ADVENT YOUTH GATHERING Our Lady of Sorrows RC Church, Fintry, Dundee, DD4 8NP It was so good to see everyone at Kilgraston for our weekend of prayer, games and socialising in October that we have decided to have our next diocesan youth gathering during Advent! Creative Catechesis – Mass – Food & Games Sunday 20th December 10.30am – 2.30pm Our …
Dunkeld pilgrims at San Gimignano – October 2015
24 Parishioners from St Anne’s Carnoustie, St Bride’s Monifieth St Thomas’s Arbroath, St Andrew’s Cathedral and five Parishioners from the Archdiocese of Edinburgh travelled to Italy as part of a Pilgrimage to the town of San Gimignano. The pilgrimage was led by Father Ian Wilson who until recently was parish priest in the cluster of parishes in Dundee & Angus. …
Working Tax Credits – Archbishop Tartaglia
Speaking in the light of the House of Lord’s vote on Tax Credits, Archbishop Philip Tartaglia says, “I hope the Government will be mindful of the concerns raised by members of the House of Lords in the debate on tax credits. I urge them to adopt a compassionate and humane approach when amending the benefits system remembering always the vulnerabilities …
Plans lodged for 60-bed care facility at Wellburn
Wellburn Care Home could be set for a major new facility — just months after it was feared the well-known service would be lost forever. Plans to build a new 60-bedroom residential care facility at Wellburn House, in Liff Road, have been submitted to Dundee City Council. If given the go-ahead, work on the new facility will get under way …
New Deacon Ordained
Ron Wylie, a parishioner at St Joseph’s, Dundee, was ordained to the Permanent Diaconate by Bishop Stephen Robson during the Annual Diocesan Mass for Vocations at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee on Saturday 3rd October 2015. Rev. Ron Wylie will now take up his duties as Deacon in the parish of St Pius X, Dundee.
Pro Life Mass in St Andrew’s Cathedral
Bishop Stephen Robson celebrated Mass in St Andrews Cathedral last night to mark 40 years of The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children in Dundee. The branch was started in 1975 by Marysia Kobylarska O’Sullivan who is still active in the branch and attended the Mass. Also present for the occasion were SPUC National Director John Smeaton; John Deighan, …
Scottish delegation travel to Philadelphia for World Meeting of Families
For the first time ever, the Catholic Church in Scotland will be officially represented at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, between 22 and 25 September 2015. The delegation will be led by Bishop John Keenan of Paisley and include Fr Nicholas Monaghan from the Church’s National Commission for Marriage and the Family. They will be joined by John …
Italian Pilgrimage – Treviso
THE majestic Cathedral of San Pietro of Treviso with its seven domes. In the 15th and 16th century the neoclassical cathedral was built here in place of an old Romanesque church. The two lions at the foot of the stairway now bear witness to its medieval origins. Despite the monumental neo-classical design of the cathedral it houses inside a beautiful …
Perth Italian Association – Pilgrimage
Mgr Aldo Angelosanto and Bishop Stephen Robson with members of the Perth Italian Association celebrate Mass at St Anthony’s Basilica in Padua during their 8-day pilgrimage to Venice, Treviso, Verona, Padua and Ravenna.