On Wednesday 19th September, parishioners at St Thomas of Canterbury, Arbroath, welcomed four new members to their church community. Jack and Stuart were baptised, and after a canticle of thanksgiving, the Veni Creator Spiritus invoked the Holy Spirit for their Confirmation along with Adrienne and Ruth – using the Oil of Chrism recently consecrated by Bishop Stephen at the Mass …
At a ceremony in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee, on Saturday 3rd September 2021, Bishop Stephen Robson invested 5 new Knights and 5 new Dames to the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre is a Papal Order made up of Knights and Dames. Unlike other Papal Orders, membership is not given as a reward …
Catholic Bishops and organisations have voiced their opposition to the arms trade, as the UK prepares to host one of the world’s largest arms fairs next week. The Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair takes place in London 14-17 September, bringing together governments and military delegations from across the world with more than 1,500 companies selling guns, bombs, and other weaponry. A statement signed by Catholic Bishops …
At the start of September, the Dundee and Perth Circle of the Catenian Association returned to live meetings after eighteen months of virtual encounters on ZOOM. Gathering at Perth’s Royal George Hotel, Circle President, Sheriff Kevin Veal extended a warm welcome to the members who had joined the Circle, in blind faith, during lockdown. Brother President Kevin said, “The Dundee …
The Scottish government has been accused of breaking with convention and deliberately diminishing the views of thousands of individuals who responded to a consultation on home abortions in July. In a strongly worded critique, the Director of the Catholic Parliamentary Office, Anthony Horan has condemned the decision to nullify the responses of the majority of people who took part in …
With less than 100 days to go until COP26 – the critical international climate negotiations which the UK government will host and chair in Glasgow in November 2021 – a broad coalition of Christian denominations and charities is calling on all churches to hold a ‘Climate Sunday’ and commit to effective action themselves, before talks begin. So far, more than …
On Monday 9th August the Scottish Government lifted almost every restriction that has shaped parish life since March 2020. What does this mean for your parish? The government guidance continues to promote the following: – maintaining good hand hygiene- everyone should sanitise their hands on entering and leaving the Church – practising respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette – wearing face coverings …
AN EXTRAORDINARY Alloa woman who saved escaped prisoners of war as an Italian partisan during WWII, before marrying one, celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday, June 19, some 77 years after she arrived in Scotland on a landing craft, having fled war-torn Italy. All those decades ago, Grace was helping escaped prisoners of war in Italy’s Abruzzo region as a …