NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE TO WHITHORN – Sunday 31st August 2025
The National Pilgrimage to Whithorn in honour of St Ninian will take place on Sunday 31st August. Mass at St Ninian’s Cave will be celebrated at 4pm by Bishop Frank Dougan and Mass will be celebrated in the parish church of St Martin and St Ninian at 4.45 pm (for those unable to walk to the beach). If a parish is bringing a coach, please register at whithorn25@rcdg.org.uk. All are welcome. Practical information about the pilgrimage is available at https://rcdg.org.uk/whithorn-pilgrimage-sunday-31st-august-2025.
NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE TO CARFIN – SUNDAY 7th September 2025
The National Pilgrimage at the National Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, Carfin, will take place on Sunday 7th September. As we are in the midst of the Jubilee Year the theme for this year’s Pilgrimage will be Pilgrims of Hope. Holy Mass will be celebrated at the Shrine at 3.15 pm, the main Celebrant and Preacher being the Most Rev. Leo Cushley, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, who is celebrating his 40th Anniversary as a Priest this year.
Our new Pope, Leo XIV, recently announced that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, will be canonised on this day in Rome, so it seems an ideal day for the Scottish Catholic Community to come together to joyfully celebrate our faith in communion with Pope Leo and the Universal Church.