Monday 30th March 2026. Please read on for a selection of items from this week’s parish newsletters in the Diocese of Dunkeld, offering a snapshot of life around our diocese.
‘Around the Parishes’ will pause for Easter and resume on Monday 13th April.
The latest issue of Dunkeld News (Series 2 Issue 3) is now available online and will be distributed to schools and parishes during Holy Week.
St. Fillan, Crieff
St. Fergus, Forfar and St. Anthony, Kirriemuir
BŁOGOSŁAWIENE WIELKANOCNEGO SNIADANIA Z PISANKAMI ITD. SOBOTA, 04.04.2026 O 10.00 (RANO).
BLESSING OF POLISH EASTER BREAKFAST BASKET OF EGGS AND FOOD SATURDAY, 04.04.2026 AT 10.00 (AM)
St. Serf, High Valleyfield
St. Serf’s @ 50: you are invited to the 50th anniversary Mass of St. Serf’s RCPS High Valleyfield on Friday 24th April 2026 by Bishop Andrew Mckenzie, at 1.45pm in the school.
St. Clement, Charleston
Ashin City Tours and Travel are planning a trip to Japan in June 2027 and will hold an information evening on Thursday 16th April in St Clements hospitality area at 7pm. The trip will be 14 nights Cost. Approx £3995. For more information contact: Therese Devlin on 07813051689 or therese@devlinproperties.co.uk; Bernadette Dailly on 07919106129 or bdailly@btinternet.com.
St. John the Baptist, Perth
The Good Friday Stations of the Cross Walk: On April 3rd, the Stations of the Cross Walk will start in the Church at about 9.30am after the Morning Prayers, after the first four stations then on to St Mary’s Monestery Kinnoull for the next five stations. Then return to St John via Norrie Miller Walk and the North Inch for the final five stations. Small refreshments in the church hall afterwards. Anyone wishing to join by car is most welcome.
St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee
There will be sung Vespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament on both Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday in the Cathedral at 4pm, with the music led by members of the Diocesan Choir.
St. Thomas of Canterbury, Arbroath
Deacon Arthur’s Silver Jubilee: we are going to give thanks to God for 25 years of Deacon Arthur’s ministry on Sunday 26th April at 10.45am Mass. Thereafter in the hall for a buffet – all welcome!
St. Fillan, Newport-on-Tay and Our Lady Star of the Sea, Tayport
From Mgr Pat: Two processions entered Jerusalem on a spring day in the year 30AD. One was a peasant procession, the other an imperial procession. From the East, Jesus, from the peasant village of Nazareth, rode a donkey down the Mount of Olives, cheered by his followers. On the opposite side of the city, from the West, Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor, entered Jerusalem at the head of a column of Roman soldiers. Jesus’ procession proclaimed the Kingdom of God – a kingdom of love, justice and peace. Pilate’s procession proclaimed the power of the empire – embodying the violence of the empire that ruled the world. The two processions demonstrate the central conflict of the week that led to Jesus’ crucifixion. The King, riding on a donkey, will banish war from the land, commanding peace to the nations. Jesus will be the King of Peace.