No one should be in any doubt that a concerted effort is being made to remove any sign of religion from Scotland’s schools. In the wake of a recent attempts by secularist groups to end the current arrangements for Religious Observance in all schooread more
This article first appeared in the Scottish Catholic Observer on 1st November 2013. You may have noticed in recent weeks that the issue of religion in schools has been featuring fairly regularly in the media. We’ve seen coverage of parental concerns aboread more
The Scottish Government is revising its guidance to schools on the conduct of ‘relationships, sexual health and parenthood education’ The current guidance was issued to schools on 22 March 2001: Conduct of Sex Education in Scottish Schools, read more
Friday 1 November 2013 will go down in the history of St Joseph’s Primary School in Helensburgh as a monumental day as the Most Reverend Philip Tartaglia, Archbishop of Glasgow, visited the school to celebrate Mass. Archbishop Tartaglia was there noread more
SCIAF have completed the redevelopment of their excellent youth website site which is designed to support pupils and teachers who want to learn and teach about SCIAF, the official aid agency of the Catholic Church in Scotland and part of the global Caritaread more
NATIONAL CONFERENCE: EXPLORING THE GOD QUESTION at the Conforti Institute, Coatbridge on Thursday 28th November 2013 This conference, organised by SCES in association with Kharis Productions, is intended to introduce teachers to an exciting new resource wread more
School co-ordinators are required to provide some details of the parish activities in which Caritas Award students are engaged, as discussed at the meeting of Co-ordinators in late August. This information will enable SCES to ensure that Bishops and Parread more
Next year Pope Francis has called an “Extraordinary Synod” of Bishops from around the world to discuss the Church’s pastoral care for families and the challenges for the Church in responding to changes in family life. The Holy Father is keen that asread more
Great acclaim has greeted the first Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel). It is wide-ranging and profound, yet written with a simple and beautiful directness which has come to characterise this Pontificate. Oneread more
To find a wide range of resources and weblinks which can be used to engage young people in exploring the significance of Advent and to encourage appropriate preparations for Christmas, click here: Advent & Christmas Year A. Additional resources areread more
