Immaculate Conception Church, Stratherrick is in the Dalcrag area of Whitebridge (Scottish Gaelic: An Drochaid Bhàn), Inverness-shire, in the Highlands of Scotland and is a served by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen.[1] It is an active parish church served from St Mary's Church, Inverness. It forms part of the grouping "Loch Ness Catholic Parishes".[2] It is also the location of the Christian pilgrimage shrine to 'Our Lady of the Highlands' within its grounds. A new outdoor Mass stone at this shrine, or Marian grotto, was consecrated by Bishop Hugh Gilbert in March 2017.[3]
History
The church was built following Catholic Emancipation in 1859 by Ross and Joass.[4] The original wooden altar was later replaced by one in marble which was removed from St Mary's, Nairn. Prior to the church being built, the Tridentine Mass was offered in a house in Dalcrag by a priest based in Glenmoriston, who rowed across Loch Ness to say Mass.
St. Mary MacKillop visited this church on 12–13 December 1873, during a visit from Australia and remarked upon the clean and simple quarters of the Parish Priest, Fr. Bissett.[5]
References
- 1."Stratherrick". Diocese of Aberdeen. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- 2."Loch Ness Catholic Parishes". Loch Ness Catholic Parishes. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- 3."Bishop Hugh Gilbert at a special dedication Mass, to Bless the New Outdoor Altar at The Shrine of The Immaculate Conception". St Mary's Inverness. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- 4."> Monument MHG47419". Highland Council. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- 5."Sisters of St. Joseph". St Mary's RC Church. Retrieved 12 March 2018.