Cecilian Choir visits Pitlochry

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Members of Dundee’s Cecilian Choir visited Pitlochry recently for a full sung Mass at St Bride’s. Mary Veal directed the choir, and Kevin Veal accompanied at the organ. Canon Kevin McBride, Diocesan Administrator, and Fr Emmanuel Adindu MSP celebrated the Mass. Canon Kevin paid tribute to the musicians many years of enhancing the liturgy and made special mention of composers R.R. Terry …

Scottish Bishops call on parishioners to lobby MSP’s against assisted suicide

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The Catholic Parliamentary Office has called on parishioners across Scotland to lobby MSPs against dangerous proposals to legalise assisted suicide. A briefing, which has been sent to every Catholic parish in the country, asks parishioners to contact local MSPs, either as individuals or as part of an organised parish group. Director of the Catholic Parliamentary Office, Anthony Horan, urged Catholics to …

Bishop’s Retiral Mass

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Parishioners and their priests from throughout the diocese gathered at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee, on Thursday 24th August 2023, for a Mass of Thanksgiving for the Episcopal Ministry of Bishop Stephen Robson. The Mass to mark the retirement of Bishop Stephen Robson, held in the Cathedral on Thursday past, was an occasion of grace for all who attended; people come …

Fund raising for Mary’s Meals

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An afternoon of music with Gary White at Our Lady of Victories (St Mary’s), Forebank Road, Dundee on Sunday 1st October at 2.30pm. Come along and hear the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ in the style of the Blackpool Tower Ballroom – dance and sing along to favourites old and new. Tickets £7 from gerardfulton@yahoo.co.uk

Scottish Bishops appoint delegate for 2025 Holy Year

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The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland has announced the appointed of Jim McKelvie as the Scottish Delegate for the Holy Year 2025. The Holy Year is a special year of grace, in which the Church offers the faithful the possibility of obtaining a plenary indulgence. Traditionally, it begins just before Christmas and ends on the Epiphany of the following year. The …

Sea Sunday – 16th June ’23

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Round Britain Sailing Pilgrimage in Aid of Stella Maris A Southampton sailor has thanked Dunkeld Diocese parishioners for taking him to their hearts – after berthing here recently as part of a 2.5 months long sailing pilgrimage in aid of Stella Maris. Russ Fairman, along with his intrepid crew members, is a passionate supporter of Stella Maris. He’s been aiming …

Dundee pilgrims head to Fatima

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Pilgrims from St Ninian’s and St Clement’s, Dundee, recently spend five days in Fatima and Lisbon. In the sanctuary they visited the Holy Trinity Church,  and, att the Basilica, Mass was celebrated in the Chapel of Apparitions and the group visited the museum where they saw the crown of Our Lady of Fatima  which contained the bullet that hit Pope John Paul …

Mgr Aldo’s Golden Jubilee

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Mgr Aldo was ordained a priest by Bishop William Andrew Hart on 3rdJuly 1973 in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee, a day that he says “filled me with so much joy and hope, a day I will never forget”. Immediately Bishop Hart sent him to ‘hold the fort’ at Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Fintry, Dundee, as the Servite Fathers …