Seafarers and fishers play a crucial role in our lives, yet they often work under difficult and hazardous conditions. The number of crews abandoned by their employers remains at a record high. Ongoing global conflicts are compromising the safety of seafarers, which can lead to increased stress and poor mental health.
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Day for Life 2025
Hope Does Not Disappoint – Finding Meaning in Suffering
For as long as history has been written, the world has never been without struggle and suffering. Through the lens of television and social media, however, the suffering of the whole world appears on our personal devices. Many of us find it hard to make sense of a world in which suffering seems to press down from every direction: pandemic; war; homelessness; violence in our streets, addiction. Then, often without warning, we find ourselves caught up in the struggle when serious illness comes into our own lives.
Lenten Talks recordings
There was a series of four talks on Christian individual prayer last Lent held in Inverurie. They were recorded and are now available on YouTube. You can access the playlist here or watch it below:
Day of Prayer: Called to Care, Not to Kill
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Last year we alerted you to a Bill in the Scottish Parliament to introduce assisted suicide for citizens in Scotland aged sixteen and over.
Jubilee 2025 Churches
Three churches in our diocese have been designated Jubilee 2025 Churches: