Vatican Allows Bishop Logan to Step Down
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PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE lends her DAVID KERR says the next two support to the Glaswegian Mother years will be crucial for Abbess and Benedictine nuns at the future of Christianity in the new Stanbrook Abbey. Page 4 this country. Pa ge10 No 5474 www.sconews.co.uk Friday July 6 2012 | £1 Vatican allows Bishop Logan to step down I Approval given on Bishop of Dunkeld’s wish to retire early on health grounds; administrator to be appointed By Ian Dunn “Sadly, ill health afflicted Bishop Vincent in recent years and he was unable to fulfill his pas- POPE Benedict XVI has accepted the resig- toral obligations as he would have wished and, nation of Bishop Vincent Logan of Dunkeld after careful thought and prayer, he tendered his on health grounds with immediate effect. The resignation as Bishop of Dunkeld to Pope Bene- appointment of an administrator, chosen by dict XVI,” the cardinal said. “It is now my wish senior priests of the diocese, was pending as and, I am sure, the wish of the Bishops of Scot- the SCO went to press. land, as well as, of course, the priests and people Bishop Logan, 71, who celebrated 30 years as of the Diocese of Dunkeld, that he will have a long Bishop of Dunkeld last March, said in December and happy retirement from his arduous role as 2010 that he ‘deeply regretted’ having to offer his Bishop of Dunkeld and be able to give more time resignation but felt he had ‘no choice.’ to practical pastoral initiatives at which he excels in his ministry.” Health grounds The cardinal said, having known Bishop Logan “My health means I am no longer able to give 100 since they were students together at St Andrew’s per cent and I feel the Church deserves no less,” College, Drygrange, he recalled a moment of Bishop Logan (below) said. “I owe it to the priests ‘great joy’ when ‘I learned of his appointment as and people of Dunkeld to step aside and let some- Bishop of Dunkeld on January 26, 1981.’ one else give them new leadership. It has been an The cardinal was himself ordained a bishop a honour, a privilege and a pleasure to serve the month later. priests and people of Dunkeld Diocese as their “He had been a very popular priest in the [Arch- bishop for 30 years. I am immensely grateful to diocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh] and countless people who have supported me loyally engaged in a wonderful apostolate, especially in throughout my ministry.” the field of education,” he said. Bishop Logan said that ‘God willing,’ he hoped “He obviously brought his gifts and talents with PIC: PAUL MCSHERRY to be able to continue to serve the Church. him to the Diocese of Dunkeld and moulded “I will still be able to make a contribution to the priests and people into one enthusiastic body, life of the Church in Scotland, both at national and moving forward in every aspect of pastoral activ- diocesan level, albeit in a less public role,” he said. ity and giving a wonderful example to everyone Cardinal O’Brien leads the way “Once again I offer my heartfelt thanks to every- in Scotland.” one who has worked with me over the last 30 years Cardinal O’Brien said as a bishop, Bishop for flock on old and new paths and I pray that everyone will understand why I, Logan was ‘recognised by the members of the very reluctantly, have had to come to this Bishops’ Conference of Scotland as one of our CARDINAL Keith bishops’ conferences of test’ with enemies of the decision.” ‘organisers’ and produced ‘magnificent back- O’Brien joined Catholics Europe (CCEE) and on Sat- Faith, he said, and might ground materials and drafts of documents on who were making an urday at the ordination of have to suffer ‘in some of the Tribute which we could work together.’ ancient pilgrimage walk two new priests for St same ways as the early mar- Cardinal Keith O’Brien led the tributes to his from Edinburgh to St Andrews and Edinburgh tyrs’ Ss Peter and Paul. brother bishop and said it was with ‘a certain sad- I [email protected] Andrews on Sunday as Archdiocese, Fr Jeremy The cardinal, however, ness’ that he heard the news. PIC: PAUL McSHERRY part of a weekend that he Milne and Fr John added they should ‘always spent preaching the Word Deighan. remember the example of the of God and warning of the On Sunday at St Mary’s Good Shepherd’ and follow dangers of secularism. Cathedral he told emissaries His example to serve and Though he did not join the from around Europe as well ‘seek out those who are lost.’ bold pilgrims, including as Apostolic Nuncio Arch- George Lockhart, 9, (above) bishop Antonio Mennini and I New priests called to lead for the entirety of their jour- Archbishop Mario Conti of in difficult times, page 2. ney to St Andrews for New Glasgow, that in ‘an increas- Dawn in Scotland, the cardi- ingly faithless Europe, it is I Professor Haldane calls for nal did visit the ancient town people of faith who need to ‘Catholic intellectual renais- on Monday for the opening be able to demonstrate that in sance’ at CCEE, page 5. of the New Dawn conference our own need it is in Jesus, it where he told attendees that is in the Christian message, I New Dawn in Scotland ‘each one of us by virtue of that we find the answer to report, page 7. our Baptism, Confirmation our own questions, our prob- and Holy Communion’ has a lems, our sufferings.’ duty ‘to spread the Gospel’ in The day before, in the a world where many seek to same cathedral at the ordina- silence religion. tion Mass for Scotland’s new The cardinal preached this priests this year, he told the message of New Evangelisa- two newly ordained clergy tion throughout the weekend, and the gathered congrega- on Sunday at the closing tion that these were worrying Mass of the 40th meeting of times for Catholics. general secretaries of the They faced ‘a daily con- SCO, 19 Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 6BT I tel 0141 221 4956 I fax 0141 221 4546 I e-mail [email protected] 2 PICTURE NEWS SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER Friday July 6 2012 New priests who answered the Lord’s call “Priests, by their lives, are an example for people to follow Christ’s (Top) Fr John Deighan and Fr Jeremy Milne—either side of Cardinal Keith SCOTLAND welcomed two new priests into the Church on O’Brien—pictured after their ordination to the priesthood with His Saturday in a joyful ordination ceremony in Edinburgh but also standards,” the cardinal told them. “Priests are called to share in the Eminence, Bishop Stephen Robson, Fr John Hughes, rector of the Pontifical with a rallying call for them to be ‘leaders in the Faith’given priesthood of bishops, to be moulded into the likeness of Jesus Christ... Scots College in Rome, Mgr Peter Verity from the Pontifical Beda College in the ‘difficulties Christians at this present time’ face. I ask you to be aware of the responsibilities on your shoulders as priests Rome and deacons Andrew Garden and Paul Lee. (Above left) Fr Deighan Frs Jeremy Milne and John Deighan were ordained at St Mary’s of the Church at this present time.” celebrates with his family and the bishops after his ordination. (Above) Fr Cathedral in the capital by Cardinal Keith O’Brien, assisted by Aux- New priests Milne flanked by members of his family and the bishops iliary Bishop Stephen Robson and in the presence of family, friends PICS: PAUL McSHERRY and parishioners. The parents of the late Fr Graham Turner, ordained Scotland’s new priests both arrived at the day of their ordination via dif- on Easter Monday a week before he died, were also in the congre- ferent paths. Fr Deighan, 30, was a student at the Pontifical Scots Col- He later converted to Catholicism and was welcomed into the gation. Fr Milne, a classmate of Fr Turner, had attended his ordina- lege in Rome, a seven-year course, while, Fr Milne, 48, was a later Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil in 2006, becoming a parishioner at tion in hospital at Salford Royal, and his funeral the following week. vocation and studied for four years at the Pontifical Beda College. St Margaret’s, Queensferry. Fr Deighan, who celebrated Mass with Cardinal O’Brien at the New “The sense of vocation, the call to serve God then translated into serv- Homily Dawn in Scotland conference in StAndrews on Monday, explained that ing Him as a priest,” Fr Milne said, but only after, on his parish priest’s Frs Milne and Deighan’s ordinations took place the day after the the call to priesthood came to him as a young student. advice, several years as a lay Catholic, a year of discernment and being Solemnity of Ss Peter and Paul, a well established and traditional “I was around 19 years old when I first realised it was what the Lord accepted as a candidate for seminary. date for the sacrament. In his homily, Cardinal O’Brien referenced was asking of me,” Fr Deighan said of his vocation to the priesthood. He “For me it is an immense privilege to be able to serve God and His the saints, the Protomartyrs of the Church. explained that he was encouraged to continue with his Literature stud- people,” Fr Milne said of becoming a priest.