Mothering Sunday is about so much more than mothers By Contributor Published: 06:23, 17 March 2021
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There is a difference between Mother s Day and Mothering Sunday.
I wonder if you have noticed people going to the door of St Peter and the Holy Rood and coming away with a small posy of flowers in their hands and wondered whatâs going on. Or perhaps you have seen the post on the Thurso Community Noticeboard on Facebook about flowers at the door of the church.
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IT has been a long year for us all having to face down Covid-19, but Scottish Christians with Lent to negotiate can see light at the end of the tunnel with the reopening of churches. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon spirited up some timely optimism ahead of Easter when she announced that the Government was working towards reopening churches by Easter Monday. That has been welcomed by the Christian churches but at the same time they are pushing for a bigger flock to be allowed through the doors. The Catholic Church is leading the push for that and for an earlier reopening for Holy Week.
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Scotland’s first female bishop has been accused of bullying by a string of clergy and church workers, The Times has learnt.The Right Rev Anne Dyer, 63, made history when she was consecrated as the