St David's Church is a

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. It was founded in 1854 by

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. It was designed by

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and is a category A listed building.St David's, Dalkeith
from Scotland's Churches Trust retrieved 14 March 2014

History

Cecil Chetwynd Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian was a follower of the

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. Her spiritual advisor

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was a leading thinker in the group. She had built St John's church in

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for the Episcopalian church. After she converted to Catholicism in 1851, Lady Lothian decided to build a church for the Catholic population in Dalkeith.

was the church architect and building started in 1853. On 21 May 1854, the church opened and a Fr Mackay was the first parish priest. In 1858, he was replaced by a Fr J. S. McCorry. In 1860, Lady Lothian invited the

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to serve the parish.Church history
from St David's Dalkeith retrieved 14 March 2014 The church's founder died on a religious visit to Rome in 1877, but her body was buried in this church at the foot of the altar. In 1944, the Jesuits left the parish and handed over administration of the church to the

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who continue to serve the congregation.

Parish

The church has two Sunday Masses. There is one at 6:00pm on Saturday evening, the other is at 11:00am on Sunday morning. There are weekday Masses at 9:00am on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Also in the parish is the St Luke and St Anne Church in

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. It was founded in 1948 and the church was built in 1971. There is a Sunday Mass there at 9:30am on Sunday morning. There are weekday Masses at 9:00am on Monday and Wednesday.Parishes
from

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retrieved at 14 March 2014 The church has a relationship with St David's School. It was opened in 1854. In 1876, the

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came from St. Catherine’s Convent in

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to take over the teaching. In 1940, they left the school. In 1966, part of the

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was moved to St. David’s.

References

External links

St David's Parish site

St David's High School site
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Saint David Saint David ( cy, Dewi Sant; la, Davidus; ) was a Welsh bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids) during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales. David was a native of Wales, and tradition has preserved a relatively large amount of detail ab ...

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