DIOCESE of DUNKELD

The Transfiguration of the Lord
2026-08-06

Alpha Day for St James and Our Lady's
2026-07-18 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | St. John’s RC Academy, Gowan's Terrace, Perth, Perthshire, PH1 5BF, United Kingdom
The Alpha Day for St. James, Kinross and Our Lady of Lourdes, Perth, will be taking place at St. John’s RC High School in Perth, from 10.00am to 3.00pm on Saturday 18th July.
This event is open to all who have been attending the Alpha courses at:

St James, Kinross (https://alpha-course.app.link/go?course=gb-84693)
Our Lady of Lourdes, Perth (https://alpha-course.app.link/go?course=gb-88459)

Please bring your own packed lunch for this event.
Please note that North Inch Community Campus has a no smoking policy. In the interests of the health and wellbeing of our school and campus users, smoking is prohibited at all times within the grounds of the campus.
If you are travelling by car, please park in the main campus car park, which is located on the left side of Gowans Terrace immediately before the approach road to the campus. Parking is not permitted on the private road through the car park that leads to Muirton Cottages. The car park can be busy and we would ask you to encourage car sharing. The only parking permitted outwith the main car park is in the disabled parking bays on the road round the side of the campus building, and any cars parking here must display a current disabled badge.

Visit of the relics of St. Gerard Majella
2026-07-18 10:00 - 14:00 | St. Patrick’s, Edinburgh, 5, 40 S Gray's Cl, High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TQ, United Kingdom
The Redemptorists around the world are celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of St Gerard Majella, an Italian lay-brother popularly invoked as The Mother’s Saint. As part of this his relics will be visiting the heart of Edinburgh: St Patrick’s church, which was once home to a Redemptorist community. It will take place on Saturday 18th July, with the entrance of the relics at 10am, time for personal prayer, and a Mass at 12:30pm.
Edinburgh poster pdf

Dunkeld Lourdes Pilgrimage
2026-07-15 - 2026-07-22 | Lourdes, France
Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes, led by Bishop Andrew
15th – 22nd July 2026
Direct flights and transfers, full board and a Diocesan programme are included from £969.
There is also plenty of free time to allow you to enjoy the pilgrimage. Further details and booking can be
found here:

Dunkeld Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes

If you require a little extra support there are also places in the Accuiel with an army of volunteers. Please email
dunkeld@pobox.com or phone 07801 227 443 for more information.

Saints Peter and Paul
2026-06-28

Lourdes Pre-Pilgrimage Mass
2026-06-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Ss Leonard & Fergus, St Leonard’s Place, Dundee, DDD3 9HD
The Dunkeld Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage Committee invite you to join us for our pre-pilgrimage mass which will be held in St Leonard & Fergus Church, Dundee at 7pm on Wednesday 24th of June 2026.
There will be refreshments in the Church Hall after mass and we would be delighted to see you there.

Celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of Mgr O'Sullivan's Ordination to the Priesthood
2026-06-19 18:00 - 19:00
Livestream link: https://www.dunkelddiocese.co.uk/auchterarder/

All Saints of Scotland
2026-06-16

Anniversary Lecture
2026-06-12 19:00 - 20:00 | St Stephen’s RC Church, John Street, Blairgowrie, PH10 6DE, United Kingdom
This lecture celebrates and commemorates the priests and communities who have sustained the Catholic faith in Blairgowrie for 175 years and in Alyth for 125 years. Yet, the story of Catholic culture in northern Perthshire leads us on a journey spanning 1500 years.
Beginning with the Irish missionaries St Columba (521-97 AD) and St Luan (520-92 AD), whose Celtic-Christian legacies were extended and refreshed by the extraordinary vibrant monastic networks flourishing from the twelfth century onwards, we examine some manuscript treasures from Coupar Angus but now in the Vatican Library. Moreover, we will shed new light on Alyth’s history, identifying it for the first time as the earliest known place of Christian worship in Perthshire.
Turning to post-Reformation times, we find determined clergy and steadfast families who kept faith’s flame alive during the Penal Times (1560-1829), often in secret and at profound personal cost in some of the most distinguished landed estates including Murthly and Stobhall.
Concluding with the twenty-first century contexts and characters keeping the Catholic tradition alive, this talk delights in sharing new findings reflecting Perthshire’s inspirational cultural and intellectual history. The talk affirms a colourful, vibrant tradition that has shaped Perthshire for generations, and is set to continue to do so.

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
2026-06-07

Festival of Synodality
2026-06-06 09:00 - 16:00 | Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, G4 0BA, United Kingdom
We invite YOU to the National Festival of Synodality at Glasgow Caledonian University, a day inspired by Pope Francis’ call to be “witnesses to synodality.” The Festival will focus on Conversation in the Spirit, a simple and powerful way of communal discernment rooted in listening, conversion and mission.
The day will celebrate the fruits already flourishing in the Church in Scotland and include input from Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ, Fr David McCallum SJ and Sandra Chaoul. Participants will also have the opportunity to experience Conversation in the Spirit firsthand. Lunch is included.
All are welcome, especially those involved in parish and diocesan life, pastoral councils, schools and faith organisations.
Tickets: £65. Parishes and dioceses are encouraged to support those wishing to attend.
Tickets available: bit.ly/synodality26

Education Mass 2026
2026-06-04 18:00 - 19:00 | St John’s RC Church, Perth, 18 Melville Street, Perth, PH1 5PY

