The St John Paul II Prayer Movement hosted their first Divine Mercy Retreat Weekend, in the beautiful surroundings of St. Mary’s, Kinnoull, for the Feast of Divine Mercy, over 21st – 23rd April. It proved to be a great success, with 30 residential guests and 20 day visitors over the weekend consisting of prayer group members throughout the Diocese of …
General Election 2017: A letter from the Bishops of Scotland
This General Election presents us with an opportunity to reflect on Catholic social teaching. As Christians, we have a civic and moral duty to engage with our democracy. As Catholics, we believe that the primary goal of society should be the common good; that is the good of all people and of the whole person. Indeed, the common good is …
Scots College Seminarians to serve at Papal Easter Vigil
The Sacred Triduum reaches its climax with the Easter Vigil. This year the seminarians and deacons of the Pontifical Scots College have been invited to serve at the Papal celebration. The liturgy celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus and will start in the Basilica of St. Peter at 8.30pm. (7.30pm UK Time) Throughout its long history in Rome, the College has …
St Clement’s PS – learning about caring for seafarers
Apostleship of the Sea joined forces with St Clement’s Primary school in Dundee as they took the special opportunity to share its story with a captive audience. Euan McArthur, National Development Officer for Scotland, spoke to both P6/7 as part of their Pope Francis Faith Award where kindness and love towards others is encouraged, During the morning presentation at the …
Lenten Talks at Blairgowrie
Bishop Stephen was among the invited guests who led the Lenten talks at St Stephen’s RC Church, Blairgowrie, this weekend.
Reflection on Our Lady – Lawside FP returns to talk
On Tuesday 14th March, St Ninian’s Institute, Dundee, welcomed back a son of the Diocese, Dominican friar Andrew Brookes to present an evening of reflection on Our Lady. Andrew, for a number of years a resident of Dundee and RE teacher at Lawside Academy, and whose parents live in Crieff, led a group from several parishes across the diocese, in …