Mother Provincial of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Mother Anthony Francis came to pay her respects to the Little Sisters who are buried at Wellburn. Mother Anthony Francis is from Denny in Stirlingshire but had never been to Wellburn as she had spent 40 years in France before she was appointed Mother Provincial around 4 years ago to look …
Monsignor Basil O’Sullivan, parish priest at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Auchterarder, will celebrate 68 years since his ordination as a priest on 17th June. As the Parish Priest in Dunblane from 1988 until 2021, he was he one of the first to arrive at Dunblane Primary School following the terrible attack on pupils and staff on 13th March 1996. …
Fr Mike Freyne with the boys and girls who made their First Holy Communion at St Bernadette’s Church, Tullibody.
Canon Kevin Golden offered Mass for the work of the newly formed Diocesan Office for the Scottish Bishop’s Marriage, Family and Life Commission on Saturday 8th June in St Andrew’s Cathedral. The Commission’s aims include developing resources to celebrate the domestic church, and supporting Marriage through preparation, enrichment and counselling. A key aim is to promote the dignity of life from conception to natural death. The Dunkeld …
Communion: Participation: Mission With the document Towards October 2024 sent last December to all the bishops of the world, the General Secretariat of the Synod asked the local churches and groups of Churches to deepen some aspects of the Synthesis Report that are fundamental to the theme of the Synod, starting from a guiding question of the entire synodal process: ‘How to be a …
Cathy Reid, long standing parishioner and very active member of the church and community at St Columba’s, Birnam celebrated her 80th birthday on Thursday 30th May. Mass at St Columba’s Birnam was offered on Saturday 1st June by Canon Andrew Clark who was standing in for Fr Emamuel who was on retreat.
At 12 noon today (Monday 27th May 2024) in Rome (11am GMT) it was announced, that Pope Francis had nominated Canon Andrew McKenzie as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Dunkeld. He will succeed Bishop Stephen Robson who was Bishop of Dunkeld from 2013 to 2022. Reacting to his appointment, Fr. Andrew said: “I am humbled by the trust that Pope Francis …
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the sudden passing of Father Bogdan Palka SDS at his home in St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Perth, on Saturday, 18th May 2024. A spokesperson for the Diocese of Dunkeld expressed great shock on hearing of the death of Fr. Bogdan. “On behalf of Canon Kevin Golden, and the priests and the people …
Each year on or around 1st May the feast day of St. Joseph the Worker, members of the Association Jeanne Jugan come together with the Little Sisters of the Poor to make their annual promise. When the Little Sisters were at Wellburn the Associates would make their promise in the presence of the Sisters and Residents, however since their departure this …