Alpha begins at Our Lady of Lourdes, Perth
2026-06-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Our Lady of Lourdes, 42 Struan Road, Perth, Perth & Kinross, PH1 2JP, United Kingdom
The Alpha course is coming to Our Lady of Lourdes, Perth, on Wednesday 3rd June (6.30-8.00pm).
The course will run weekly and all are welcome! Join us for delicious food, friendship and fellowship, and the opportunity to freely explore the basics of the Christian faith in an open, friendly environment.
Please download the Alpha app to register your interest in the course, as well as being able to rewatch the videos from the sessions, by using the following link:
https://alpha-course.app.link/go?course=gb-88459

Pluscarden Pentecost Lectures
2026-05-26 - 2026-05-28 | Pluscarden Abbey, Pluscarden Abbey, Elgin, Morayshire, IV30 8UA, United Kingdom
Prior Simon and the Community of Pluscarden Abbey have pleasure in announcing this year’s Pluscarden Pentecost Lectures which will take place from the afternoon of 26 May until the morning of 28 May. Each year, since 1994, they invite a distinguished theologian to deliver a series of four lectures, to which all are welcome. There is no charge for attending. The Lectures take place in St Scholastica’s Guesthouse; tea and coffee are provided, plus lunch on the Wednesday. There is limited accommodation in the Abbey guesthouses, so early booking is advised.
Pluscarden Pentecost 2026 Lectures Poster

Pentecost
2026-05-24

Cecilian Choir: An Evening of Song and Verse
2026-05-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Monifieth South Angus Church, 41 High Street, Monifieth, DD5 4AA, United Kingdom

The Ascension of the Lord
2026-05-14

St. Mary's 160th Anniversary Mass
2026-05-13 19:00 - 20:00 | St. Mary’s, Lochee, 41 High Street, Lochee, Dundee, DD2 3AP, United Kingdom
St Mary’s 160th Anniversary Mass -(incorporating Thanksgiving for completion of Phase 1 of Restoration) celebrated
by Bishop Andrew McKenzie. Wednesday 13th May at 7pm.
St Mary’s Primary School have generously agreed to join with the parish choir to lead the singing at the 160th
Anniversary Thanksgiving Mass. Another divine musical experience to come!

Diocesan Synodal Event
2026-05-09 10:00 - 14:00 | Dunkeld Pastoral Centre, Forebank Road, Dundee, Scotland, DD5 1ED, United Kingdom
A Diocesan Synodal Event ”Missionary disciples in a synodal Church: the future of faith in these islands” How does the Church thrive in an age where it is no longer supported by culture? Pope Francis and now Pope Leo have called us to embrace an “apostolic” way of being Christian, capable of evangelising our age of belief.
The Diocesan Pastoral Centre, St Mary’s Church Hall Forebank Road, Dundee, DD1 2PB – Saturday 9 May 2026, 10am – 2.00pm Keynote Speaker (live online): Dr Austen Ivereigh
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Alpha Course Begins at St. James', Kinross
2026-04-23 18:30 - 20:00 | St. James’, Kinross, 5 High Street, Kinross, KY13 8AW, United Kingdom
The Alpha course is starting at St. James’ in Kinross this Thursday (23rd April 2026), running from 6.30-8.00pm.
The course will run fortnightly and all are welcome! Join us for delicious food, friendship and fellowship, and the opportunity to freely explore the basics of the Christian faith in an open, friendly environment.
Please download the Alpha app to register your interest in the course, as well as being able to rewatch the videos from the sessions, by using the following link:
https://alpha-course.app.link/go?course= gb-84693

Divine Mercy Sunday
2026-04-12

Easter Sunday
2026-04-05

Holy Saturday
2026-04-04

Good Friday
2026-04-03

Maundy Thursday
2026-04-02

John Stainer's Crucifixion - Cecilian Choir
2026-03-30 19:00 - 20:30 | St Andrew’s Cathedral, 150 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4EA
Join the Cecilian Choir at St Andrew’s RC Cathedral, Nethergate, Dundee on Monday 30th March, 7.00-8.30pm as they perform The Crucifixion, bringing this masterpiece to the Diocese of Dunkeld as it prepares for Easter.

Sir John Stainer’s The Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer is one of the most enduring and widely performed choral works in the English-speaking world.

Composed in 1887, it was designed as a liturgical tool for Passiontide, leading up to Easter. Its significance in Easter preparation lies in its function as a communal “meditation” rather than just a concert piece.

Palm Sunday
2026-03-29

The Annunciation of the Lord
2026-03-25

Lenten Retreat Experience
2026-03-14 10:15 - 14:15 | St. Mary’s, Forebank, 36 Forebank Road, Dundee, DD1 2PB, United Kingdom
On Saturday 14th March, Canon Kevin offers us the opportunity to delve into the Gospel of St. John with the arresting questi0n, “Will He come to the festival or not?”
10.15am start. Venue: St. Mary’s Forebank Church Hall. Bring your pack lunch! We will finish by 2.15pm.

Discernment Retreat Weekend
2026-03-13 - 2026-03-15 | Conforti House, Conforti House, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Discernment Weekend: Navigating the way forward
Details of our weekend:

Date: 13-15 March 2026
Venue: Conforti House, Coatbridge Lanarkshire
Suggested Donation: £295

Take time out with God for reflection, input and community as we consider how to discern where we are and where we might be invited to next steps. For those facing choices in life, or wondering if there are changes which would lead to greater growth.
This is a fully catered weekend led by a team from the Ignatian Spirituality Centre, Glasgow.
Places are limited, so please book early if you are interested.
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