Dear Brothers and Sisters, As we celebrate the end of the Holy Year, I am aware that it also marks the end of my first full year as your bishop, and I am continually grateful for my ministry with you. Over that time, I have got to know you just a little bit more. And...
A Chilling Christmas for Freedom of Conscience in Scotland At Christmas, Christians across Scotland gathered around the crib to contemplate the life of a vulnerable child; God entering our world as a baby in need of care, protection and love. Christmas places fragile human life at the centre of everything. It is therefore unsettling that this season...
You can download a copy of the 2026 Diocesan Calendar, which includes the dates of Holy Days of Obligation, Religious Feast Days, and Diocesan Celebrations. We have made every effort to ensure it is accurate, but please follow us online or check your parish newsletter for the most up to date programme of Diocesan events....
This film about Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Second Vatican Council’s document on the Sacred Liturgy, is part of the Diocese of Galloway’s reflection for the Jubilee Year 2025. Each deanery in the diocese has taken one of the four major teaching documents from the Council and presented it for reflection and discussion. This film, along with...
The following appointments and public liturgies are noted for November. Date Time Appointment 1st-2nd Weekend Masses (St Winin’s, Kilwinning) 3rd-5th Meeting of Bishops’ Conference (Conforti Centre, Coatbridge) 8th National Safeguarding Conference (Glasgow) 8th Mass (St Winin’s, Kilwinning) 9th 11.00 am Remembrance Sunday Service (Auld Kirk, Ayr) 11th 11.00 am Remembrance Service (Ayr) 12th-13th Assembly of...
Bishop Frank has announced the following Clergy Changes in the Diocese: Fr Jim Hayes, currently Parish Priest of St Matthew’s, Kilmarnock and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Kilmarnock, is to move and become Parish Priest of St Winin’s, Kilwinning. Fr Stephen McGrattan, currently Parish Priest of St Joseph’s, Kilmarnock becomes Parish Priest of St Joseph’s,...
As part of our ongoing commitment to Safeguarding in the Catholic Church, and following the framework laid out in In God’s Image Dioceses across Scotland are required to complete an annual audit of Safeguarding practices within the Diocese. The summary finding of the audit are made available in the Annual Safeguarding Statement which is shown...
