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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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    Homily for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ

    Brothers and Sisters, today – the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi – we will be processing with the Blessed Sacrament from our Cathedral to St […]

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    Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Pluscarden

    Bishop Hugh would like to extend an invitation to you to the Pluscarden Pilgrimage, which takes place on Sunday, 29th June. 

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    Voluntary Post: Finance Chair

    The Diocese is looking to recruit a Chairperson for the Finance Sub-committee, which meets quarterly to review and discuss the Finance Report which is prepared by the Diocesan Finance Manager. […]

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    Message from the Bishop on the Election of Pope Leo XIV

    With great joy, we welcome the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. He is the first pope to hail from North America, born on 14 September […]

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    Called to Care, Not to Kill

    Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Last year we alerted you to a Bill in the Scottish Parliament to introduce assisted suicide for citizens in Scotland aged sixteen and over.

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    Fr. Peter Kelly Obituary

    25-11-1952 – 10-04-2025. He was born on the 25 November 1952, in Greenside, outside Newcastle, in what was then County Durham. He was the second of four children born to […]

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    Light of the North – Easter 2025

    Welcome to the Easter issue of the Light of the North.

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    Homily for Easter Vigil

    In my garden stands a particularly fine cherry tree. Until moving there, I hadn’t realised how tall cherry trees can be. It is almost the tallest tree in the garden, […]

     

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