Episcopal Diocese Of Brechin

08/06/2026

Great full time post in a single church in Dundee City!

Diocese of Brechin A Priest for St Mary Magdalene’s, Dundee FULL-TIME STIPENDIARY POST Are you called to lead this enthusiastic co

03/06/2026

As it's Volunteers Week we would like to say a massive thank you to our board of trustees, who all do such a great job and are amazing support to the staff team 😊

We are also on the look out for new trustees, so if this is something you would be interested in then please get in touch!

We are particularly looking for those with finance or admin experience, but welcome any other relevant skills too 😀

30/05/2026

A wonderful day welcoming Bishop Dagmar Winter in Edinburgh!

25/04/2026

An exciting opportunity to work with Faith Communities in Dundee!

We are hiring!

Community Development Worker (Faith Communities) 2026

Please find the Application Pack Below
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1A6e-qvpjsNiBSNFEvsSvulUseSPSW8A_?usp=sharing

21/04/2026

A great opportunity in a fab charity in Dundee.

We are hiring!

Community Development Worker (Faith Communities) 2026

Please find the Application Pack Below
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1A6e-qvpjsNiBSNFEvsSvulUseSPSW8A_?usp=sharing

05/04/2026

𝘼𝙣 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙫 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚, 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙀𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝

As we rejoice at the dawning of Easter we do so with the knowledge that we are living in a world of conflict. The list of countries caught up in war and deprivation seems to grow longer each year. Yet the family of the Church still gathers in communities across the world to rejoice at the resurrection, despite the seemingly increasing attempts of some to cause division amongst those who believe in Christ.

It was a joy last week to travel across the Highlands, visiting congregations who had taken time to prepare prayer stations, vigils and services to offer prayer and support to the people of the Middle East.

I was challenged by one person who asked why we weren’t praying for our own people. My reply was “we are”. The Church is a family spread across the world, and the people in church this morning in Jerusalem, New York, Hong Kong and Inverness are part of one family. If others are hurting, then so are we and when we rejoice we want all our sisters and brothers to rejoice.

I have listened to politicians attempting to use Christianity as a weapon of exclusion and division. “The Church is ours not yours.” It is therefore important that we declare this Easter morning that Jesus Christ is risen having freed his earthly family from sin, the family which his Father gave him, the family which is the people of this world.

A glorious Easter to our family across the world, may peace overcome and joy return as we pray for you as I know you pray for us.

Alleluia.

21/12/2025

👀 Have you seen the new addition to the churchyard? 👀

Isaiah 9.2 quoted in Matthew 4.16 ‘the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light’

While our tree isn’t ablaze with light, we want to show that there is indeed life within.

We’re only a few days from Christmas, when we celebrate the birth of Jesus into the world.

John 1.9 ‘The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.’

Join us for Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, 11.30 pm and/or Christmas Day 11am.

02/12/2025

Funeral Arrangements for the Rt Rev Dr Gregor Duthie Duncan

Bishop Gregor's coffin will be received into St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Pollokshields (1 Albert Drive Pollokshields, Glasgow G41 2PE) during a service at 6pm on Wednesday 10 December.

The Requiem Mass will take place at St Ninian’s at 12.30pm on Thursday 11 December, followed by a service of committal at the Linn Crematorium at 3pm. Glasgow Gurdwara Guru Granth Sahib on Albert Drive has kindly offered the use of their car park for those attending the Requiem Mass on Thursday.

Thereafter, refreshments at the Redhurst Hotel, Clarkston, with a retiring collection and any other donations in memory of Bishop Gregor in aid of The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice, Bellahouston.

May Bishop Gregor rest in peace and rise in glory.

29/11/2025

Great day in the Episcopal Diocese of Brechin as Rev Lynn Davidson started her ministry in Invergowrie and Lochee, Dundee. Two services, one in All Souls’ Invergowrie and one in St Margaret’s Lochee - Bishop Andrew Swift licensed and presented Communion Forest tree certificates. It was wonderful to celebrate with Lynn and others in these two faithful communities. And thank you to Mary Swift for her photos!

21/11/2025

The Rev Professor Annalu Waller OBE, a priest in the Diocese of Brechin, has been appointed as the new Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the School of Science, Engineering & Environment at the University of Salford.

The appointment was announced during a meeting of the Brechin Diocesan Synod.

Professor Waller currently lectures as an associate tutor at the Scottish Episcopal Institute, also serving as the Institute’s Specific Learning Difficulties Consultant. She is active in the chaplaincy at the University of Dundee as well as in her world-leading work in research. She is a self supporting priest, and will continue to hold permission to officiate in the Diocese of Brechin as she moves to Salford.

Since moving to Dundee in 1989 her academic work has included directing the world-leading Dundee Assistive Technology and Augmentative and Alternative Communication Research Group. At the University of Dundee she has served as Chair of Human Communication Technologies & Computing in the School of Science and Engineering, and as Director of the Research Centre for Transformative Change: Educational & Life Transitions, Education and Society.

Rev Prof Annalu will take up this new role in January 2026. In a message published in the Brechin Bulletin, the Diocese said: “as well as offering her our prayers and congratulations for this phenomenal appointment, we look forward to regularly welcoming her back home to Dundee.”

Commenting, the Rt Rev Andrew Swift, Bishop of Brechin said: “It is wonderful to hear the news of the amazing and challenging role that Annalu will take on in Salford. She is an inspiring academic and priest and I am sure she will help to guide and transform the University of Salford. She will be missed in Dundee, both in the church and the university, but we will keep our connection with her as a priest of this Diocese, even as she moves south this New Year.”