4 July 2017

News & Events

News of the A96 Dual Carriageway Project

4 July 2017

News & Events

Friends of Pluscarden will be happy to hear good news for us, regarding the A96 Dual Carriageway Project. Transport Scotland has now officially ruled out the option of routing this major new road through...

Pluscarden Abbey

4 July 2017

News & Events

Canonical Visitation

Pluscarden Abbey

4 July 2017

News & Events

The 3-yearly Canonical Visitation of our community took place from Monday 26th to Thursday 29th June. It was carried out by the new Abbot President of...

Pluscarden Abbey

1 July 2017

Homilies

Homily for the Solemnity of SS. Peter and Paul, 29 June 2017

Pluscarden Abbey

1 July 2017

Homilies

The Catholic Church celebrates each of the twelve Apostles with an annual liturgical Feast. Some of the Apostles indeed have to double up. Saints Simon and Jude go together in October, and Saints Phillip and James in...

Pluscarden Abbey

1 July 2017

News & Events

Summer Processions at Pluscarden

Pluscarden Abbey

1 July 2017

News & Events

The sun smiled on two of our usual summer processions this year: the Feast of Corpus Christi, Sunday 18 June, and the annual Diocesan Pilgrimage, Sunday 25 June...

Pluscarden Abbey

14 June 2017

Homilies

Trinity Sunday Year A 2017

Pluscarden Abbey

14 June 2017

Homilies

“Let my Lord come with us, I beg. True, they are a headstrong people, but forgive us our faults and our sins, and adopt us as your heritage.” This is the response of Moses to God who has just...

Pluscarden Abbey

14 June 2017

News & Events

Arrival of Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima

Pluscarden Abbey

14 June 2017

News & Events

The Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima duly arrived at Pluscarden, for a special Novena of prayer, 11 - 19 June 2017. One guest spontaneously exclaimed on seeing it: "I never knew a statue could...

Pluscarden Abbey

7 June 2017

Homilies

Homily for Pentecost Sunday 4 June 2017

Pluscarden Abbey

7 June 2017

Homilies

The Holy Spirit flowed from the pierced side of Jesus on the Cross. Three days later, the risen Lord breathed the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, giving them authority to forgive or retain sins. Fifty days after that...

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23 May 2017

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday Easter 6A, 21 May 2017, on John 14:15-21

Pluscarden Abbey

23 May 2017

Homilies

Today’s Gospel follows on from last week’s. Last Sunday we heard Jesus at the Last Supper call himself the Way, the Truth and the Life (14:6). And he said that whoever sees me, sees the Father (14:9). Now we hear more profound words of Jesus...