Bishop Stephen and chaplain Fr Leszek Wiecaszek, S.A.C. on a pastoral visit to St Joseph’s Primary School, Dundee
Papal Award for service to Catholic Education
Michael Woods was presented with the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Award by Bishop Stephen Robson and Mgr Ken McCaffrey for his work helping to rebuild the Dundee’s Catholic schools. Mr Woods served from 2009 as Head of Secondary Education in the city, and from 2011 as Director of Education. In 2016 he was appointed Executive Director of Children and Family …
St Paul’s 10th Anniversary Mass
Bishop Stephen celebrated Mass at St Paul’s Academy, Dundee to mark the 10th Anniversary of the school’s opening. St Paul’s replaced the city’s former Lawside Academy and St Saviour’s High School.
St Mungo’s PS – SCIAF Campaign
St Mungo’s, Aloa, 6/7 class successfully planned and led a fundraising campaign for SCIAF during Lent. They were slightly concerned that they would not be as successful as previous years as Ash Wednesday fell in our February half term and then the snow came and interrupted their initial activities. All that aside, they still managed to reschedule and change events …
Highly commended at St Thomas’, Arbroath
Celebrations are underway in Angus as St Thomas Catholic Primary School Arbroath Pupil, Stanislaw Rakowski, received a Highly Commended award in the British Council Commonwealth Short Story competition. More than 3,000 stories from a host of Commonwealth countries around the world took part in this year’s competition on the theme of Peace. The judging panel selected the top three stories …
Kilgraston Christmas Concert
Movie magic was truly in the air on Friday night when the Kilgraston girls took to the stage to perform to a sold-out Perth Concert Hall. The concert opened this year with Headmistress, Mrs Dorothy MacGinty, giving her traditional welcome speech. Staff, families, friends and of course the girls were welcomed and told of how the famous Christmas Day Truce …
News from St Modan’s H.S., Stirling
Welcome Evening Our annual Welcome Evening was a great success this year. Fr Andrew Kingham led a beautiful Mass for over 300 guests made up of S1 pupils and their families. The theme of new beginnings, represented by the light of Christ, permeated the celebration. After Mass we had a social gathering as a community. Overall it was a wonderful …
Kilgraston visit to Greece
The annual Bluett Tour with 29 girls and five adults set off for Athens on 6 October for a week packed with culture, sun and delicious Greek food. Highlights included the temple of Athena on the Acropolis, the temple of Poseidon at Sounion, the five thousand seat theatre at Epidaurus, the original Olympic village, and the seat of the Pythian …
Mass for the Opening of St Francis PS, Dundee
Bishop Steven is assisted by Mgr Ken McCaffrey, (left) and Fr Tom Shields (Vicar Episcopal for Education) at Mass in Our Lady of Sorrows, Fintry, celebrating the Opening of St Francis Primary School, Dundee on Wednesday 4th October. Head teacher Mr Neil Loudon, welcome Bishop Stephen and representatives of Dundee City Council. “On behalf of the new community of St …