Fr John Dear SJ, the Peace activist, advocate of non violence and Nobel Peace Prize nominee will speak at an all day conference whihc is open to all. The conference will take place in St Aloysius College, Glasgow on Saturday 14th September from 10am-3pmread more
At the CHAPS Conference on 5/6 September 2013, Michael McGrath spoke to the conference theme: ‘Forward in Faith’, using a PowerPoint presentation which stresses the importance of Catholic teachers working in the classroom “on behalf of Cread more
This article appeared in the Scottish Catholic Observer on Friday 6th September 2013. This is the time of year when it begins to dawn on us that we have left summer behind and we start gearing up mentally for shorter days and colder weather. (At least tread more
The Catholic Headteachers’ Association of Primary Schools (CHAPS) held its annual conference on 5/6th September 2013, addressing the theme: “Forward in Faith” with guest speakers Archbishop Phillip Tartaglia, Glasgow City Council’sread more
CARITAS AWARD DOCUMENTATION As was explained at a recent meeting of school co-ordinators of the Caritas Award scheme, a number of documents used in the scheme have been updated for session 2013-14. These new documents should be used by all schools in thread more
The Parent Involvement Working Group, established by the Catholic Education Commission, is bursting with ideas about how to support parents to get more involved in their children’s faith formation. They need to hear from parents who are interestedread more
Over 4,000 young people from schools in the Diocese of Motherwell gathered with their teachers at Carfin Grotto on Friday 13th September 2013 to celebrate Mass with Bishop Joseph Toal, Bishop Joseph Devine and priests of the Diocese. This was the third read more
Friday 4th October 2013 is Missionary Children World Day of Prayer when pupils in Scotland’s Catholic Primary schools are invited to offer up prayers for the needs of children living in mission dioceses throughout the world. This year we invite prayread more
In his homily during Mass in St. Peter’s Square, on Sunday 29th September, at the end of an international Congress on Catechesis organised for the Year of Faith, Pope Francis described Catechists – teachers, parents, priests, religious and othread more
“The task of Catholic educators today … is to offer to learners the possibility of an encounter with Jesus Christ.” In this ‘Thinking Faith.org’ article, Fr. Nicholas King SJ suggests how Catholic teachers can and do respond read more
