Immaculate Conception Parish Church, Stratherrick

Immaculate Conception Church, Stratherrick is in the Dalcrag area of Whitebridge, Inverness-shire, in the Highlands of Scotland and is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen.[1] It is an active parish church served from Fort Augustus with regular weekly Vigil Mass at 5pm on Saturdays. It forms part of the grouping "Loch Ness Catholic Parishes".[2] It is also a place of local pilgrimage as it has the shrine to 'Our Lady of the Highlands' within its grounds. A new altar at this shrine, or grotto, was dedicated by bishop Hugh Gilbert in March 2017.[3]

Immaculate Conception Church, Stratherrick
57°13′09″N 4°29′39″W
LocationWhitebridge, Inverness-shire
CountryScotland
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websitelochnessparishes.dioceseofaberdeen.org
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Ross & Joass of Dingwall
Architectural typeChurch
Completed1859
Administration
ParishLoch Ness Catholic Parishes
DeaneryHighlands
DioceseAberdeen
Clergy
Priest(s)Fr Andrzej Harden SJ

History
Grotto in the church grounds

The church was built 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 Mass was said 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. 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. 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.
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