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2025 Pilgrimage and Conference

HE 2025 Pilgrimage and Conference On Saturday
T Twill begin on Friday 4th July at 4.30pm and evening, our own
continue until Monday 7th July and will again Jamie Baillie
be held at Pluscarden Abbey near Elgin, the only will reflect on the
medieval British monastery still being used for its events to mark the
original purpose today. 1700th
anniversary of the Council of Nicaea
Accommodation will be in St Benedict’s
Guest House, the new St Joseph’s Guest held at the Angelicum, the Pontifical
House and St Scholastica’s Retreat, the University of St Thomas Aquinas, in
guest house by the entrance to the Abbey Rome in April. Jamie is at present
and where we will eat and have our studying for a Doctorate Degree on the
meetings and Offices, all of which will be Professor Theology of St Thomas Aquinas at the
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according to Divine Worship. Holy Mass Jacob Philips Angelicum. On the Sunday evening we
on both Saturday and Sunday will be in hope to have an informal Evening with
Birnie Kirk. On Monday morning we Bishop David where we will hear from
will join the Monks at the Conventual him and have the opportunity to ask
Mass in the Abbey church. Day Visitors him questions.
are welcome to join us at all events and Day visitors are most welcome for the
for meals but should book in advance. talks and to join us for lunch and dinner.
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We are delighted to have as our main David Waller Full details and a Booking Form will be
speaker, the distinguished academic, found on our website. The total cost of
Professor Jacob Philips, Professor our weekend, is Adults: £95, Students/
of Systematic Theology at St Mary’s under 18s/unemployed: £55. A deposit
University, Twickenham. He has of £30 (non-returnable) is required when
published numerous works on John booking. For Day Visitors the cost for
Henry Newman, Joseph Ratzinger, and meals is Lunch: £8 - Dinner: £16 and
Jamie Baillie
others, and he will speak to us on the J amie B aillie bookings should be made in advance
Anglican Divines and how they are reflected in using the on-line booking form.
Anglican Patrimony within the Ordinariate. We We have kept the cost of our weekend low
also hope that Bishop David Waller, our new because all meals will be prepared by our own
Ordinary, will be able to be with us. In-house Team - Sammy Stewart, Fiona Mitchel,
On Friday evening we will hear about how Brian Robertson and Bryan Miller. The custom
the Ordinariate is working with Birnie Kirk of the Abbey is not to charge guests who stay
and local Catholics to ensure almost 900 of at the Abbey, but those who wish, may make a
unbroken Christian Worship continues there. donation, which will be gratefully received.
BOOKINGS NOW OPEN at wwww.ordinariate.scot

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member of the Ordinariate in are in good health and to write in advance, you express love for
Scotland who is in the best of them down. A copy should be your family, uphold your faith,
health, but had just returned left in a sealed envelope with and ensure that your departure
from the funeral of a good your family, and a copy (again is a moment of grace and
friend, seeking advice on in a sealed envelope) should prayer. Making advance funeral
planning ahead, so that his be given to your Ordinariate wishes is an important way for
family were in no doubt what priest, assuming you wish to Catholics to express their faith,
his wishes are. avail yourself of the Ordinariate