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Catholic bishops announce decision to suspend Mass in public Wednesday 18th March In an unprecedented move, Scotland’s Catholic bishops have announced th...

Lecturer in Catholic Religious Education | £44,045 to £51,034 per annum | University of Glasgow Please apply here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZC992/lecture...

CORONAVIRUS (COVID 19) OUTBREAK IN SCOTLAND We have all been following this tragic epidemic principally in China, but now spread to many other countries, whi...

Jesus, Son of David “This is our God, the Servant King, he calls us now to follow him…” Yes, it’s one of my favourites too. Jesus, the Suffering Servant of I...

That heehaw feeling If we are honest with ourselves, it is often our failings as leaders that loom large in our minds. Those moments when we feel the ‘donkey...

Link Welcome to our series on prophecy and leadership. These posts will be published in conjunction with a parish course in St Fillan’s, Crieff, on prophecy,...

St Andrew’s Foundation for Catholic Teacher Education presents: ‘Theology Thursdays!’ To book your place please email: education-st-andrews-foundation@glasgow...

Fascination In Christian iconography, the Magi featured far earlier than the shepherds, the beasts or the stable. For the first centuries of Christianity, th...

Who Christ is It is often said that the gospel writers, Matthew, Luke and John, wrote their infancy narratives (yes, I include John’s Prologue) to show who C...

There’s a Place for Us Nostalgia is a much-underrated force for good in our lives. At this time of the year, the playing of Christmas music and carols can tr...

In a fast-moving world, Canon Tom Shields explains why the role of priests and of Mass in our schools has never been so important for the Church You can read...

Connections In the days before we all sang the same school hymn to the tune of ‘Highland Cathedral’, our school hymn was ‘Hear Us, Columba’. Even now, the fi...

Seeing is believing “The sky is pocked with stars. What eyes the Wise Men must have had to see a new one among so many.” James Goldman, “The Lion in Winter” ...

Step back…then forward Nearly 20 years ago Neil McGregor, then director of the National Gallery, wrote a book to accompany the BBC TV Series called ‘Seeing S...

Threes Every teacher knows that things do not come in threes – they come in batches of three. The perfect storm of missing paperwork, the irate parent, and t...

In The Pope Video for October, which is being released during the inauguration of the Extraordinary Missionary Month, the Holy Father proposes imparting a “n...