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Perth was the focus of Scotland’s Catholic youth today as more than 250 young pilgrims from dioceses across the country gathered for the annual Scottish National Catholic Youth Pilgrimage. This year’s pilgrimage, led by Archbishop Leo Cushley of St Andrews and Edinburgh and Bishop Andrew McKenzie of Dunkeld, marked the 1700th anniversary of the declaration of the Nicene Creed, with young people invited to renew …
Susan McAllion, Dunkeld’s representative on the Scottish Catholic Church’s National Justice and Peace Commission, has joined international calls for an end to trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. “Justice & Peace Scotland has joined with over 80 international organisations to launch a new campaign calling for a ban on trade with Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied …
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Dear Brothers and Sisters, Salva me bona crux! Save me, good cross! According to tradition, this is the dying prayer of St Andrew. He said these words as he prepared to give his life for his faith in Jesus. But in the Roman world, the cross was anything but “good.” It was a cruelinstrument of …
Writing in his parish newsletter, Mgr Basil O’Sullivan at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Auchterarder, anticipates Sunday’s Canonisation of Carlo Acutis: “A Saint of, and for, our time; and he was British born. Carlo Acutis was born in London of Italian parents, May 1991, and baptised in the church in Our Lady of Dolours, Chelsea, a few weeks later. His …
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Young people from the parish of St Stephen’s, Blairgowrie, have been invited to take a leading role in the Jubilee Year celebrations, following a call from parish priest, Fr Gregory Umunna. Fr Gregory highlighted the parish’s commitment to the Jubilee, noting that the parish has already marked ten out of the sixteen sectors of society recognised in the celebrations. “Here …
NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE TO WHITHORN – Sunday 31st August 2025 The National Pilgrimage to Whithorn in honour of St Ninian will take place on Sunday 31st August. Mass at St Ninian’s Cave will be celebrated at 4pm by Bishop Frank Dougan and Mass will be celebrated in the parish church of St Martin and St Ninian at 4.45 pm (for those …
Bishop Andrew McKenzie has announced the following change to parishes in the diocese. “After some discussion I have decided to reconfigure the parishes of Dundee city. This reconfiguration now couples the parish of the Immaculate Conception, Lochee, with the parish of St Clement’s, Charleston.” The Mass schedule will therefore have to be changed, beginning on Saturday 23rd August as follows: …