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Fr. Stuart Chalmers was born in Aberdeen in 1972 and brought
up in the nearby village of Portlethen. He went to Rome at the age of 18 and
trained for the priesthood at the Pontifical Scots College, where he obtained
degrees in philosophy and theology from the Gregorian University and the Alphonsianum
(PhB, STL). He was ordained at St Mary’s Cathedral on 9th July 1997 by
Bishop Mario Conti.
After a year as an assistant priest at St Mary’s and St Ninian’s in Inverness, he was appointed parish priest of the St Mary’s, Stonehaven. After six years he was transferred to Aberdeen where he was appointed both parish priest of Our Lady of Aberdeen, Kincorth and administrator of St Mary’s Cathedral. Shortly after this, he was made Dean of the City deanery.
Once Fr. George Hutcheon had been ordained and assigned to Kincorth, Fr. Stuart remained at the Cathedral for another year before returning to Rome to complete doctoral studies in moral theology. He was awarded his PhD from the Pontifical University, Maynooth, in February 2009.
Fr. Stuart is delighted to be back at St Ninian’s
and looks forward to getting to know the parish and the parishioners better.
He is also very happy to have the new experiences of pastoral work in the parishes
of the Immaculate Conception, Stratherrick and Saints Peter & Benedict,
Fort Augustus.
Deacon John McEwan is of uncertain vintage and lives in the village of Cromarty. Before being appointed deacon to St. Ninian's, he was Something in the RAF.
He (and his wife) were professed into the 3rd Order of the Secular Franciscan Order, and he has served 2 terms as National President for Scotland. Impressive, eh?
He was ordained deacon in 1992, the same year as he was appointed RC chaplain to Inverness Prison. He was appointed as deacon to St. Ninian's in 1995, although he seems to have been here for ever.
His parish responsibilities include Doing Things and Being Around.
Deacon John is married, with various (oh, all right, 3 - two sons and a daughter) children.