941 Fr Robert E Barry -curate
1940-1948 Fr John McHugh
1941-1942 Fr Bernard O’Donnell -curate
1942-1944 Fr Anthony Smith -curate
1944-1946 Fr Eugene Loughlin -curate
1946-1948 Fr John D Mullan -curate
1948-1951 Fr Stanislaus Eardley
1948-1951 Fr Thomas F P Murray -curate
1951-1958 Fr Edward Gilchrist
1951-1955 Fr Liam O’Mahoney -curate
1958-1972 Fr Patrick Quinn
1972-1979 Fr Anthony McNally
In 1977 the Church of St Peter in chains on Hope Street, Inverkeithing was established, with the Church in Jamestown closing.
Inverkeithing Parish (St Peter in chains)
In 1979 a resident Parish Priest was appointed to St Peter in chains Parish.
1979-1988 Fr John Agnew
1988-1991 Fr George Rogers
19991-2010 Fr (later Canon) John McAllister
From 2010 both parishes of St Peter in chains Inverkeithing and Ss John & Columba Rosyth have shared the same Parish Priest, resident in Rosyth
2010-2015 Fr Peter Kelly
2015-present Fr Kevin A. Dow
Rosyth Parish
On the 16th November (Feast of St Margaret of Scotland) 1936, Archbishop Andrew Joseph McDonald OSB of St Andrews & Edinburgh, erected the Parish of Rosyth under the Patronage of St John and St Columba.
1936-1979 Canon Thomas Ferrigan
1979-1993 Canon Daniel J. Boyle
1993-1998 Fr Michael Purcell (also remaining PP of St Joseph’s Kelty and in 1997 becoming PP of Ss Peter & Paul’s Church, Rosyth)
1998-2006 Fr John Scally (St Joseph’s Kelty receives their own priest)
2007-2010 Fr Andrew Kingham (Ss Peter & Paul’s Church is closed)
In 1964 a resident Naval chaplain was appointed full-time in Rosyth, and by the late 1960’s a timber building was given to the Catholic community serving in the Armed Forces and their families, and was dedicated to the patronage of St Peter & St Paul. In 1990 a new purpose built Church was built by the Ministry of Defense and continued on under the patronage of St Peter & St Paul, being served by priest’s of the Royal Navy. In 1996, the Royal Navy left Rosyth and after a campaign by the local Catholics, the Church came under the pastoral care of the local Parish Priest, Fr Michael Purcell.
From 2010 both parishes of Ss John & Columba Rosyth and St Peter in chains Inverkeithing have shared the same Parish Priest, resident in Rosyth
2010-2015 Fr Peter Kelly
2015-present Fr Kevin A. Dow
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