Month: November 2020

  • Light of the North Advent Issue

    Welcome to our new online version of the Light of the North! The presentation of the magazine is rather different for this issue with some exciting new features, including embedded […]

  • Pastoral Letter for 1st Sunday of Advent, 2020

    Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Peace be with you! As Advent begins I want to greet you, to send you my blessing as we all begin a new liturgical […]

  • Christmas Church Attendance

    As we approach the Christmas season, parishioners throughout the diocese have been asking about arrangements for Masses over the festive period and in light of recent Scottish Government guidance surrounding […]

  • Fratelli Tutti

    Bishop Hugh Gilbert OSB reflects on Pope Francis’ encyclical ‘Fratelli Tutti’   FULL TEXT Introduction Fratelli tutti. It sounds like a flavour of ice cream, but it is of course […]

  • Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the Universal King

    If I were asked to name the final chorus of Handel’s Messiah, I might answer with the Hallelujah Chorus. But no; that concludes part two of 3three. The final chorus, […]

  • ACN’s #RedWednesday Campaign

    ACN’s #RedWednesday Campaign which will take place on Wednesday 25th November 2020. This is the day set aside by Aid to the Church in Need to remember and pray for persecuted Christians. Approximately […]

  • Homily for 33rd Sunday of the Year

    Our liturgical year is drawing to its close. Next Sunday is the solemnity of Christ the Universal King. Then the Sunday after the cycle begins again with Advent. This steady […]

  • Is the Pope a Catholic?

    A Talk on Pope Francis by Bishop Hugh Gilbert OSB Part 1:

     

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