Lenten Talks at Blairgowrie
Bishop Stephen was among the invited guests who led the Lenten talks at St Stephen’s RC Church, Blairgowrie, this weekend.
Green Flag for St John’s Academy, Perth
Scotland has become the first country to have 2,000 schools awarded a ‘Green Flag’ eco-award. Eco-Schools, the largest sustainable school programme in the world, presented the milestone achievement to pupils and staff at St John’s RC Academy in Perth last week. To achieve the certification a school has to demonstrate it has a green ethos in all areas and is …
Reflection on Our Lady – Lawside FP returns to talk
On Tuesday 14th March, St Ninian’s Institute, Dundee, welcomed back a son of the Diocese, Dominican friar Andrew Brookes to present an evening of reflection on Our Lady. Andrew, for a number of years a resident of Dundee and RE teacher at Lawside Academy, and whose parents live in Crieff, led a group from several parishes across the diocese, in …
Awards for Catholic Teachers
Some of this year’s teachers, with Bishop Stephen and Mgr Ken McCaffrey, being presented with their certificates for a new course called ‘SETTING OUT ON THE ROAD’, organised by SCES and Dunkeld Diocese.
Bishop’s Pastoral Letter – 40 Day for Life
Lent 2017 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Lent is slightly different this year in that as part of our penitential celebrations I would like to alert you to a new Movement which originated in the USA and has rapidly swept the Catholic World: the 40 Days Prayer for Lent. Being an important and infamous anniversary the year 2017 marks …
Art Exhibition
The St Ninian Institute is hosting an Art Exhibition, with works by Dundee Artist and Musician Maggie T Ferrie, from Monday 20th February until Saturday 25th February. Maggie is lead singer in the Swizzle Sisters and a former pupil of Lawside Academy in Dundee and is excited by the oppportunity to be presenting her work in the building which was …
World Day of Prayer for the Sick, Lochee
Mgr Aldo Angelosanto hosts Dunkeld’s Annual Mass to mark World Day of Prayer for the Sick in the church of the Immaculate Conception, Dundee on Saturday 11th February, 2017 – Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. In a special message for the occasion Pope Francis said, Dear brothers and sisters – the sick, healthcare workers and volunteers – I ask …