April 2017 | St John's RC Church, Perth

Silver Jubilee

Fr Bogdan celebrates 25 years as priest this May and we will celebrate his years of priestly ministry on 7th May at 11am Mass, an occasion to which all parishioners are invited. We are grateful for Fr Bogdan’s work and committment in St John’s community and, as a token of our appreciation, there will be a special collection at all …

Margaret Sinclair Story

The life of a young Scottish girl, destined to become a saint, is to be portrayed in a one-person drama at the St Ninian Institute, Lawside Road, Dundee on Saturday 6th May. Stephen Callaghan’s play portraying the life of Margaret Sinclair, a young factory worker and trade unionists, later to become a professed Sister of religion. The play was commissioned …

Way of the Cross with a difference

During Lent 2017, two St John’s parishioners Jaromir and Magda Kruczynski chose to celebrate 10 years of marriage by embarking on a very challenging Way of the Cross. Last year Jaromir had walked the EDK on his own but this year, marking their 10th wedding anniversary, Jaromir asked Magda if she would walk together and she said “Yes!” The couple …

Parish youth project closes

The parish Youth Group held its final meeting at the end of last term. This parish project, which began six years ago, was led initially by Frankie McGuire and for the past two years by Justyna Jablonska. As Justyna approaches the end of her degree studies there is no obvious successor and so the Pastoral Parish Council has taken the …