28 June 2018

News & Events

Pilgrimage welcomes children of our Diocese

28 June 2018

News & Events

Through the annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Pluscarden we welcomed a crowd of some 300 children, and about as many adults. Reflecting the make-up of our Diocese, and of modern society, this was very much a multi-National group.

Pluscarden Abbey

19 June 2018

PluscardenBenedictinesMag

Pluscarden Benedictines No. 182 - Pentecost 2018

Pluscarden Abbey

19 June 2018

PluscardenBenedictinesMag

The quarterly magazine which generally includes a letter from Fr Abbot, a diary of recent activity at the Abbey, book reviews and articles by monks, oblates or visitors.

Pluscarden Abbey

19 June 2018

News & Events

Visit from Russia

Pluscarden Abbey

19 June 2018

News & Events

On Saturday 9 June Pluscarden received a rather unusual group of Pilgrims from Russia: wives of Russian Orthodox Priests. Leaving their husbands at home, these ladies were touring Scotland especially to…

Pluscarden Abbey

13 June 2018

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 10B, 10 June 2018, Mark 3:20-35

Pluscarden Abbey

13 June 2018

Homilies

We rather rarely have the 10th Sunday of Ordinary time, because it tends to be superceded by Pentecost or Trinity Sunday or Corpus Christi. This year instead we’ve lost Sundays 7, 8 and 9 because of those…

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11 June 2018

Homilies

Homily for the Sacred Heart “B”, 8 June 2018, John 19:31-37

Pluscarden Abbey

11 June 2018

Homilies

One of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance. For the Roman soldier, this was a final indignity carried out on the corpse of an executed criminal. For the Jewish authorities, it was a necessary preparation for the…

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26 May 2018

Pentecost Lectures

Pluscarden Abbey

26 May 2018

The Twenty Fifth in our series of Pentecost lectures was given this year by the Oxford-based Dominican Scripture scholar Fr. Richard Ounsworth O.P. Fr. Richard gave four lectures…

Pluscarden Abbey

26 May 2018

Homilies

Homily for Pentecost Year B, 20 May 2018, on John 15:26-27;16:12-15

Pluscarden Abbey

26 May 2018

Homilies

50 days after Christ’s Resurrection from the dead, and 10 days after his Ascension into heaven, the Holy Spirit came in power upon the gathered Apostles. He came under the appearance of wind and fire…

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16 May 2018

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday Easter 7B, 13 May 2018, on Jn 17:11-19

Pluscarden Abbey

16 May 2018

Homilies

We have celebrated the feast of the Ascension, 40 days after Easter. Now with the whole Church we wait in a novena of prayer for the culmination and climax of the whole Easter mystery, the feast of Pentecost, which we…