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    Jubilee 2025

    Pope Francis has declared that next year, 2025, will be a Holy Year in the Universal Church. The idea of Jubilee has its roots in the Old Testament, with a […]

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    Jubilee 2025 Churches

    Three churches in our diocese have been designated Jubilee 2025 Churches: St Mary’s Cathedral, Aberdeen St Mary’s, Beauly Pluscarden Abbey Church

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    Hope and the Consecrated Life

    (originally a homily given at Pluscarden Abbey, 3 February 2025) I Spes non confundit (Rom 5:5), hope does not disappoint, won’t shame us, won’t let us down or make us […]

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    Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

    As we’ve already heard and experienced, today is the Sunday of the Word of God. Pope Francis established this for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time a few years ago. […]

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    Major Scottish Catholic Conference to take place at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall

    Aid to the Church in Need will organise the biggest event for the Church in Scotland this year as they bring international speakers to Scotland, including a Bishop from the […]

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    Walking Pilgrimage – Motherwell to St Andrews

    The theme of the Holy Year 2025 is Pilgrims of Hope. There is a Holy Year walking pilgrimage from Motherwell Cathedral to St Andrews, a distance of about 110 miles […]

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    Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

    “There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee.” We’re in Ordinary Time now, Green Time, but the light of the Epiphany is still shining on us. Traditionally, Epiphany comprises three […]

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    Homily for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

    For over 50 years now, this feast of the Lord’s Baptism has been raised in stature, given a higher rank in our annual calendar. And why? Because it holds so […]

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    Good Shepherd Catechesis Training

    Are you interested in passing on a love for God to our youngest Catholics? Join Sister Anna Christi, OP and Sister Catherine of the Sisters of the Gospel of Life […]

     

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