Requiem Mass for Fr Colin Golden – and graveside service

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Reception of Remains for Fr Colin Golden took place at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Perth, on Thursday 9th December 2022, followed by a Requiem Mass. On the following day, a Requiem Mass celebrated by Bishop Stephen Robson, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Perth, followed by Fr Colin’s burial at Wellshill Cemetery, Perth, in the priests’ plot alongside Mgr …

Reception of Remains – followed by Holy Mass for Fr Colin Golden

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6pm, Thursday 9th December, 2021, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Perth – celebrant Bishop Stephen Robson. The original livestream has been updated. The Catholic community of Perth had been well served by St John’s Church, Melville Street which opened in 1832 and by St Mary’s Kinnoull which opened as a Redemptorist Monastery in 1869. However, after World War II, it became apparent …

Safeguarding Agency Chair Appointed

Safeguarding

The Catholic Church in Scotland has appointed The Hon Lady Rita Rae QC as the first Board Chair of the new Scottish Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (SCSSA) which will operate as a private company. Lady Rae will begin to recruit SCSSA Board Members in January 2022.  The SCSSA will operate entirely independently of the Catholic Church, with its own staff and non-executive …

Funeral arrangements for Fr Colin Golden

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Bishop Stephen Robson has confirmed the following arrangements for the funeral of Fr Colin Golden, parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes, Perth. 6pm, Thursday 09 December 2021Reception of Fr Colin’s body into Our Lady of Lourdesfollowed by Holy Mass. 12 noon, Friday 10 December 2021Requiem Mass Thereafter to the graveside at Wellshill Cemetery, Perth Livestream If a stable connection …

St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee

Cathedral Canons restored to full strength

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Following the deaths of Mgr Charles Hendry and Mgr John Harty last year – and replacing two other long serving priests, Canon Neil Drysdale and Mgr Basil O’Sullivan, the following priests of Dunkeld Diocese were installed as Canons of the Chapter of St Andrew’s Cathedral on Tuesday, 30th November, 2021: Fr Mark Cassidy, Fr Brian McLean, Fr Tom Shields and …