12 December 2018

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, 2 December 2018, Advent 1C: Ps 24:1-3; Lk 21:25-36

12 December 2018

Homilies

Today’s Entrance Antiphon offers us the first three verses of Psalm 24(25): To you I lift up my soul, O my God. This same text is given in the lectionary as the Responsorial Psalm after the first reading; or, in the Roman Gradual, as the Chant at…

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12 December 2018

News & Events

News on the A 96 dual carriageway

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12 December 2018

News & Events

There has been some progress in the planning of the new A 96 dual carriageway between Aberdeen and Inverness. Transport Scotland made an announcement on 4 December 2018 about its preferred option for the route…

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4 December 2018

Homilies

Homily for the feast of St. Andrew, 30 November 2018: Matthew 4:18-22

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4 December 2018

Homilies

In the General Roman Calendar, the 30th of November is celebrated as a Feast. But in Scotland, it’s kept as a Solemnity, because St. Andrew is the Patron Saint of Scotland. Some few small pieces of bone, revered…

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14 November 2018

Homilies

Homily for the 32nd Sunday of Year B

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14 November 2018

Homilies

One of the most tiresome aspects of travel is baggage - getting it all together, deciding what to take, what to leave, making sure you’ve left nothing out – passport, pills, papers, tickets, money, spare this or that. You’ve…

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10 November 2018

News & Events

Bishop Hugh elected President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland

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10 November 2018

News & Events

At their recent Conference meeting, the Scottish Catholic Bishops elected our own Bishop and former Abbot, Dom Hugh Gilbert OSB, as their President. We are delighted to hear this news, and assure Bishop Hugh of…

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7 November 2018

Homilies

Homily for the Solemnity of the Dedication of Pluscarden Abbey Church

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7 November 2018

Homilies

According to the mind of the Catholic Church, a building that has been solemnly dedicated, consecrated, blessed, hallowed, set apart for divine worship, is of itself a cause for celebration, for gratitude, for an annual expression of rejoicing. A Dedication…

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7 November 2018

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, 4 November 2018, Sunday 31B: Hebrews 7:23-28

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7 November 2018

Homilies

While I was waiting to enter here as a postulant, back in 1984, I received a series of letters from Dom Maurus, who was novice master at the time. He often signed himself with some such phrase as “In His service” or “In…

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30 October 2018

News & Events

Annual Community Retreat

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30 October 2018

News & Events

The Annual Community Retreat was preached this year by Dom Paulinus Greenwood, Abbot of Chilworth in Surrey. The Retreat took place from 21 to 27 October. Abbot Paulinus took Wisdom as the theme for all his…