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The School for Synodality hosts 'Pathways for Implementation: next steps on our synod journey'

Saturday, 18th October 2025
11:00am - 1:30pm (Zoom)

The Final Document of the Synod Assembly was wide ranging and inspirational, and now it's time to progress to the next steps at grass-roots level as we seek to embed synodality in our everyday Catholic life and culture. Includes prayer, small group sharing, testimony, and keynote speaker Bishop Brendan Leahy of the Limerick Diocese in Ireland. Come and explore the next steps of the synodal journey together!

The Roman Catholic Bishops in Scotland work together to undertake nationwide initiatives through their Commissions and Agencies.

The members of the Bishops' Conference are the Bishops of the eight Scottish Dioceses. Where appropriate the Bishops Emeriti (retired) provide a much welcomed contribution to the work of the conference. The Bishops' Conference of Scotland is a permanently constituted assembly which meets regularly throughout the year to address relevant business matters.

Click here to visit the Jubilee 2025 website

The Jubilee Prayer

Father in heaven,

may the faith you have given us

in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,

and the flame of charity enkindled in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, reawaken in us the blessed hope for the coming of your Kingdom.

May your grace transform us into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.

May those seeds transform from within both humanity and the whole cosmos in the sure expectation of a new heaven and a new earth,

when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,

your glory will shine eternally.

May the grace of the Jubilee reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope, a yearning for the treasures of heaven. May that same grace spread the joy and peace of our Redeemer throughout the earth.

To you our God, eternally blessed, be glory and praise for ever.

Amen

News from the Commissions and Agencies

September 2025

05Sep

Edinburgh Airport this morning as the national pilgrimage for the Jubilee set off with pilgrims from every diocese in Scotland 🙏...

05 Sep, 2025 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

Edinburgh Airport this morning as the national pilgrimage for the Jubilee set off with pilgrims from every diocese in Scotland 🙏 Assisi then Rome

04Sep

Pope at Audience: ‘I thirst’ is Jesus' cry for love and relationship - Vatican News

04 Sep, 2025 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-09/pope-audience-catechesis-jesus-i-thirst-silent-cry-love.html

At the weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflects on Jesus’ final words on the Cross, and recalls that human fragility “is a bridge towards ...

04Sep

Pope's September prayer intention: For our relationship with creation - Vatican News

04 Sep, 2025 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-09/september-prayer-intention-for-our-relationship-with-creation.html

In his prayer intention for September 2025, Pope Leo XIV invites us to pray that we might experience our interdependence with all creatures, who are ...

04Sep

Pope Leo XIV appeals to international community to respond to crisis in Sudan - Vatican News

04 Sep, 2025 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-09/pope-leo-xiv-sudan-appeal-tarasin-humanitarian-emergency.html

Pope Leo XIV launches an appeal to the international community to provide humanitarian aid for the suffering people in war-ravaged Sudan, and asks for ...

03Sep

Pastor's Duty to Speak Out - Gregory the Great

03 Sep, 2025 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

https://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/media/articles/pastors-duty-to-speak-out/

Gregory the Great on pastors duty to preach bold warning to repent. Silence in the face of sin, evil & faults is cowardice & fear.

03Sep

📰Did you catch our latest newsletter?

03 Sep, 2025 | Justice & Peace Scotland | Justice & Peace Scotland Facebook |

📰Did you catch our latest newsletter? It's on our website now!

🕊️We're looking back on a powerful summer season of advocacy actions including: standing in solidarity with refugees, speaking out against nuclear weapons, and opposing cruel detention practices.

📝We also have two quick ways for you to join the movement for justice and peace in only a few clicks. Learn more about the Turn Debt Into Hope and Red Line For Gaza campaigns inside!

03Sep

One would think that a reputable newspaper such as the Herald would refrain from allowing a public relations consultant making u...

03 Sep, 2025 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

One would think that a reputable newspaper such as the Herald would refrain from allowing a public relations consultant making unjustified, spurious and inaccurate criticism of Catholics and Catholic education. Yes indeed public relations in 21st century Scotland!

02Sep

Latest newsletter at

02 Sep, 2025 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

Latest newsletter at
https://marriagefamilyandlife.org.uk/newsletter/

02Sep

⚽ Justice & Peace Scotland Play in the SCIAF Shield!

02 Sep, 2025 | Justice & Peace Scotland | Justice & Peace Scotland Facebook |

⚽ Justice & Peace Scotland Play in the SCIAF Shield!

A huge thank you and well done to our Justice & Peace Scotland team who laced up their boots for the very first SCIAF Shield 5-a-side tournament this past weekend!

Representing J&P Scotland were Anthony, James, Niall, Colin, John, and Corin with our Campaigns and Communications Coordinator, Andrew Smith, proudly leading the team as captain.

🏆 Congrats go to the deserving winners, the team from St Aloysius & The Sacred Heart parish in Chapelhall. We may not have lifted the trophy but we had a brilliant time taking part, scoring SOME goals, and supporting a great cause.

Here’s to next year’s Shield: watch out St Al's, we’ll be back! 💪⚽

02Sep

Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation [1 September 2025] (30 June 2025)

02 Sep, 2025 | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | BCoS Facebook |

https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/messages/creation/documents/20250630-messaggio-giornata-curacreato.html

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV FOR THE 10 th WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE CARE OF CREATION 2025 [1 September 2025] ________________________________