On Friday 17th September the Holy Father participated in a Big Assembly of children and young people at St Mary’s University College in Twickenham. Scotland was represented at the Big Assembly A group of 140 Scottish pilgrims, with young people frread more
Fr Peter Griffiths SJ, parish priest of St Aloysius in Glasgow, was among the celebrants at the Bellahouston Papal Mass. The event – and especially its organisation – made a deep impression on him. This article appears on the website of theread more
This poem was written by Daniel Gallagher of S5 in John Ogilvie High School, Hamilton as a reflection on his experiences of the visit by Pope Benedict XVI to the UK. It captures the spirit of an assembly of the faithful, gathered before the Successor ofread more
The President and Vice President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland Cardinal Keith O’Brien and Archbishop Mario Conti have issued a message of thanks to all those who made the visit of Pope Benedict XVI “such a happy and memorable daread more
Tell us what your school / parish did to celebrate the arrival of Pope Benedict in the UK. Perhaps young people created posters, or researched the life of the Pope, or created a Wiki for the Papal Visit. Using this page you can send us some information read more
This article, written by Phil Lawler, appears on the website CatholicCulture.org Most of the reporters writing about the papal visit are clearly surprised by this outcome, and more than a few are betraying their disappointment. A week ago the same reporteread more
The school St Cadoc’s Primary School is a denominational school which serves Newton Mearns and areas of Giffnock. The roll was 616 when the inspection was carried out in June 2010. Children’s attendance was in line with the national average in 2008/20read more
SCES wishes to draw attention to an excellent secondment opportunity for someone to make a significant impact, in working for LTS in partnership with SCES, to support the implementation of RERC framework in the coming months. Learning and Teaching Scotread more
In honour of a European Committee of Catholic Education (CEEC), whose members gathered in Scotland from 7th to 10th October, a number of events were organised by SCES to introduce them to Catholic education in Scotland. They met members of the Scottish Caread more
