Papal Visit News

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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News of Papal Visit to UK

Video clips from Papal Visit

From the SCES website you can access video clips from various events durng the Pope's visit to the UK in September 2010. You can see edited highlights of the four days or you can select particular events such as the Mass in Glasgow or the Big Assem...

Promoting Sales of the Papal Visit DVD

Celebrate the Holy Father’s visit to Scotland with the official DVD. This DVD celebrates the Holy Father’s visit to both Edinburgh and Glasgow. As well as the Holy Father’s official engagements the DVD also features extracts from the St. Nin...

Tell us how you celebrated the Pope's Visit

Tell us what your school / parish did to celebrate the arrival of Pope Benedict in the UK. Perhaps young people created posters, or researched the life of the Pope, or created a Wiki for the Papal Visit. Using this page you can send us some informa...

The Big Assembly

On Friday 17th September the Holy Father participated in a Big Assembly of children and young people at St Mary's University College in Twickenham. Scotland was represented at the Big Assembly A group of 140 Scottish pilgrims, with young people f...

Response to the Papal Visit

The Scottish Catholic Education Service would like to thank everyone in schools and parishes throughout Scotland, as well as colleagues in England, for all their efforts to celebrate the Papal Visit. We realise that this has involved very considera...

Pope rested in Castel Gandolfo after extraordinary UK visit

Pope Benedict XVI rested at the Papal Summer Residence at Castelgandolfo after completing a four day visit to the United Kingdom. In comments to the media before the Pope’s departure from Birmingham Sunday evening, Vatican Press office director ...

Papal Visit Downloads

Why not download the attached posters to advertise the Papal Visit, including the St Ninian's Day Parade? You can also used the weblinks below to connect to other free downloads: prayer, screen desktops, the Magnificat booklet (Web version) which con...

Papal Visit Bulletin 9 - 2nd September 2010

The Bishops of Scotland wish to encourage schools and families to prepare children in advance of the visit of Pope Benedict XVI, to involve them in praying for its success, to celebrate the occasion joyfully and to participate in various ways in ...

Bellahouston Pilgrim Guide

On the Papal Visit website, some very useful information has been provided for pilgrims participating in the Papal Mass at Bellahouston Park. The attached document usefully suggests what to bring and what not to bring to the Mass. While these details...

St Ninian's Day Parade - registering school groups

On Thursday 16th September the St Ninian's Day Parade will mark the historic occasion of Pope Benedict XVI’s state visit to Scotland. Schools and community groups are all invited to line the route in Edinburgh's famous Princes Street where thousand...

Papal Visit Bulletin 8

12th August 2010 - Update on school involvement in Papal Visit events Before the start of the new school session, updated information has been sent by post to every Catholic primary and secondary school, advising teachers how schools can participate ...

Preparing for the Papal Visit: resources for adults

A significant number of resources have been provided to assist adults to prepare spiritually for the visit of Pope Benedict to the UK in September. These are available on the BeingCatholic.org website which provides parish bulletin inserts, Sunday li...

Learning through the Papal Visit

Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the UK in September offers a great opportunity for young people of all ages to learn about the Pope: who he is and what he teaches. The visit will receive extensive media coverage, providing endless possibilities for cl...

Papal Visit Bulletin 7

IMPORTANT NEWS 27th July 2010 - Allocations of invitations to the Papal Mass in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow Now that details of the allocation of invitations to parishes have been provided, it is clear that, after careful consideration of the length o...

Papal Visit Bulletin 6 - New Resources

SCES is pleased to announce that a significant number of new resources, developed by a working group of teachers, is now available to help teachers and parents prepare children and young people for the arrival of the Holy Father in the UK on 16th Sep...

Papal Visit Bulletin 5

Important update on Papal Mass in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow A number of factors which are now coming to light are likely to have a significant effect on decisions to bring school groups to the Mass in Bellaouston Park. The number of invitations avai...