May Edition
A remarkable Priest, the aftermath of Assisted Dying and evangelisation.
This month we highlight the life of a remarkable Priest; Gaelic poet, folklore expert and dedicated to the people of the Parishes of the Hebrides - Fr Allan Macdonald. We also talk about evangelisation and what it really means - to take an exert from the article: ‘here we discover a profound law of reality: that life is attained and matures in the measure that it is offered up in order to give life to others. This is certainly what mission means”. (Evangelii Gaudium 10). Both articles quite apt coming the weekend after World Day of Prayer for Vocations.
Lucy Fraser discusses the aftermath of the failed Assisted Dying bills and new writer ( and 2025 convert) Dhylan Livani on the recent announcent from the Bishops Council of Scotland about a restructuring of the Scottish Church.
As ever we list this months Scottish Saints and just to remind you that if you have not read the April edition - it was all about the Holyrood elections that are being held this week - click the link here.
May Saints
10th May sees the celebration of St Comgall, abbot of the hugely influential Bangor Abbey and was contemporaneous to St Columba. St Cattan of Bute (17th May), St Conval of Renfrew (18th May), St William, Martyr of Perthshire (23rd May) and St Dagnus of Galloway (29th May). But below we highlight two in particular: