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This is Our faith
Launch of This is Our Faith
St John’s High School, Dundee
Two senior pupils from St John's High School Dundee
St John Bosco Primary School, Erskine
Pupils from St John Bosco Primary School, Erskine reading prayers at Mass in St Francis Xavier, Carfin
St Luke’s High School, Barrhead
School Chaplain and Pupils of St Luke’s High School, Barrhead
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

Video resource: What does Faith mean to me?

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The attached video features some children, young people, parents, teachers and school chaplains talking about what faith means to them in short, snappy soundbites. (Many thanks to all the Inverclyde contributors and production team.) Two versions o...

Cardinal Winning Education Lecture

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The University of Glasgow's School of Education offers an open invitation to this year's Cardinal Winning Lecture on Saturday 18 February, to be held in Lecture Theatre 213, St Andrews Building, University of Glasgow. Title: European Religious Educat...

Resources for Catholic Education Week 2012

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Resources are now available to support the celebration of Catholic Education Week in schools and parishes from Sunday 12th to Saturday 18th February 2012. (Where school holidays fall at this time, schools and parishes are encouraged to organise the...

THIS IS OUR FAITH is moving fast!

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Orders for THIS IS OUR FAITH are still being processed by SCES. Since its publication in mid November, over 4,000 copies have been distributed to schools and parishes across Scotland, from Shetland to Dumfries. Many positive comments have been rece...

Pope urges parents and teachers to pay attention to young people

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Pope Benedict XVI, in his message for the 45th International Day of Peace, which will be celebrated on 1st January 2012, encouraged young people to offer new hope to the world. He called for parents, as the first educators of their children, to tra...

Latest SCES Newsletter now published

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Copies of the latest SCES Newsletter have been sent to schools, parent councils and parishes across Scotland. The Winter 2011 issue of SCES News features: the publication of THIS IS OUR FAITH; the work of a CEC Parents working group who are respon...

The Pope explains prayer to children

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Addressing children during his visit to Benin on Sunday 20th November 2011, Pope Benedict XVI explained: What, then, is prayer? It is a cry of love directed to God our Father, with the will to imitate Jesus our brother. Jesus often went off by himsel...

THIS IS OUR FAITH now ON SALE

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THIS IS OUR FAITH is a significant new document which now governs the teaching of religious education in Scotland's Catholic schools. This is the first religious education syllabus to be originated wholly in Scotland and designed to meet the nee...

THIS IS OUR FAITH NOW LAUNCHED

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THIS IS OUR FAITH, the new Religious Education syllabus for Catholic schools in Scotland, was launched by the Bishops of Scotland in Edinburgh on Monday 7th November 2011 before an audience of invited guests, including representatives of the m...

This Is Our Faith is ready for publication

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This Is Our Faith will be launched in the presence of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland in Edinburgh on Monday 7th November with an audience of invited guests, including pupils, teachers, parents and clergy. This significant occasion marks th...