Not far from Pluscarden, just on the other side of the River Lossie, stands the small Church of Birnie, dedicated to St. Brendan. By repute St. Brendan himself is said to have visited the site, and indeed to have established a Church there, in place of a pagan shrine, in the early 6th century.
Annual Aberdeen Diocesan Pilgrimage to Pluscarden: Sunday 30 July 2024; the transferred Feast of SS. Peter and Paul
RESIGNATION OF THE ABBATIAL OFFICE BY FR. ABBOT ANSELM
The Roof goes on, and Sleeping Joseph is completed
Work on our new ladies' Guest House, St. Joseph's, is progressing quite rapidly.
In one of our pictures given below you see 9 men working at once, not untypically, on the roof.
At the time of writing this news post, the roof's skeleton frame is covered by planks and a membrane, and the 5 North-facing Dormer Window frames are in place. The slaters are at work in a shed to the side, sorting out their slates, ready to start going on.