Consecrated Life

Warm welcome for Dunkeld’s bishop-elect

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On the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, at 1pm on Friday 2nd February, 2024, as priests and people from across the diocese gathered to mark the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Nethergate, Dundee, so too did Dunkeld’s bishop-elect, Fr Martin Chambers. Diocesan administrator, Canon Kevin Golden and Bishop Emeritus Stephen Robson extended …

Dunkeld’s Jubilarians in Rome

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Two priests from Dunkeld Diocese were among the Jubilarians who were among the guests of Scots College Rome last week, on the Feast of St Andrew – with time too for a photo with the Holy Father. Mgr Aldo Angelosanto, who marks his 50th anniversary, and Canon Steven Mulholland, on his 25th anniversary, were welcomed by the College’s Rector, Fr …

Sister Monica du St Esprit , Little Sister of the Poor, R.I.P.

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Born in 1941, May was the first daughter of Andrew and Margaret Leonard of St. Patrick’s Parish Dundee, a sister to her two elder brothers. She was born and baptised in Motherwell as her mum had gone to her own mother’s home prior to her birth as her dad was away during the war. She attended St Patrick’s primary school, …

Catholic Bishops send message to First Minister

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Dear First Minister We have been shocked and horrified by the recent violence in the Holy Land and our hearts go out to the innocent victims, as we pray fervently for a peaceful, and swift, end to hostilities. We would like to express our heartfelt wishes for the safety and wellbeing of your own family in Gaza. We will keep …

Scotland’s Bishops call for Middle East peace

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The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland has issued the following statement on the hostilities in the Middle East: “We have been shocked and horrified by the outbreak of senseless violence in the Holy Land.” “Our hearts go out to the innocent people of Israel who have been murdered and terrorised and to the innocent civilians of Gaza dying in a war …

Scottish Bishop travels to Rome for global Synod

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Two years after Pope Francis gave the world’s Catholics the opportunity to make their views known on the mission of the Church in the 21st Century, the first of two Synod meetings will take place in Rome from 4th-30th October on the theme ‘For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission’. While the gathering is a Synod of Bishops, there will be participants who …

Tributes to Bishop Maurice Taylor RIP

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The Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, Maurice Taylor, died peacefully at Dundonald House Care Home, Dundonald, Ayrshire on 14th June 2023. He was 97 years old and a bishop for 42 years. Maurice Taylor was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, on 5th May 1926, the eldest of four children. He attended St Cuthbert’s Primary, Burnbank; St Aloysius College, Glasgow and Our Lady’s …

New Social Teaching Engagement Officer appointed

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The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland have announced the appointment of Anne Marie Clements as the new Catholic Social Teaching Engagement Officer for the National Justice and Peace Commission. Her remit will include; raising the profile of Justice & Peace in schools, parishes and dioceses, she took up her post at the beginning of May 2023. Commenting on her appointment Archbishop …

Pope appoints two Scottish members to Vatican’s Department for Evangelisation

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Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Leo Cushley, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, to a five-year term as a Member of the First Section of the Dicastery for Evangelisation and Mr John Docherty, former head-teacher of St Ninian’s High School in East Renfrewshire, to a five-year term as a Consultor of the same department, which deals with the ‘fundamental questions of evangelisation in the …