Bishop Andrew McKenzie’s First Mass

Press release

Download the Order of Service here. Bishop Andrew’s homily: It’s wonderful to be here and thank you for your welcome. I’ve heard it said that Scots are good at complaining. I know that’s true of people from Glasgow, but cannot imagine it to be true for people from Dundee. In fact, the truth is we’re sometimes at our happiest when …

New Sunday Missal for Advent 2024

Press releases

Publishing 21 November 2024 Hodder & Stoughton is delighted to announce the publication in November 2024 of The Hodder Sunday Missal.  Our standard pricing is below, including an introductory offer for parishes, deaneries or dioceses wishing to place an order in bulk. For more details, interested parties should call our sales manager Emily Short on our Missals Hotline: 020 3122 6074 or …

UCM hosts barbecue for Perth churches

Union of Catholic Mothers

The Union of Catholic Mothers’ Perth Branch held an ecumenical barbecue at their church and welcomed over 70 member Guild members from the Fair City’s Craigie & Moncrieffe Church, Kinnoull Church, North Church, Scone Old and New, Moncrieffe Craft Ladies, Letham St Marks as well as from among their own members. Currently they are the sole surviving branch of the …

Deacon Charles Hendry dies after a short illness

Press releases

On July 4th, 2024, Deacon Charles Hendry passed away peacefully, after a short illness, bravely borne, in the loving care of his family, loving husband of Shona, devoted father of Sarah, Rachel, Ruth, Katherine and James, a loving father-in-law, grandad, brother, brother- in-law, uncle, deacon and friend. He was fortified by the Rites of the Holy Mother Church. Reception of …

Urgent Appeal – Africa Hunger Crisis

SCIAF

On the nine-hour drive to visit SCIAF’s projects in Mongu, Zambia, I saw field after field of dried maize. Crisp, yellow, dead. No rain on the horizon. I met Kashueka, a single mother with four children, who was standing near her family’s field which was full of dead maize. She told me: “Really, we’ve had no food over the past year.”Kashueka …

A Retreat for Summer

Retreat

A new retreat package for summer 2024, including reflections to listen to and other material to read and linger with, suitable to use at home or away, on retreat or in daily reflections. I Lift My Eyes: Seeking God in the natural world Cost £30 (includes printed booklet) – available now until 30th September Being in nature is a source …

Sea Sunday to be marked in churches across Dunkeld

Press releases

On Sea Sunday let us remember seafarers facing conflict, abandonment and tough times “Some of the seafarers I meet have travelled through the conflict area of the Red Sea, with its risks of attacks from Houthis, then have sailed on to the Black Sea with its own dangers, given there is no agreement on maritime safety,” says Stella Maris’ Odesa …

Fr Bogdan Palka SDS (1963-2024)

Obituary, Press releases

Official biography of the Fr Bogdan Palka SDS (1963-2024) Bogdan Pałka was born on November 1, 1963 in Krzeszowice, located between Trzebinia and Krakow. Together with his younger siblings, sister and brother, he was raised in the home of Adam and Marianna, née Piechowicz. On November 24, 1963, Bogdan’s parents brought him to the church of the Visitation of the …