The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland has announced the appointed of Jim McKelvie as the Scottish Delegate for the Holy Year 2025. The Holy Year is a special year of grace, in which the Church offers the faithful the possibility of obtaining a plenary indulgence. Traditionally, it begins just before Christmas and ends on the Epiphany of the following year. The …
Round Britain Sailing Pilgrimage in Aid of Stella Maris A Southampton sailor has thanked Dunkeld Diocese parishioners for taking him to their hearts – after berthing here recently as part of a 2.5 months long sailing pilgrimage in aid of Stella Maris. Russ Fairman, along with his intrepid crew members, is a passionate supporter of Stella Maris. He’s been aiming …
Pilgrims from St Ninian’s and St Clement’s, Dundee, recently spend five days in Fatima and Lisbon. In the sanctuary they visited the Holy Trinity Church, and, att the Basilica, Mass was celebrated in the Chapel of Apparitions and the group visited the museum where they saw the crown of Our Lady of Fatima which contained the bullet that hit Pope John Paul …
Mgr Aldo was ordained a priest by Bishop William Andrew Hart on 3rdJuly 1973 in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee, a day that he says “filled me with so much joy and hope, a day I will never forget”. Immediately Bishop Hart sent him to ‘hold the fort’ at Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Fintry, Dundee, as the Servite Fathers …
Gerard Gough, Director of MISSIO Scotland reports: “We recently returned from a Mission Trip to Sri Lanka to visit some of the projects we are supporting and we were taken to one of the sites of the 2019 bombings, St Sebastian’s Church and nearby cemetery.” “I wrote about my experience and how Scottish Catholics, through their support for Missio Scotland, …
Fr Tobias celebrated the 30th Anniversary of his priestly ordination at a Mass in St Pius X, Dundee, on Sunday 30th July. Friends and parishioners from Fr Tobias’s previous parishes in Pitlochry and Forfar joined with members of St Pius X and St Patrick’s, Dundee, for the Mass which was concelebrated by his brother priests from across the diocese and …
In February of this year, I visited Ethiopia with SCIAF. I found a country that, in addition to suffering from two years of brutal conflict, is now experiencing its worst drought in recent history. Rivers are dry, crops have failed and their animals are dead. It was clear that families have nowhere left to turn. They’ve lost everything. Communities are entirely …
Bishop Emeritus Stephen Robson and Mgr Aldo Angelosanto with the young people who received the Sacrament of Confirmation at Mass in St Bride’s, Monifieth, together with their sponsors, on Sunday 18th June, 2023. Photo courtesy of Eddie Mahoney
The Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, Maurice Taylor, died peacefully at Dundonald House Care Home, Dundonald, Ayrshire on 14th June 2023. He was 97 years old and a bishop for 42 years. Maurice Taylor was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, on 5th May 1926, the eldest of four children. He attended St Cuthbert’s Primary, Burnbank; St Aloysius College, Glasgow and Our Lady’s …