Youth News Stories
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Four Young Dunkeld Pilgrims Join Jubilee in Rome
As part of the wider 2025 Jubilee events for “Pilgrims of Hope”, the Jubilee of Youth took place from 28th July to 3rd August. Four young Dunkeld pilgrims – siblings Charis Soares (25), Arianne (22), Alisha (21) and Shane McCrosson (19) – travelled from Cupar, Dundee and Auchterarder to join over 1 million Catholic young…
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Day in Dunkeld – Young Pilgrims Journey Together
Following two years of postponement and uncertainty, the annual Scottish National Youth Pilgrimage was once again a success as around 40 young people from across the country gathered to pilgrimage across Dunkeld and Birnam on Saturday 24th September. The group, spanning ages between 12-35, split into junior and senior groups as they walked from St…
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Fun, Faith & Fellowship at High School Retreat
On Sunday 15th May, the Dunkeld Youth Service and NET Scotland hosted a retreat for high school youth at St Mary, Our Lady of Victories Church, Forebank Rd Dundee. The day was packed with fun-filled games and activities, filling the hall with hilarity as the 33 young people broke the ice and got to know…
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Dunkeld News March 2020
Check out the youth pages in the latest edition of the Dunkeld News Magazine – now available in parishes across the diocese, and on the Dunkeld Diocese website! (Pages 16 and 17)
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Epiphany 2020
Two teens who take part in the JustLiveIt programme – currently being piloted at St Fillan’s Parish in Crieff – were given the task of conducting the Mass for Epiphany Sunday. This included choosing the hymns, prayers and readers, as well as writing and delivering the homily. We have shared their unique insight on this…
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Are You Ready? Advent Retreat 2019
The Dunkeld Youth Service hosted their annual Advent Retreat on 7th-8th December 2019. After a short hiatus, they were able to offer the Pastoral Centre for overnight accommodation once more. This proved to be very popular, and the teens who attended the retreat felt that it enabled them to better explore the themes and get…
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National Youth Pilgrimage 2019
On 31st August the Scottish Catholic Youth Service hosted a National Youth Pilgrimage to St Andrews to mark the 701st Anniversary of St Andrew. The day began with a gathering in St James’ RC Parish and a welcome from Archbishop Leo Cushley and members of the SCYS team. The gathering was then split into 2…
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International Youth Forum
Young delegates attend a forum in Rome to discuss the Church’s view on youth ministry and the way forward following the Synod on Youth in October 2018
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Life Teen Europe Summer Camp 2019
From the 4th to 11th August 2019, a group of teens from Dunkeld Diocese attended the Life Teen Summer Camp in Helvoirt, the Netherlands for the third year in a row. Led by Charis McCrosson from the Dunkeld Youth Service, the five teens joined many others from across Europe at the Emmaus Retreat Centre for…
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Lifeteen 2019
Dunkeld Youth Service facilitates 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 the theme “Heart of God”.…