At Christmas this year we will bring to a close the Jubilee Year of 2025, so let us give thanks for the blessings received and the Spirit of Hope renewed. Through Advent that same Hope has been stirred up as we look forward with expectancy to the Celebration of Our Saviour’s Birth, and to the Lord coming again in glory and majesty. The Advent liturgies have called on us to be ready and watching so that we “may inherit the great promise in which now we dare hope”. Yes, we are

Dear brothers and sisters, I hope this finds you well. At the Plenary Meeting of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, held this week at the Conforti Centre in Coatbridge, the Bishops decided that, on completing his second three year term as General Secretary, Rev Fr Dr Gerard Maguiness, be released to return to Motherwell Diocese. Along with the other bishops I acknowledge Fr Maguiness’ outstanding contribution to the work of the Scottish Bishops’ Conference over the last six

Dear Brothers and Sisters,   I wish you the continued joy of the resurrected Lord during this special Eastertide.   Over the weekend I...

Dear Brothers and Sisters, As Pilgrims of Hope in this Jubilee Year there can be no day more hope-filled than Easter Sunday as we...

On the First Sunday of Advent, a phrase from the Reading from St Paul’s Letter to The Thessalonians caught my attention – it was “more...

Dear Brothers and Sisters. On the First Sunday of Advent all parishes in Scotland will begin using our new translation of the Lectionary,...

Dear Brothers and Sisters, I wish to express my thanks to everyone who was involved in the preparation for and participation in the...

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Pastoral Visit of His Excellency Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain, to...

Dear Brothers and Sisters, I wish you all a very Happy New Year and every blessing for 2024. The first Reading at Mass today on the...

Dear Brothers and Sisters, At Christmas we enjoy singing Christmas Carols. We also enjoy listening to others singing them, particularly...