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Breaking News on This Is Our Faith

New Guidance on Religious Education This is Our Faith is a major new document which has been developed by the Catholic Education Commission, on behalf of the Bishops of Scotland, to provide guidance to teachers on the religious education curriculum f...

Curriculum Planning in Catholic secondary schools

Recently we have provided guidance to secondary schools, to support their efforts to offer appropriate curricula which are faithful to their Catholic mission while meeting the aspirations of the Scottish Government's Curriculum for Excellence progra...

Will you give us your views?

The Catholic Education Commission is developing ‘This Is Our Faith’, to guide teachers who will deliver religious education in Catholic schools.  In January we received very helpful feedback from a number of colleagues in various schools on t...

Papal Message for Lent 2010

The 2010 Lenten Message of the Holy Father Benedict XVI was made public on Thursday 4th February 2010. The text has as its title a passage from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans: "The justice of God has been manifested through faith in Jesus Christ"....

Education Minister praises Catholic primary school

Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, visited Holy Family Primary in Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow, on 2nd February to see examples of good educational practice. A recent HMIE inspection report described the provision ...

Pope confirms UK visit

On Monday 1st February 2010 Pope Benedict XVI received the Bishops of England and Wales at the end of their Ad Limina Pilgrimage to Rome. During his address, the Pope confirmed his first Apostolic Visit to Great Britain and asked the bishops to ens...

New volunteering initiative in Glasgow

The Jesuits in Scotland have launched a new volunteering initiative to support some of the most disadvantaged individuals and communities in Glasgow.Sixteen placements are available, offering volunteers the chance to become involved with a wide va...

Pope pleads for support for young people

Pope Benedict XVI made an appeal for provisions that would protect human development and families as he met with local elected officials in a private audience on Wednesday.  The Holy Father also called for all of society to collaborate in educat...

Haiti Earthquake Emergency

 SCIAF has launched an emergency appeal to help people in Haiti following a massive earthquake. The quake – the largest to hit the country in over 200 years – has completely destroyed large parts of the capital Port-au-Prince. Tens of thousan...

Cardinal challenges political consensus

In a hard hitting Easter message Cardinal Keith O'Brien has called on Scotland's politicians to stop passing "frenzied regulation" and instead" educate a new generation in morality and objective truth."The message is contained in the Cardinal's Ea...