Scottish Catholic Education Service

Catholic Education Week 2012
Bishop Devine with pupils of Our Lady & St Francis School, Carfin
Launch of Catholic Education Week 2012
Pupils of Taylor High School and Our Lady & St Francis School, Carfin
This is Our faith
Launch of This is Our Faith
St John Bosco Primary School, Erskine
Pupils from St John Bosco Primary School, Erskine reading prayers at Mass in St Francis Xavier, Carfin
St Stephen’s Primary, Sighthill, Glasgow
Pupils of St Stephen’s Primary, Sighthill, Glasgow enjoying some out door leasons
Papal Visit - England
The Big Assembly with the Holy Father, Twickenham 17th September
Papal Visit - Scotland
Girls from Taylor High School, Motherwell, singing their own song “Faith” before the Papal Mass at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow on 16th September 2010.
Papal Visit - England
Scottish pupils addressing the Holy Father at the Big Assembly, Twickenham 17th September.
Papal Visit - Scotland
The St Ninian’s Day Parade, Edinburgh, 16th September 2010

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Promoted Post Vacancies - May 2012

Please note that the following vacancies have been advertised nationally by the relevant Councils. Further details can be found on Council websites and/or MyJob Scotland. Post School Council Closing date Ref. No. Head Teacher St Mungo's Primary Sch...

Caritas Award Medal

The Caritas Award Medal, which has been introduced by the Bishops of Scotland as part of a legacy of the UK visit of Pope Benedict XVI, will be presented to 450 young people in the Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow on the afternoon of S...

Parents - becoming first and best teachers

Parents - becoming first and best teachers First Catholic Assembly of Parents Parents have a vital role to play in Catholic schools. They are the first and should be the best teachers of their children and have the job of helping their children to be...

Opening the Door of Faith

At a recent conference in Rome focused on "Christian Initiation and New Evangelization", attended by Bishop Devine and Michael McGrath, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, spoke of the challenges and opportunities o...

Caritas Awards Ceremony

The inaugural Caritas Awards Ceremony will take place in the Clyde Auditorium Glasgow on Saturday 2nd June from 2pm till 4pm. Around 450 young people will be presented with the Award in front of a capacity audience of 3,000 from schools and parishe...

Norwegian Teachers visit Scotland

A group of 10 teachers, including their Chaplain, from St Paul's Catholic school in Bergen, Norway made a short study visit to Glasgow recently as they planned for the introduction of a new secondary phase to their school in Norway where there onl...

GLOW TV - Scottish Religious Leaders

On Monday 23 April GLOW will broadcast part of a meeting of the religious leaders of Scotland, giving pupils the chance to question the leaders on the theme of ‘How is religion and spirituality relevant today?’. This event wouild be of particul...

Why we say "Happy Easter"

Happy Easter. We all say it...but why? This video from Igniter.com is a great reminder of what those words actually mean. It moves fast and sounds very American, but it tells the truth. ...

Why we call it Good Friday

It seems interesting that we refer to the day Christ died as 'Good Friday'. Considering the events of the day, tragic or awful seems more appropriate. However, we ultimately know what God was up to that day. Though the events seemed very 'BAD', G...

Holy Week in Two Minutes

From YouTube, another lively video explaining the what and why of Holy Week (from the editors at BustedHalo.com). It might offer a way of hooking some initial interest which can then be deepened in further discussion and reading. ...

Caritas Award Final Submissions

As the deadline looms for submitting entries for the Caritas Award, we hope to receive around 500 submissions from schools across the country and a few from parishes where there are no Catholic schools. Of course, some students have been facing the...