Recruitment campaign for safeguarding agency

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Lady Rae has commissioned the recruitment agency Aspen People to manage a recruitment process that is open to anyone with the interest, experience and expertise that will shape the work of the new body which will be registered as a private company, limited by guarantee. Applications from people of all faith backgrounds and none will be considered.   Launching the recruitment campaign, Lady Rae …

General Secretary of the Synod will be keynote speaker at online seminar

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Entitled Synodality in the Life and Mission for the Church – one one the Church’s newest Cardinals, His Eminence Mario Grech, will be the keynote speaker at the Bishops of Scotland’s forthcoming Colloquium on Synodality. Other speakers include Catherine Joseph Droste OP, Ed Morgan, Sara Parvis, Guy Mansini OSB and Anne Marie McGuan RSM. The online event will take place …

Dunkeld’s New Honorary Canon

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Fr Andrew Clark has been appointed an honorary Canon of the Diocese of Dunkeld. Fr Andrew has served as a Chaplian to the prison service since 1994, including 3 years as Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain to HM Prison Service in England and Wales, and for the last 18 years as Chaplain in Glenochil prison, from which he has recently retired. …

First Anniversary Mass for Bishop Emeritus Vincent Logan

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Canon Kevin Golden VG, Administrator at St Andrew’s Cathedral, celebrate the First Anniversary Mass for Bishop Vincent Logan on Friday, 14th January, 2022 at 1pm in St Andrew’s Cathedral. Mass for Bishop Emeritus Vincent Logan. The Mass will also be live streamed – www.dunkelddiocese.co.uk/livestream-mass One year ago Bishop Logan’s Requiem was among many that were celebrated with restricted numbers in our …

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Return of Sunday Obligation delayed

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At the beginning of Advent the Bishops of Scotland had looked forward to welcoming the faithful back to Holy Mass and anticipated that the restoration of the Sunday Obligation might be possible at the start of the New Year. Announcing its postponement, a spokesperson for the Bishops said: “Sadly, there has been a serious worsening of the situation and the …

3rd Sunday of Advent, Year C

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Mass for the 3rd Sunday of Advent, Year C – at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee, celebrated by Mgr Pat McInally – parish priest at St Columba’s, Cupar. Mgr McInally spoke about Pope Francis’ 2013 encyclical – Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel, which opens with these words: “The Joy of the Gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who …