New Vocations site for Dunkeld

Press releases, Vocations

Fr Michael Carrie, chaplain at Dundee University and the University of Abertay, is a member of Dunkeld Diocese’s Vocations Team. On Good Shepherd Sunday 2016, a Day of Prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood, Fr Michael launches a new-look Vocations website filled with the latest news about our student priests already studying in the seminaries, and those who are considering …

Mass of Chrism

Press releases

On Wednesday evening of Holy Week, Bishop Stephen Robson, Bishop of Dunkeld, celebrated the Mass of Chrism at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee. During the Holy Mass, the Bishop Stephen blessed the sacred oils (Chrism, the oil of catechumens, and the oil of the sick), which will be used during the Easter Vigil, and in liturgical celebrations throughout the year. In …

Jubilee for Catechists

Press releases

Bishop Stephen celebrated Mass in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee, to mark the Jubilee for Catechists, RCIA, Parents, Catholic Teachers and all who pass the faith children.

Scotland’s Youngest Branch of the UCM opens in Perth

Press releases

Fr Colin Golden, parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes, welcomed Bishop Stephen Robson, Bishop of Dunkeld, to celebrate the start of Scotland’s youngest branch of the Union of Catholic Mothers on Friday 11th March. Representative of the UCM, both National and Diocesan gathered to witness the news shoots of life for an association that marked its centenary in 2013. …

Pro Life Day creates a buzz in Dundee

Lay Associations, Press releases

Over 60 delegates attended Dundee’s second Afternoon for Life – Building a Pro-Life Scotland – on 27th February at the St Ninian Institute. The Afternoon was jointly hosted by Bishop Stephen Robson and the Dundee branch of SPUC and was organised in response to the devolving of abortion law to Scotland. Professor of Economics from Nottingham University Business School, David …

Bishop celebrates 2nd Station Mass at Afbroath

Parish News

Bishop Stephen Robson presided at a Deanery of St Andrew’s Lenten Mass at St Thomas of Canterbury Arbroath. The deanery which St Thomas’, Arbroath, St Anne’s, Carnoustie, St .Columba’s Cupar, St Fergus Forfar, St Anthony’s, Kirriemuir, St Bride’s, Monifieth, St Margaret’s, Montrose, St Fillian’s Newport and Our Lady Star of the Sea, Tayport.

Triple Celebrations for St Dominic’s, Crieff

Press releases

On Sunday 14th February 2016, staff and pupils at St Dominic’s Primary School, Crieff, celebrated celebrated a triple anniversary: the 50th Anniversary of their current school building, the 125th Anniversary of the founding of their school, and the 800th Anniversary of the Dominican Order who founded the school. The Very Reverend Dr Thomas Shields celebrated Mass for the occasion in the nearby St Fillan’s …