As we prepare to celebrate Christmas – Bishop Stephen Robson has a special message for the people, Religious and Priests of the Diocese of Dunkeld. The wonders of the story of the first Christmas are retold through the scriptures. In our homes and churches, the crib is a focus for us at this time. It reminds us of the roles …
Pupils from Ss Peter and Paul’s Primary School, Dundee with Mgr Ken McCaffrey, Mrs Roberston and Deacon Charles Hendry on the occasion of the children’s First Communion.
3pm, Sunday 19th December – parishioners at Ss Peter & Paul’s, Dundee gather for a Carol Service – with a retiring collection in aid of the Dunkeld Lourdes Fund.
6pm, Thursday 9th December, 2021, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Perth – celebrant Bishop Stephen Robson. The original livestream has been updated. The Catholic community of Perth had been well served by St John’s Church, Melville Street which opened in 1832 and by St Mary’s Kinnoull which opened as a Redemptorist Monastery in 1869. However, after World War II, it became apparent …
The Catholic Church in Scotland has appointed The Hon Lady Rita Rae QC as the first Board Chair of the new Scottish Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (SCSSA) which will operate as a private company. Lady Rae will begin to recruit SCSSA Board Members in January 2022. The SCSSA will operate entirely independently of the Catholic Church, with its own staff and non-executive …
Bishop Stephen Robson has confirmed the following arrangements for the funeral of Fr Colin Golden, parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes, Perth. 6pm, Thursday 09 December 2021Reception of Fr Colin’s body into Our Lady of Lourdesfollowed by Holy Mass. 12 noon, Friday 10 December 2021Requiem Mass Thereafter to the graveside at Wellshill Cemetery, Perth Livestream If a stable connection …
Following the deaths of Mgr Charles Hendry and Mgr John Harty last year – and replacing two other long serving priests, Canon Neil Drysdale and Mgr Basil O’Sullivan, the following priests of Dunkeld Diocese were installed as Canons of the Chapter of St Andrew’s Cathedral on Tuesday, 30th November, 2021: Fr Mark Cassidy, Fr Brian McLean, Fr Tom Shields and …