Contact your parish priest or Fr Colin Golden, Dunkeld’s Director for Priestly Vocations, if you would like to learn more about becoming a priest. Fr Colin Golden – Our Lady of Lourdes, Struan Road, Perth, PH1 2JP.Telephone 01738 626979 Why should I think of becoming a Priest? In his book The Joy of Priesthood Fr. Stephen Rossetti writes, “Many generous young people want …
Plans lodged for 60-bed care facility at Wellburn
Wellburn Care Home could be set for a major new facility — just months after it was feared the well-known service would be lost forever. Plans to build a new 60-bedroom residential care facility at Wellburn House, in Liff Road, have been submitted to Dundee City Council. If given the go-ahead, work on the new facility will get under way …
St John Paul Prayer Movement
The St John Paul Prayer Movement meet on Thursday evening, 8th October 2015, for their regular weekly prayer group at the Diocesan Pastoral Centre, St Joseph’s Convent, Lawside Rd, Dundee, with Bishop Stephen Robson in attendance. His encouragement and support has been much valued. The two hour prayer meeting was a very uplifting, blessed and anointed time together, taking people …
New Deacon Ordained
Ron Wylie, a parishioner at St Joseph’s, Dundee, was ordained to the Permanent Diaconate by Bishop Stephen Robson during the Annual Diocesan Mass for Vocations at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee on Saturday 3rd October 2015. Rev. Ron Wylie will now take up his duties as Deacon in the parish of St Pius X, Dundee.
Pro Life Mass in St Andrew’s Cathedral
Bishop Stephen Robson celebrated Mass in St Andrews Cathedral last night to mark 40 years of The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children in Dundee. The branch was started in 1975 by Marysia Kobylarska O’Sullivan who is still active in the branch and attended the Mass. Also present for the occasion were SPUC National Director John Smeaton; John Deighan, …
Scottish delegation travel to Philadelphia for World Meeting of Families
For the first time ever, the Catholic Church in Scotland will be officially represented at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, between 22 and 25 September 2015. The delegation will be led by Bishop John Keenan of Paisley and include Fr Nicholas Monaghan from the Church’s National Commission for Marriage and the Family. They will be joined by John …
Job Vacancy – St Stephen’s RC Primary, Blairgowrie
Principal Teacher, St Stephen’s RC Primary School, Blairgowrie (PKC01088) Ref no: PKC01088 Closes: Sunday, 27th September 2015 Published: Monday, 14th September 2015 Location: St Stephen’s Primary School, Blairgowrie Community Campus, Elm Drive, Blairgowrie Salary: £38,034 – £38,034 per year Hours: 35.00 hours per week Contract Type: Term Time Full Time Position Type: Permanent See more at: https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/perth-and-kinross-council/jobs/principal-teacher-st-stephens-rc-primary-school-blairgowrie-pkc01088-27916#sthash.er2AZqLA.dpuf
Cupar Pilgrims on the Camino
On Saturday 5th September parishioners from St Columba’s, Cupar, including their Parish Priest Canon Pat McInally completed the 111km walk along the ancient pilgrim way of St James (known as the ‘Camino’) following the French Route from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela. The attached picture shows the group arriving in good spirits at the the entrance to the Cathedral Square …
Italian Pilgrimage – Treviso
THE majestic Cathedral of San Pietro of Treviso with its seven domes. In the 15th and 16th century the neoclassical cathedral was built here in place of an old Romanesque church. The two lions at the foot of the stairway now bear witness to its medieval origins. Despite the monumental neo-classical design of the cathedral it houses inside a beautiful …