This blog is intended to stimulate comment on religious education in Scotland’s Catholic schools. At a time when the entire school curriculum is changing, how will we ensure that religious education will provide truly “excellent” experread more
This blog is intended to stimulate comment on religious education in Scotland’s Catholic schools. At a time when the entire school curriculum is changing, how will we ensure that religious education will provide truly “excellent” experread more
Next Generation Faces Challenges and Opportunities by Carl Anderson Twenty-five years ago, Pope John Paul II inaugurated the celebration of World Youth Day — to be celebrated on Palm Sunday each year. He understood — as does Benedict XVI ̵read more
Biblical Reflection for Good Friday by Father Thomas Rosica, CSB Each year on Good Friday we relive the tragic chain of events of the Passion of our Savior leading to his crucifixion on Golgotha. There is a haunting question about this day that has resounread more
Pope Benedict XVI’s Homily for the Chrism Mass of Holy Thursday, celebrated in Saint Peter’s Basilica on the morning of April 1, 2010, with the blessing of the oils for baptism, confirmation, the anointing of the sick, and holy orders.________read more
“In the Church, Christ Is Never Absent” This is a translation of the address Pope Benedict XVI gave on Wednesday 14th April 2010 during the general audience in St. Peter’s Square. * * * Dear friends, In this Easter season, which leread more
This text was delivered by Pope Benedict XVI in his General Audience during the Octave of Easter 2010. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today the customary Wednesday General Audience is bathed in the luminous joy of Easter. In these days, in fact, the Church ceread more
How can we use the Pope’s visit to the UK as a stimulus to learning? Media coverage of the Pope’s visit to the UK from 16th to 19th September will provide countless images of the Pope visiting Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and elsewhere. There read more
As the feast of St Ninian of Galloway gets closer, choirs and musicians throughout Scotland are intensifying their preparations for the Papal Mass at Bellahouston Park. As with any celebration of the church’s liturgy, the major concern for all those iread more
ZENIT reports on 19th August 2010 that a Vatican spokesman said that Benedict XVI’s trip to the United Kingdom in September 2010 will be an opportunity to effectively present a secularized society with the positive contribution and beauty of the Cread more
Zenit reports that on 18th August 2010 the Vatican publicised the itinerary for the Pope’s Sept. 16-19 apostolic journey to the UK. Thursday Sept 16 He will leave Rome at 8:10 a.m. and arrive at the international airport of Edinburgh, Scotland, at 1read more