School News

Junior Caritas Award

Deus caritas est - God is love. Building on the success of the Caritas Award scheme for final year students in secondary schools, the Junior Caritas Award will open the door of faith for pupils in Primary 6 & 7.  The award is being designed to e...

Caritas Award Ceremony Sunday 2nd June 2013

Planning is well underway for the Caritas Award Ceremony which will take place on Sunday 2nd June (2pm to 5pm) in the Clyde Auditorium Glasgow.  This joyful event will celebrate the achievements of over 900 young people who have demonstrated that Ca...

Catholic Head Teachers meet Child 31

At the recent gathering of Catholic secondary Head Teachers in Crieff, Magnus McFarlane Barrow of Mary's Meals showed the excellent Child 31 DVD to an appreciative audience who were reflecting on how Catholic schools were putting "Values into Action"...

Learning about the Papal Conclave

As the Catholic Church has been making arrangements for the Papal Conclave to elect a new Pope, pupils in schools around the world have been learning about what is involved in a Conclave - its procedures and rituals.  In some classrooms pupils have ...

Pupils and other celebrities help to launch SCIAF Lenten Campaign

Pupils from St Francis Xavier's Primary School Falkirk and St Andrew's and St Bride's East Kilbride were part of the celebrity launch of SCIAF's Lenten Campaign on Tuesday, February 12th 2013. Other celebrities included Cardinal Keith O'Brien, singe...

St Benedict’s PS Glasgow celebrate Catholic Education Week

St. Benedict’s Primary, Glasgow, celebrated Catholic Education week with a whole school focus on This is Our Faith. The week started with assembly as we focussed on the words of the Holy Father that we should become “Credible Witnesses” to our...

Learning through Catholic Education Week in St Francis PS, Glasgow

St Francis Primary celebrations began with some members of the school choir, representatives from P1-7 and seven staff members attending the 10 o’clock Mass on Education Sunday in Blessed John Duns Scotus.  The children led the music liturgy, our...

An Examination of Conscience

The S6 Caritas Award students in St Aidan's High School in Wishaw were recently involved, with their Head Teacher and school Chaplain, in preparing some materials to help pupils to prepare for participating in the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confes...

St Mungo's Academy Celebrate Catholic Education Week

Pupils from St Mungo's Academy Glasgow represented the school on Education Sunday in the parishes of St Mary's (Calton), St Michael's (Parkhead), St Thomas the Apostle (Riddrie), St Anne's (Dennistoun), St Alphonsus (Calton) and Sacred Heart (Bridge...

Greenock schools and parishes celebrate Catholic Education Week

As part of their celebrations during the Year of Faith and Catholic Education Week, four Greenock schools came together for a special Mass on Thursday 7th February. This was a wonderful opportunity for over seven hundred representatives of...