ADVENT YOUTH GATHERING Our Lady of Sorrows RC Church, Fintry, Dundee, DD4 8NP It was so good to see everyone at Kilgraston for our weekend of prayer, games and socialising in October that we have decided to have our next diocesan youth gathering during Advent! Creative Catechesis – Mass – Food & Games Sunday 20th December 10.30am – 2.30pm Our …
WYD – First Meeting
Frankie McGuire (Youth Officer) invites all who are planning to attend next summer’s World Youth Day to ‘First World Youth Day Group Meeting’. Saturday, 21st November 2015 at 10am – 6pm St Ninian’s Institute and Pastoral Centre, 24-28 Lawside Rd, Dundee, DD3 6XY For more details, follow the link below: http ://groupspaces . com/DYS/item/1020762
Family occasion at Newport
Grace Catherine Wylie, was baptised in St Fillan’s Church, Newport on Tay, on the 1st of November. Mum and dad, Jennifer and Marcus Wylie are pictured here with grandfather, Deacon Ron Wylie who conducted the baptism (of his seventh grandchild), assisted by Canon Pat McInally. Grace’s sister and brother, Ruby and Daniel and grandmother Mrs Helen Wylie were also present.
Dunkeld pilgrims at San Gimignano – October 2015
24 Parishioners from St Anne’s Carnoustie, St Bride’s Monifieth St Thomas’s Arbroath, St Andrew’s Cathedral and five Parishioners from the Archdiocese of Edinburgh travelled to Italy as part of a Pilgrimage to the town of San Gimignano. The pilgrimage was led by Father Ian Wilson who until recently was parish priest in the cluster of parishes in Dundee & Angus. …
Working Tax Credits – Archbishop Tartaglia
Speaking in the light of the House of Lord’s vote on Tax Credits, Archbishop Philip Tartaglia says, “I hope the Government will be mindful of the concerns raised by members of the House of Lords in the debate on tax credits. I urge them to adopt a compassionate and humane approach when amending the benefits system remembering always the vulnerabilities …
Tullibody pupils work with Apostleship of the Sea
Pupils from a Catholic primary school in Tullibody, Diocese of Dunkeld, had a school assembly with a difference recently – they got the chance to discover about the lives of seafarers and the world of shipping. The students from St Bernadette’s Primary School, Tullibody were all ears when told about how seafarers play a vital role in moving essential goods …
Are you being called to be a priest?
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 …