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    Singing Tutor (Choral Director)

    The Diocese of Aberdeen, in conjunction with the National Schools Singing Programme (NSSP), seeks to appoint a Choral Director commencing as soon as possible.

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    Homily for Easter Sunday

    Dear Brothers and Sisters, happy Easter! Easter really is a happy thing. It’s the happy thing.  It’s the happiness that rescues every other happiness, be it great or small. Easter […]

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    Homily for Easter Vigil

    “Come, Easter, come” said a poet (Vernon Watkins). Well, Easter is coming – here and now. Coming out of the dark of a long winter. Coming after much Lenten preparation. […]

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    Light of the North – Easter 2024

    Welcome to the Easter issue of the Light of the North, the magazine of the Diocese of Aberdeen.

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    Homily for Good Friday

    Over the road, in Crown St, are some offices the homeless charity Shelter. Shelter – isn’t that what we’re seeking today, Good Friday? The shelter of divine charity.

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    Homily for Maundy Thursday 2024

    The Last Supper, and our Mass tonight, are intense and full of “stuff”; full of words and gestures, of old and new; so intimate and anguished all at once, desolate […]

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    Chrism Mass

    Today’s Mass stands out. It’s one of those diocesan occasions when the Church puts on her best clothes. Here we are, laity, religious, deacons, priests and a bishop. Here is […]

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    Homily for Palm Sunday

    Do we love the Lord? We want to, surely. And why do we love him? I mean, why do I, you, each of us love him? Why are we bothered […]

     

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