About
us
Welcome to the
Catholic Students' Union
The Catholic Students' Union is an affiliated University of Edinburgh student society, which restricts participation to mainly University students. However, we are also associated with the Catholic parish of St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy. It too is a vibrant and lively community which ministers to the students & staff of the university, but also other members of the public who live in Edinburgh and the surrounding area.
We host the only Mass in Edinburgh dedicated to University students every Sunday (during the semester) at 7:15pm. No need to book for Mass but face coverings and hand sanitising are still required. So come and join us for the most important event of our week! Why not also stay for our after Mass event to meet other students.
As an official Edinburgh University student society, most of our members are University of Edinburgh students. But we also can accept students from Napier University, Queen Margaret University, and Heriot Watt University.
The CSU has an annually elected student committee, currently comprising Angus (President), Laura (Secretary), Caitlyn (Treasurer), and general committee members: Maeve (Publicity), Alana, Allister and Krzysztof.
our 2021-2022 committee:
President
Secretary
Treasurer
Publicity
Team Member
Team Member
Team Member
The committee is supported by the Chaplaincy team: Fr Dermot OP, Fr Samuel OP, and Lilian.
Our main role is to support students and staff. We offer assistance not only to support growth in Faith, but also with any challenges or difficulties students may face academically or personally. The Chaplaincy team can be contacted directly via their emails.
If you are seeking confession, or are interested in becoming Catholic contact Fr Dermot or Fr Samuel.
our chaplains:
Fr. Dermot Morrin OP
Parish Priest & Chaplain
Lilian Lee
Lay Chaplain
Fr. Samuel Burke OP
Priest & Chaplain
Student membership is £5 and when you register we will add you to our weekly e-mail mailers and dedicated members only groups and chats which will contain the various links to our online events - see our Groups and our Events.
We usually love having former students and staff come and visit, however at the moment our Chaplaincy isn't operating on its usual timetable! So we invite you to keep in touch with us via the St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy Network.
The chapel of St Albert’s Catholic Chaplaincy is currently open to the public during Masses. Face coverings (unless exempt) and sanitising hands on entering and leaving the chapel are still required. The Mon-Fri 5.15pm, Sat 12noon & Sun 9am masses are streamed live via the parish website here: St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy.
Weekday Masses are at:
Mon-Fri 1.15pm (semester time only) & 5.15pm
Sat 12 noon
Sunday Mass:
Parish Mass 9am, 10.30am, & 12noon.
Student Mass 7.15pm (semester time only)
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
John 13:34-35
