Bishop Robson’s 40th Anniversary Mass

Care Home, Press releases

Bishop Stephen Robson celebrated his 40th Anniversary as a priest at a Solemn Mass in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee, on Thursday 20th June, 2019. Archbishop Leo Cushley (St Andrew’s and Edinburgh) and Bishop William Nolan (Galloway); with priests from across his diocese of Dunkeld and beyond. Mgr Ken McCaffrey, on behalf of the Cathedral Administrator, welcomed all who had come …

Young Lourdes helpers get Catenian backing

Parish News, Press releases

Four of the young people who will be joining this year’s Dunkeld Diocese’s Pilgrimage to Lourdes received a welcome boost to their personal pilgrimage funding. Encouraged by their individual parish priests, the four had applied for support from the Catenian Association and were delighted with the news that they were successful. Sherrif Kevin Veal, acting-president of Dundee and Perth’s Catenians …

Bishop responds to publication of Independent Review Group report on Safeguarding

Press release

Responding to the IRG report, Bishop Joseph Toal, who has responsibility for overseeing the work of the Scottish Catholic Safeguarding Service, said: “The Bishops of Scotland are grateful to Baroness Helen Liddell and members of the Independent Review Group for their work in externally reviewing and monitoring the Safeguarding practices of the Catholic Church in Scotland.  We welcome their report and …

Faith of our great-grandmother’s at Ss Peter and Paul’s, Dundee

Parish News

First Holy Communion day was a little extra special for one young parishioner at Ss Peter & Paul’s, Dundee. In the same church, exactly 70 years ago, Murray Hogg’s great grandmother, Greta, celebrated her own First Holy Communion – and she has the certificate to prove it! Murray presented his great-gran with a special bouquet as a ‘thank you’ – …