Celebrations are underway in Angus as St Thomas Catholic Primary School Arbroath Pupil, Stanislaw Rakowski, received a Highly Commended award in the British Council Commonwealth Short Story competition. More than 3,000 stories from a host of Commonwealth countries around the world took part in this year’s competition on the theme of Peace. The judging panel selected the top three stories …
Afternoon for Life
Shortly after his installation as Bishop of Dunkeld, Bishop Stephen got into discussions to set up a local pro-life conference to maintain the spotlight on pro-life issues in the Diocese. In conjunction with SPUC Dundee, the 4th Afternoon for Life was hosted by Bishop Stephen in the Pastoral Centre, Lawside Road, on Saturday 24th February. The conference came as the …
Dunkeld’s Education Week launches in St Modan’s
The Diocese of Dunkeld will launch their Catholic Education celebrations, marking 100 years of partnership between Church and State, on the 2nd February 2018, at the start of Catholic Education Week, in St Modan’s High School. In June, while the Icon of Jesus Our Teacher visits the diocese on its Pilgrimage across the country, reminding us that Jesus is at …
Places available – Rome Pilgrimage
There are still some places left on the National Pilgrimage to Rome for those involved in Catholic Education from the 15th—19th October 2018. The pilgrimage will include a specially prepared itinerary that will allow pilgrims to visit the spiritual and historic sites of Rome including the rooms of St Ignatius, the tomb of St. John Paul II and the Vatican …
Kilgraston Christmas Concert
Movie magic was truly in the air on Friday night when the Kilgraston girls took to the stage to perform to a sold-out Perth Concert Hall. The concert opened this year with Headmistress, Mrs Dorothy MacGinty, giving her traditional welcome speech. Staff, families, friends and of course the girls were welcomed and told of how the famous Christmas Day Truce …
Dunkeld News – December 2017
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FIVE Benemerenti Medals at St Bernadette’s
JIM TOBIN James Tobin was born on 28, July 1939 in Bowhill, Fife. A twin with two older brothers. Unfortunately Jim’s mother died shortly after his birth. The children were brought up by their Irish granny Mary-Anne, their Aunt Mary and her brother Dick. They never married so as to bring up the boys. Jim went to the local Catholic …
New Provost for Cathedral Chapter
At a recent meeting of the Canons of the Cathedral Chapter, Mgr Basil O’Sullivan demitted office as the Provost and Mgr Kenneth McBride was elected to succeed him. Provost McBride will continue to serve as parish priest at St Ninian’s, Dundee. Other elections saw Mgr McCaffrey take up the role of secretary and Mgr Angelosanto as treasurer. The Canons meet …
Cupar Pilgrims in Fatima
To mark the 100th Anniversary of the Apparitions at Fatima 42 parishioners from St Columba’s, Cupar, including a few outsiders, set off on Pilgrimage on 29th September. The group stayed in a lovely hotel in Tomar called Hotel Dos Templarios, which reflected the close connection between the town and the Templars over many years. A large Castle on the hill …