22 August 2016

News & Events

Visit from African Congregation Sisters

22 August 2016

News & Events

The Diocese of Aberdeen has recently welcomed Sisters from two new African Congregations. Three Daughters of Divine Love are now established in Inverness, and three...

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20 August 2016

News & Events

Fr. Bede is elected Prior of Kristo Buase Monastery, Ghana

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20 August 2016

News & Events

On Saturday 6 August, the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, the Abbot President of the Subiaco-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation, Dom Bruno Marin, signed...

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20 August 2016

Homilies

Homily for 14 August 2016, Sunday 20C, on Luke 12:49-53

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20 August 2016

Homilies

On Monday 23 November 1654, something happened to the French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Paschal which transformed his life for ever...

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9 August 2016

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 17C, 2016

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9 August 2016

Homilies

“Praeceptis salutaribus moniti et divina institutione formati, audemus dicere”… With these words later in this Mass I will introduce the Lord’s Prayer. In the official English translation this is: “At the Saviour’s command and...

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2 August 2016

News & Events

International meeting of on-going monastic formation

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2 August 2016

News & Events

At the initiative of our Abbot President Dom Bruno Marin, Pluscarden this summer hosted an international meeting of on-going monastic formation for monks and nuns.

The theme of the meeting was...

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13 July 2016

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 15C, 10 July 2016, on Lk 10:25-37

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13 July 2016

Homilies

In this Year of Mercy it’s impossible not to comment on the Parable of the Good Samaritan. The point of this parable is not in the first place the mercy we receive from God, but the mercy we...

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8 July 2016

News & Events

Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Pluscarden

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8 July 2016

News & Events

The Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Pluscarden took place on Sunday 26 June. As usual a refreshments Marquee on our front lawn served snacks from 12.00 noon, this year in lovely warm sunshine.

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7 July 2016

Homilies

Pastoral Letter by Dom Hugh Gilbert OSB, Bishop of Aberdeen, for 14th Sunday of the Year

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7 July 2016

Homilies

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The recent Referendum has thrown us into uncertainty. Some of this, please God, will be of short duration, but other elements will be with us for longer. We are not used to this. The whole world, indeed, seems particularly...