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On Pentecost Sunday, a group of 4th Year seminarians at St Mary’s College, Oscott, were accepted as Candidates for Holy Orders. Among them was Andrew Marshall, a seminarian for the diocese of Dunkeld. During the Mass celebrated by Bishop Peter Doyle of Northampton, Andrew was officially accepted as a candidate by the Church, this is a major milestone in his …

Staff and pupils from Our Lady’s Primary School in Perth were hosts at Dunkeld Diocese’s Annual Schools Mass in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee. Bishop Stephen Robson concelebrated the Mass for Our Lady’s Chaplain, Fr Colin Golden and priests and school chaplains from across the dioceses. The music for the liturgy was ably supported by staff and pupils from St John’s …

Ceilidh held in aid of Mary’s Meals. The sum raised was £3,000

Shared Campus Proposal: Angus Council are proposing a shared school campus in Arbroath, to develop a building where Hayshead Primary School, St Thomas RC Primary School and an Early Years facility could be collocated. The individual school identities will remain. Both schools would have their own Head Teacher, staff group, parent council and budgets. The development would be on the …

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 …

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 …