On the Feast of St Mungo, first Bishop of Glasgow, the death has been announced of his 40th successor, Metropolitan Archbishop Philip Tartaglia. A spokesperson for the Diocese of Glasgow said, “Archbishop Tartaglia had tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after Christmas and was self-isolating at home. The cause of death is not yet clear. “ Bishop Stephen Robson, Bishop of Dunkeld, has …
I find it very strange to be sitting here at my PC on a Saturday evening at this time. I should be all ready to go onto the Altar at St Bride’s for the Vigil Mass and then on to St Anne’s for the Saturday Vigil there also. I think this lockdown is harder to bear than the first. To …
Recognising the dangers posed by the new faster-spreading variant of COVID-19, we note the Scottish Government’s decision to close all places of worship from Friday 8 January 2021.* The Scottish Government believes that such measures are necessary to curtail the spread of this new strain during the roll-out of the vaccine. We appreciate the difficult choices facing the Scottish Government at …
There is a beautiful little story about a long, tedious train journey, made one Christmas day by some elderly residents of a nursing home who were on their way to a vacation spot. At one station, a young mother with a small child entered the train. The child smiled at all the grim faces around him and began moving from …
A service of Carols, Readings and Prayers was held at St Joseph’s, Dundee, this week. Organist Kevin Veal was joined by daughter Mary on her clarsach for a programme of wordless carols. Included in the service of carols, readings and prayers, led by parish priest Fr Gregory Murphy OP, were reflections by St Ambrose and Meister Eckhart OP. The capacity …
Anne Kelly, who visits members of her congregation when they are unwell and unable to attend Mass, was presented the Benemerenti medal by Fr Mark Cassidy at St Mary’s the Immaculate Conception in Lochee. The 81-year-old is so devoted to her church she set up a Facebook account during lockdown to watch weekly Mass livestreams. A small service with Anne’s …
Bishop Stephen Robson attended St Stephen’s Church on the Third Sunday of Advent to share in the parish’s First Holy Communion celebrations and to confer the Sacrament of Confirmation on eight young people. Both celebrations had been delay from earlier in the year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Fr Gregory express a warm welcome to the Bishop Robson and congratulated …
Says Canon Kevin Golden, “This year of course things are rather different: it will be quite some time I guess, before we are able to gather together again freely in such a forum, moving around to share with each other and discuss in smaller groups etc.” Indeed, the Canon’s popular series of talks seemed destined to fall victim to the …
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