The Scottish Youth Cross was blessed on Tuesday 14th September and then taken in procession to St Margaret's Chapel, in Edinburgh Castle. Cardinal O'Brien and Mr Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland met the Procession and then participated in a brief prayer service with the Youth Cross and the ...young people from around the dioceses of Scotland.... to the Papal Mass.
Cardinal Keith O’Brien, President of Catholic Youth Service Scotland, Blessed the Scottish Youth Cross at 5:30pm on Tuesday 14th September, Feast of the Triumph of the Cross, in St Patrick’s Church, 5 Gray’s Close, Edinburgh. It was then taken in procession to St. Margaret's Chapel, in Edinburgh Castle.
*The Scottish Youth Cross will become a focus for prayer, procession and pilgrimage for the young people of Scotland.
On September 16th the Cross was presented to the congregation of at Bellahouston Park, prior to the Papal Mass. The Scottish Youth Cross has been made to mark the 20th anniversary of Catholic Youth Service Scotland.
