Clare McGraw, diocesan spokesperson for pro-life, has urged Catholics and people of goodwill across Scotland to take part in a mass lobby of the Scottish Parliament to oppose the proposed Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. On 13th May, MSPs voted narrowly in favour of the Bill, introduced by Liam McArthur MSP, by 70 votes to 56. The …
Dunkeld Representative Backs Call for Ban on Trade with Israeli Settlements
Susan McAllion, Dunkeld’s representative on the Scottish Catholic Church’s National Justice and Peace Commission, has joined international calls for an end to trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. “Justice & Peace Scotland has joined with over 80 international organisations to launch a new campaign calling for a ban on trade with Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied …
Esther’s sacristan’s skills are “learned from the heart”
Esther McNair-Chaplin retires after 25 Years of Service at St John the Baptist, Perth After 25 years of quiet but dedicated service, Esther McNair-Chaplin has stepped down from her role as sacristan at St John the Baptist RC Church in Perth. Her retirement marks the end of an era defined by devotion, creativity, and a strong sense of purpose. Esther …
Support call for Scotland Demands Better March and Rally
Justice & Peace Scotland has announced its support for the Scotland Demands Better campaign, a new national movement coordinated by the Poverty Alliance and backed by more than 100 organisations across the country. The campaign highlights the stark reality that over one million people in Scotland are currently living in poverty and calls for urgent action. Its central demands include: better jobs, …
Priesthood and Religious Life
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Dear Brothers and Sisters, Salva me bona crux! Save me, good cross! According to tradition, this is the dying prayer of St Andrew. He said these words as he prepared to give his life for his faith in Jesus. But in the Roman world, the cross was anything but “good.” It was a cruelinstrument of …
Dunkeld News – September ’25
It is a joy for me to welcome you back to the Dunkeld News, our journal in Dunkeld that helps bind the people and parishes of our diocese together: sharing news, events and taking strength from each other’s energy and faith. I would like to see the Dunkeld News go from strength to strength. It is the diversity of our …
Canonisation for Carlo Acutis
Writing in his parish newsletter, Mgr Basil O’Sullivan at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Auchterarder, anticipates Sunday’s Canonisation of Carlo Acutis: “A Saint of, and for, our time; and he was British born. Carlo Acutis was born in London of Italian parents, May 1991, and baptised in the church in Our Lady of Dolours, Chelsea, a few weeks later. His …
Young Dunkeld Pilgrims in Rome!
As part of the wider 2025 Jubilee events for “Pilgrims of Hope”, the Jubilee of Youth took place from 28th July to 3rd August. This summer, four young pilgrims from Dunkeld – siblings Charis Soares, Arianne, Alisha, and Shane McCrosson – travelled from Cupar, Dundee and Auchterarder to join over 1 million Catholic young people from more than 146 countries, …