All welcome – Christmas Carol Service at Ss Peter & Paul’s, Dundee, at 3pm on Sunday 18th December 2022 – retiring collection in aid of the Dunkeld Lourdes Fund.
Annual Safeguarding Statement
As with the previous two years, our parish communities have continued to be affected by the Covid 19 Pandemic throughout 2022. We have witnessed a very gradual reintroduction of ministries throughout the Diocese as we all begin to experience this new situation. Despite this, the work of safeguarding within our diocese has continued to be prominent within parish and diocesan …
St Mary’s Care Home – Job Vacancy
PART TIME ADMINISTRATION/FINANCE POSITION Role: to provide administrative support to the Home Manager in a busy Care Home. 24 Hours per week; Hourly Rate £15/hour. Please email enquiries@stmaryscarehome.co.uk to note your interest and request a job description and application form. Closing Date: 16 December 2022 for applications.
Dunkeld welcomes the Marian Franciscans
The Lawside site, the original campus of Lawside Academy and the Mercy Convent has been up for sale for a good while now, as the Convent and Pastoral Centre have become sadly surplus to requirement. Once the Mercy Sisters diminished in numbers and left the Diocese of Dunkeld, the property was purchased by the diocese for pastoral use, both for …
November Masses praying for the dead
Throughout the month of November prayers are being said in Catholic churches around the world for the repose of the soul of those who have died. In St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee, on 10th November, the Annual Mass for Deceased Clergy of the Diocese; on 12th November, the Friends of Blair’s College held a Mass to pray for the staff and …
Archbishop Mario Conti – RIP
Commenting on the death this evening of Archbishop Mario Conti, the President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, Bishop Hugh Gilbert, Bishop of Aberdeen said: “It was with great sadness that we learned today (8 November 2022) of the death of Archbishop Emeritus Mario Conti. His presence as a bishop has been a constant for so long, it is difficult …
Advent 2022
Treasuring the Questions: Weekly Reflections Online During Advent, we remember a time of strange arrivals, quiet miracles, God coming to earth as an infant, and a lot of other things we don’t really understand. This series is about journeying faithfully when we have more questions than answers, valuing the moments of light, learning to trust through the days of darkness. …
Dunkeld’s Mission Day
Fr Dermot Byrne MHM was the keynote speaker at the Annual Mission Day in Dunkeld Diocese on Saturday 22nd October 2022. He was supported by Fr Mike Freyne, Vicar Episcopal for Missions and Justice and Peace in Dunkeld; Fr Alexander Obiorah and Bishop Stephen Robson. Parishioners from parishes across the diocese gathered in the Pastoral Centre at Our Lady’s, Forebank, …
Annual Vocations Mass
The Annual Diocesan Mass for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious life took place in St Andrew’s Cathedral on Thursday 20 October at 7pm. In years gone by this event attracted a huge crowd from across the Diocese, filling the cathedral with song and praise. Photos courtesy of Eddie Mahoney While the focus of this annual Mass was vocations to the priesthood …