Life Teen Europe Summer Camp 2018

Charis McCrosson reports In the last week of July, The Dunkeld Youth Service facilitated a group of young people to participate in a Life Teen Summer Camp in the Netherlands. Alongside teens from several other countries, including Germany, America, the Netherlands, and Spain, the group had a busy week filled with group activities, messy games and theological lessons, centred on … Read More

Lenten Retreat

The Lent Retreat took place on Saturday 24th March 2018 after adverse weather unfortunately caused it to be rescheduled. Nevertheless, there was a great turnout with around 17 youths attending in total. It was a wonderful day of fun and fellowship, with activities, educational talks centred on the Lenten theme of “Called to Serve”, as well as space for free … Read More

Youth Retreat – Lent 2018

The Youth Lent Retreat was postponed due to the adverse weather conditions at the time. We rescheduled it for Saturday, 24th March. The theme was ‘Called to Serve’’ and it was a time to reflect on the mission of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we are called to share in it. He says to us “the Son of Man … Read More

From our Youth Director

From the Diocesan Youth Office: Dear Friends, I am happy to write to you all. I hope you are keeping well and making the best use of opportunities around you. How about the weather? Oohhh, for me, I am really looking forward to Summer. I hope it will be warmer this time. It’s been a wonderful time so far in … Read More

Called to Serve

Sign up for our Lenten Retreat 3-4 March 2018. Application form – LENT YOUTH RETREAT 2018

Advent Retreat

The Advent Youth Retreat held on the 8th – 9th December was a great success. Youths met at the Diocesan Retreat Centre, Lawside Road, Dundee, on the Friday evening and were welcomed by Fr Samuel Alabi MSP and members of the Dunkeld Youth Commission. The evening began with some fun, ice-breaking games to help everyone to get to know each … Read More

DYMAT

What is DYMAT? DYMAT stands for Diocesan Youth Music and Animation Team. We are a group of young people who enjoy creating music and giving back to the community by providing music ministry for different events run by the Diocesan Youth Service and Youth Commission. What do we do? We bring together the youth of the Diocese to form a … Read More

Message from Fr Samuel

Since my appointment as the Director of Youth Formation in Dunkeld Diocese, I have settled down to work in the office. Every Tuesday and Wednesday between 11am and 4pm are the official hours I am in the Youth office at the Diocesan Centre, Dundee. I am happy to work with the Diocesan Youth Commission made up of some young, vibrant … Read More

Life Teen Camp – Netherlands

This Summer was the first time that I got to go to Life Teen Camp. It is a Catholic Summer camp for teenagers based in the Netherlands where young people from all over the world come to learn more about their Catholic faith. At first, I wasn’t at all convinced about going but it sounded very intriguing. My older sister … Read More