DUNKELD NEWS Diocesan Newsletter of the Bishop of Dunkeld No. 7 June 2016 150th Anniversary, Immaculate Conception, Lochee - PAGES 8-9 Corpus Christi Procession of the Blessed Sacrament 3pm, Sunday, 29th May 2016 Wellburn, Liff Road, Dundee Photo coutesy of ‘Today’s Catholic Newspaper’, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend INSIDE THIS ISSUE: News, views and coming events from around the diocese ©2016 DIOCESE OF DUNKELD - SCOTTISH CHARITY NO. SC001810 page 1 St Dominic’s remembers its roots after 125 Years On Sunday 14th February 2016, staff Brother Andrew recalled the school’s to visit the classrooms where the walls were and pupils at St Dominic’s Primary School, early days when the Dominican Order first lined with old photos and other memora- Crieff, celebrated the 125th Anniversary opened a convent in Crieff. “It was a local bilia that had been loaned for the occasion. of the founding of their school. Fr Thomas lady, Mrs Mary Elwes (Mother Mary Ig- Sister Pauline and Brother Andrew looked Shields celebrated Mass for the occasion in natius), who started the convent and soon back through the schools opening Log the nearby St Fillan’s Church, attended by afterwards opened the school appropriately Book with Mrs Hunter, and were moved Sister Pauline Burling OP, Mother General named St Dominic’s. Thirty pupils attended to read the accounts of ill health and other of the school’s founding order, accompa- it, although the register reveals that there struggles that showed the great sacrifices nied by Brother Andrew Brookes OP, a son were initially many absences. The con- that had to be made in the early days. of the parish, and Mrs Elizabeth Hunter, vent closed soon after due to the sisters’ ill headteacher, with her staff and pupils. health, but the school survived and grew, Sister Pauline, accompanied by Mrs Jen- being transferred to a new building, next to ny Turnbull, led the school in singing a Do- Bishop Stephen Robson, Bishop of Dun- the church, in 1896. The old school site can minican 13th Century Blessing, ‘May God, keld, blessed a plaque to mark the anni- still be seen in what is now the church car Creator, bless us. May God, Redeemer, heal versary. He paid tribute to the long line of park. Despite difficulties in maintaining at- us. And may , God the Holy Spirit, fill us teachers who had served at the school and tendance in the face of frequent outbreaks with light”. to the families who had sacrificed so much of illness, and the need for children to help for their children’s future and he told the raise money for their families, the school pupils, “Today you are the living continuity flourished, supported by a small govern- of all those boys and girls who have been a ment grant but dependent mostly on the part of this community over all those years”. parishioners’ generosity”. Mrs Hunter thanked the generations of In 1919 the school came under the Perth- staff, families and parishioners. “They have shire Education Authority, and later, Perth left us such a rich legacy and we look for- and Kinross, lifting a financial burden from ward with hope for the future. Our journey the parish. The generosity of the parish began 125 years ago when the first parents and the families nevertheless continues to entrusted their children’s education to the the present day. Chairman of the Parent Dominican nuns who had travelled to Cri- Council, Dr Harry Schnitker, presented eff to establish a convent. a new 125th Anniversary Trophy to the school. “The school has a strong tradition We are entrusted to care for that living of support from the local community, and community, bearing witness to a common particularly the parish of St Fillan’s, here in vision and mission. We are one big family Crieff”. who trust in their faith. Everyone is equally respected and unconditionally loved in a The present building was opened in 1966. community which wants to reach out to all, especially the poor and the marginalised, Following the ceremonies, parents and and those in greatest need". pupils, past and present, were then invited page 2 @EpiscopusRobson www.dunkelddiocese.org.uk @DunkeldDiocese Working with young people in our schools and parishes Preparing for the Sacraments at St Bride’s The children from the catechism class of St Bride’s, Monifieth who will be receiv- ing the sacraments of First Penance and First Holy Communion this coming year, recently took part in the Rite of Enrol- ment where they promised to take part fully in the preparations both in class and at home. Following this they then signed their names in the Book of Enrolment. Fr Michael Carrie assured the