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The centenary of the opening of St Serf’s Church, High Valleyfield, in Fife, was marked with a Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving, celebrated by Bishop Stephen Robson. Fr Michael Carrie, parish priest, reports from the parish archive: “The church dedicated to St Serf was solemnly opened by Bishop John Toner, Bishop of Dunkeld on 23rd April, 1922. It replaced the school-church …
Sunday Mass in St Fillan’s, Crieff, saw the installation of Fr Andrew Clark as an Honorary Canon of the Cathedral Chapter – in recognition of his service with prison chaplaincies in the diocese. Fr Andrew is pictured here along with Bishop Stephen Robson (left) and Canon Tom Shields, parish priest at Crieff.
3pm, Sunday 19th December – parishioners at Ss Peter & Paul’s, Dundee gather for a Carol Service – with a retiring collection in aid of the Dunkeld Lourdes Fund.
The 170th anniversary of the opening of St Mary, Our Lady of Victories Church, Forebank Road, Dundee will be celebrated on Sunday 28 November at the 11.15am Mass. A warm welcome is extended to all former parishioners and friends and all those with an association to St Mary’s to join us for this special Mass. Refreshments afterwards in the Church Hall.
St John the Baptist RC Church, Perth, welcomes Fr Martin Pletts and St James’ Worship and Praise Band as they support the parish’s Advent Journey with Our Lady on Saturday 4th December. The day begins with quiet prayer, then Holy Mass at 10am. In his reflection, Fr Pletts will look at ‘Our Lady and Her role in our lives as …
A SPECIAL mass was held recently to mark the diamond jubilee of the St Mungo’s RC Church building. The congregation, on Alloa’s Mar Street, came together on the evening of Tuesday, September 21, to mark the 60th anniversary of the consecration of the church. The Mass of thanksgiving celebration was led by Bishop Stephen Robson who was joined by Fr …
On Wednesday 19th September, parishioners at St Thomas of Canterbury, Arbroath, welcomed four new members to their church community. Jack and Stuart were baptised, and after a canticle of thanksgiving, the Veni Creator Spiritus invoked the Holy Spirit for their Confirmation along with Adrienne and Ruth – using the Oil of Chrism recently consecrated by Bishop Stephen at the Mass …
AN EXTRAORDINARY Alloa woman who saved escaped prisoners of war as an Italian partisan during WWII, before marrying one, celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday, June 19, some 77 years after she arrived in Scotland on a landing craft, having fled war-torn Italy. All those decades ago, Grace was helping escaped prisoners of war in Italy’s Abruzzo region as a …
On Wednesday 21st June, Fr Gregory Umunna welcomed Fr Chris Doig, a son of the parish at St Stephen’s, Blairgowrie, as the newly ordained priest returned to his home parish to celebrate a Votive Mass for the Solemnity of St Joseph. The Perthshire parish had proudly produced four priests since it opened in 1856 – the last one was 104 …