Preparations are underway for the Episcopal Ordination of Canon Andrew McKenzie, Dunkeld’s new bishop. Mass will be celebrated in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee, at 11am on Saturday 10th August – led by His Excellency , The Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, and H.E. Archbishop Leo Cushley and the Bishops of Scotland.In addition to the priests of our own diocese, …
Perth knitters together for the seafarers
Seafarers across the world are benefitting from Perth’s long-standing shawl ministry. The ecumenical knitting group, which meets in St Leonard’s church hall in Perth, provided 150 hats and neck warmers to ensure seafarers are wrapped up well for all manner of weathers. Doug Duncan, who is Port Chaplain in the north east of Scotland to seafaring charity Stella Maris, welcomed the …
Flowers and prayers at the Sisters graves at Wellburn
Mother Provincial of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Mother Anthony Francis came to pay her respects to the Little Sisters who are buried at Wellburn. Mother Anthony Francis is from Denny in Stirlingshire but had never been to Wellburn as she had spent 40 years in France before she was appointed Mother Provincial around 4 years ago to look …
Mgr O’Sullivan’s 68th ordination anniversary
Monsignor Basil O’Sullivan, parish priest at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Auchterarder, will celebrate 68 years since his ordination as a priest on 17th June. As the Parish Priest in Dunblane from 1988 until 2021, he was he one of the first to arrive at Dunblane Primary School following the terrible attack on pupils and staff on 13th March 1996. …
First Communions at Tullibody
Fr Mike Freyne with the boys and girls who made their First Holy Communion at St Bernadette’s Church, Tullibody.
Marriage, Family and Life Commission Mass
Canon Kevin Golden offered Mass for the work of the newly formed Diocesan Office for the Scottish Bishop’s Marriage, Family and Life Commission on Saturday 8th June in St Andrew’s Cathedral. The Commission’s aims include developing resources to celebrate the domestic church, and supporting Marriage through preparation, enrichment and counselling. A key aim is to promote the dignity of life from conception to natural death. The Dunkeld …
News Update on the Journey of Faith Together
Communion: Participation: Mission With the document Towards October 2024 sent last December to all the bishops of the world, the General Secretariat of the Synod asked the local churches and groups of Churches to deepen some aspects of the Synthesis Report that are fundamental to the theme of the Synod, starting from a guiding question of the entire synodal process: ‘How to be a …
Cathy Reid, long standing parishioner and very active member of the church and community at St Columba’s, Birnam celebrated her 80th birthday on Thursday 30th May. Mass at St Columba’s Birnam was offered on Saturday 1st June by Canon Andrew Clark who was standing in for Fr Emamuel who was on retreat.
Dunkeld’s new Bishop is announced from Rome
At 12 noon today (Monday 27th May 2024) in Rome (11am GMT) it was announced, that Pope Francis had nominated Canon Andrew McKenzie as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Dunkeld. He will succeed Bishop Stephen Robson who was Bishop of Dunkeld from 2013 to 2022. Reacting to his appointment, Fr. Andrew said: “I am humbled by the trust that Pope Francis …