boys and girls that everyone in the parish would be pray- ing for them as they continue their classes. Children from St Clement’s, Dundee pictured with their teachers at Children’s liturgy 5.30pm, Saturday 4th June in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee. Contact Frankie McGuire, Diocesan Youth Officer [email protected] or call 07706610543 Dunkeld Youth Service Diocesan Office 24 – 28 Lawside Road P4 and P5 at St Fergus Primary School, Dundee, pictured with Fr Neil Gallagher Dundee, DD3 6XY and school staff following the school’s Education Mass Diocese of Dunkeld, Diocesan Centre, 24-28 Lawside Road, Dundee DD3 6XY Please send us your news and photos for Dunkeld News and our website - [email protected] page 3 Divine Mercy The absolute love ‘You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect’, Jesus said in the by Sermon on the Mount to everyone gath- Kristoph Jablonski ered there (Matthew 5:48). How can the contemporary Christian become perfect? Is this possible at all? Trust God so sincerely Krzysztof was instituted as Jesus promised: By this novena, I will grant and deeply to the end, and with Him eve- Lector by Bishop Stephen in every possible grace to souls (Diary 796). rything is possible (cf. John 15: 5). The duty Perth last year and will be The novena begins on Good Friday. The of every Christian is to save their souls and Lord Jesus said to Sister Faustina: ‘The work for the salvation of their neighbours, ordained to the Permanent Feast of My Mercy has issued forth from so therefore we should capture a higher Diaconate later this year. My very depths for the consolation of the degree of perfection (cf. Lumen Gentium whole world’ (Diary 1517). The choice of 32). In God’s plan, all are called to salva- which was conveyed by Sister Faustina. The the first Sunday after Easter is not coinci- tion, and therefore we should all strive to Lord Jesus told her: I desire that the first dental – this is the octave of the Lord’s Res- holiness (cf. Lumen Gentium 39). There- Sunday after Easter be the Feast of Mercy urrection, which crowns the celebration of fore, God comes to us first with His Holy (Diary 299). I desire that the Feast of Mercy Christ’s Paschal Mystery. This period in the initiative, his desire exposes its qualities of be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and es- liturgy of the Church shows the mystery of love, kindness and mercy in the followers pecially for poor sinners. On that day the the Divine Mercy, revealed most fully pre- of Christ, because God first loved us (cf. 1 very depths of My tender Mercy are open. cisely in Christ’s passion, death and resur- John 4:19). I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon rection, more than the other periods. those souls who approach the Fount of My The Holy Father Pope Francis, in his Pa- Mercy. The soul that will go to Confession The Feast of Mercy is not only a day of pal Bull ‘Misericordiae vultus’ announcing and receive Holy Communion shall obtain great honour of God in the mystery of His the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, complete forgiveness of sins and punish- mercy, but also a day of tremendous grace, says that the mercy of God has no limits, ment. On that day all the divine floodgates which manifests itself in mercy, compas- and that the Church is a credible sign of through which graces flow are opened sion and effective assistance in all our ne- God’s mercy. Therefore, we need to con- (Diary 699). Jesus himself has defined the cessities. A living image of this huge mercy stantly contemplate these mysteries. Mercy time of the feast in the Liturgical Calendar from God is Christ the Lord himself. ‘For is the way in which God and Man are con- of the Church. He himself has defined the God so loved the world that he gave his on- nected, because it opens the heart to the purpose of this feast, and how we should ly-begotten Son, that whoever believes in hope of ever-lasting love, despite one’s sin- celebrate the feast, in order that we should him should not perish but have eternal life’ ful limitations. As Pope Francis says, many receive his promised grace, the complete (John 3:16). It was this love that showed the saints made mercy missions of their lives, forgiveness of sins and punishment. On great value that God places on every hu- including, in a special way, St Faustina that day we should receive Jesus, in Holy man being - because by the Precious Blood Kowalska. The extraordinary Holy Year is Communion and in our heart, after fer- of Christ you have been redeemed (1Peter therefore declared in order to allow one to vent confession.