ADVENT PASTORAL LETTER FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Pastoral Letter

Please download an share a copy of the Pastoral Letter here. Curial Office, 24-28 Lawside Rd. DUNDEE. DD3 6XY email: bishop@dunkelddiocese.org.uk My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I write to you on this Third Sunday of Advent when the theme of JOY is central to the Liturgy: Gaudete!, Rejoice! Today we are encouraged to be joyful at the coming …

Ordination of Fr Andrew Marshall

Press release, Vocations

Fr Andrew Marshall was ordained by Bishop Stephen Robson, on Thursday 29th June 2018, in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee. Please click once on an individual photo to start a slideshow. PHOTOGRAPHS – Courtesy – Andrew Mitchell. A larger gallery, with higher resolution and printing options, can be found – here Thanksgiving Mass – in St Andrew’s Cathedral on Saturday 31st …

MISSIO

Mission Awareness

Remember #WeAreStillHere! EARLIER this year, Pope Francis highlighted his passion for the Pontifical Mission Societies—known here as Missio Scotland—saying the mission is at the heart and identity of the Church, and the worldwide network reflects the rich variety of the ‘people with a thousand faces.’ Now, a new initiative by the various National Offices of the PMS throughout the world—entitled …

Justice and Peace Campaign Video

Mission work, Press releases

Dunkeld’s Director of Mission Awareness, Fr Mike Freyne MHM, received this news from Francis Gallagher at Justice and Peace (Scotland): “Vatican News have shared our latest campaign video! They have 3.1 million followers on their Facebook page.  You can see their Facebook post here. Vatican News said that they were happy to share it as it shows a nice response.”

Dundee and Perth Catenians are entertained in style

Lay Associations

This year’s programme for the Dundee and Perth Catenian Association opened with entertainment by Marcin Pokusa, a music teacher from Poland whose music has been performed for Popes and presidents, and whose religious compositions have been danced to by over a million young people at the World Youth Day in Krakow. Marcin performed and sang as his story was unfolded …

Okerai Primary School, Amuria District, Uganda

Mission work

Please download the project appeal here. This report comes as a result funds sent via SPICMA from the parishes of St Bernadette’s, St Mungo’s and St John Vianney’s in the Diocese of Dunkeld, Scotland to CEREDO. Background: The School Sanitation Support Project has been an intervention for Okerai Primary School in Amuria District in Eastern Uganda. This area lies in …

Dundee delegates attend SPUC’s 50th anniversary conference

Pro Life, SPUC

After 50 years of legal abortion, Professor tells conference that society holds conflicting attitudes on the value of life Professor John Wyatt, Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics this weekend (15-17 September) wowed delegates at the SPUC National Conference with his insights on human life, gained from his long career of caring for premature and desperately sick babies. Professor Wyatt gave …

We must fight the ‘culture of death’

Press release, Press releases

Each year, around the Feast of the Visitation of our Lady, the Catholic Church in Scotland celebrates the Day for Life, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the meaning and value of human life at every stage, and in every condition. Human life is a sacred and precious gift from God and must be treated with the upmost respect. …