On Thursday 30th April 2020, Bishop Stephen announced the death of Mgr Charles Hendry, parish priest of St Mary Magdalene’s, Perth. “It is with great sadness, but also with great gratitude for the priestly life filled with service to his people and to the Diocese, that I announce the death of Mgr Charles Hendry. Mgr Hendry died this afternoon at …
Good Friday Service
The Passion of the Lord – Good Friday Bishop Stephen Robson conducts the service commemorating the Passion of the Lord – alone – from St Joseph’s Chapel, Lawside, Dundee. The service included the reading of the Passion according to St John’s, Prayers of Intercession, the Veneration of the Cross and a moment of Spiritual Communion for all who, at this …
Priest School – BBC Documentary
The BBC Scotland documentary ‘Priest School’ which will be broadcast on the new BBC Scotland channel on Sunday 19th April will now be broadcast at the slightly later time of 10.15pm. Last year, the Bishops’ Conference agreed to grant the TV production company Solus Productions access to the Pontifical Scots College in order to produce an hour-long documentary. The programme …
Joint churches’ message for Holy Week
Archbishop Leo Cushley, together with the other members of the Scottish Church Leaders Forum on the Joint Statement by Leaders of Churches across Britain and Ireland, welcomed this Statement by the Leaders of Churches from across the nations of Britain and Ireland: God’s world is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis. In the nations that make up Britain and Ireland …
Scottish Catholic Observer – free edition this week
Scotland’s national Catholic newspaper will be free this week in response to the suspension of public Masses in churches throughout the country. The Scottish Catholic Observer, which has been keeping the faithful informed since 1885, has distributed the newspaper to parishes across Scotland, waiving the cover price this week as a goodwill gesture. Churches across Scotland announced on Wednesday March …
Bishop welcomes Dundee councillors’ decision to keep Catholic voting rights on education committee
Dunkeld Diocese has welcomed an almost unanimous decision to keep Catholic voting rights on Dundee City Council’s education committee. The decision came after Independent councillor Gregor Murray called for Church reps to be stripped of such powers, a motion that was overwhelmingly quashed by 26 votes to two. Cllr Murray, a former convener of the children and families services committee …
St Thérèse’s Relics arrive in Dunkeld
Hundreds of parishioners are expected to attend a special Liturgy of Welcome followed by Solemn Sung Mass with Bishop Stephen Robson in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee at 7pm on Wednesday 4th of September, as the relics of Saint Therese of Lisieux arrive in Dunkeld for the first time as part of an historic three-week tour of Scotland’s eight Catholic dioceses. …
Clergy changes – Autumn 2019
Bishop Stephen has announced the following clergy appointments: Mgr. Canon Neil Gallagher, currently parish priest of SS Leonard and Fergus and St Columba’s to become Parish Priest of St Bride’s Pitlochry, Our Lady of Mercy, Aberfeldy and St Columba’s, Birnam. (starting 21 September 2019) Fr Leszek Wiecaszek SAC of St Joseph’s parish to move from St Joseph’s Dundee, to St …