Next Friday will see the launch of a new vocations programme in Glasgow Archdiocese that aims to create a new culture of vocations across parishes and schools.
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Creating a new culture of vocations in Glasgow
Do This in Memory of Me is aiming to help young Scots find their way to the priesthood at a time of growing need in Glasgow and across Scotland. The campaign will be launched on October 30 in Glasgow Archdiocese’s curial offices with the airing of a video package that will... read more
St Patrick’s welcomes John Paul II relic
Scottish and Polish devotees of St John Paul II gathered at St Patrick’s, Shieldmuir, on Sunday for the reception of a relic of the late Pope in the Church ahead of his feast day on Thursday.
Bishop Joseph Toal of Motherwell (above left), the main celebrant at the installation Mass, referred to St John Paul’s visit to Scotland in 1982 and his rapturous reception from the young people of Scotland at Murrayfield; his moving sermons there and at the Bellahouston Mass where he departed to the... read more
Still time to register for Divine Mercy conference on Saturday
Speakers at the free event at Glasgow University will include Bishop John Keenan, Catholic writer Mark Shea and Fr Peter Prusakiewicz
The second annual divine mercy conference will take place in Glasgow University’s Catholic chaplaincy on Saturday. The gathering, which debuted last year in Paisley’s St Mirin’s Cathedral, will this year bring US author Mark Shea and renowned Divine Mercy expert Fr Peter Prusakiewicz to Glasgow. The theme of the conference, from the... read more
Archdiocesan clergy receive lesson on power of prayer ahead of Year of Mercy
Edinburgh’s priests received a potent lesson last week on the power of prayer ahead of the Year of Mercy.
“It is because Jesus had a relationship with His Father that He spoke with authority and so if a priest has a relationship with Jesus Christ through prayer he too will have the same authority,” Mgr John Armitage, rector of the Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in... read more
Synod hears praise for the St Margaret of Scotland Children and Family Care Society
The Synod on the Family today heard of the survival of a thriving and vital Catholic adoption service in Scotland in spite of secular challenges that forced lengthy and expensive legal proceedings.
Archbishop Philip Tartaglia (above), the representative of Scotland’s bishops at this month’s Synod on the Family in Rome, drew on personal experience in his intervention today. Addressing the recommendation ‘that attention be given to the importance of adoption as a means of bringing children who are not being raised by their... read more
Paisley bishop asks for prayers for Pauline Cafferkey, Scottish nurse critically ill with ebola
Bishop John Keenan of Paisley is calling for prayers for the Scottish nurse who is critically ill with late complications from the ebola virus.
“Let’s pray a daily Hail Mary again for nurse Pauline Cafferkey, sick with the effects of the ebola virus, for her to make a speedy and full recovery and for her family to feel the strength of our spiritual support in these trying days for them,” the bishop said today... read more
St Charles’ Primary School’s pioneering project in running for major boost
North Kelvinside project shortlisted in the UK Schools category of the One Family Foundation’s Community Awards, seeks community support across Glasgow and beyond
St Charles’ Primary School in North Kelvinside is celebrating as its planned project to build a multi-sensory room for their language and communications unit is in the running for a major boost. The school has been shortlisted in the UK school category of the One Family Foundation’s Community Awards. If successful, the... read more
Our Lady of Guadalupe relic image to go on display at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Glasgow
A relic image of Our Lady of Guadalupe will come to St Andrew’s Cathedral in Glasgow at the end of this month as the archdiocese holds its annual torchlight procession for life.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City is the most visited Catholic site in the world. The painting of Our Lady miraculously appeared to St Juan Diego in the 16th century, and has since then become a symbol of the pro-life cause. In 2004, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera... read more
Pluscarden Abbey to be re-dedicated
Monks extend invitation to Mass on November 5 with Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen to the community
The monks at Pluscarden are looking forward to a very significant event in the history of the abbey—the re-dedication of the Abbey Church by Bishop Hugh Gilbert, former Abbot of Pluscarden. The monks have extended an open invitation to the community to attend the dedication Mass, and to stay for the... read more
Our Lady of Mount Carmel pays tribute to former parish priest Fr Eddie McGhee
Fr Eddie McGhee returned to the parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Kilmarnock as the congregation paid tribute to their much-loved former parish priest who recently retired.
Ordained in 1972 and raised in Cumnock, Fr McGhee served in a number of parishes including St Joseph’s, Kilmarnock, St Mary’s, Saltcoats, and St Mary’s, Irvine. In 2007, he took over Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady and St John in Stewarton and St Michael’s in Kilmarnock. In his younger... read more
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- Bishop John Keenan of Paisley has urged the prayer campaign for the Scottish nurse who became critically ill with late complications from the ebola virus to continue after doctors said her condition was improving
- Archbishop Leo Cushley told some of Scotland’s future Catholic teachers that they must teach from the heart and pursue personal holiness.
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