The Bishops' Conference of Scotland

This Thursday we will come together at lunch time in St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow, and we invite you to join us to pray for all those involved in COP29 in Azerbaijan and for the world to love and care for our common home. ⛪

"The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
for he founded it on the seas
and established it on the waters." - Psalm 24: 1 - 2 🙏



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We are at a pivotal point in Scotland's climate journey. Legislation to revise Scotland's legal climate framework has now passed, and the Scottish elections are on the horizon.

We’ve joined over 70 organisations and called on the First Minister to act and commit increased fair funding to:

🚏 Enable people to walk, wheel and cycle safely, and get about quickly and easily on an affordable and reliable public transport network;

🏠Power our homes through cleaner forms of heating and ensure they are properly insulated, protecting households from the risk of fuel poverty and improving health.

👩‍🌾 Support farmers, crofters and fisheries to manage our land and seas in ways that protect and restore nature and reduce emissions, cutting food waste and promoting healthy and sustainable diets; and

♻️ Help people develop the skills needed for a new low carbon, circular economy, and deploy fast, fair and managed plans to fully transition away from reliance on polluting fossil fuels.



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This promises to be an insightful and interesting talk if you are in or around the Glasgow area and are free on Thursday evening!


This week we welcome the Newman Association's lecturer and distinguished guest. Professor Mary McAleese - 8th President of Ireland and Chancellor of Trinity College Dublin - will speak on "Human Rights and Church Law". Thursday 7th November at 7.30 in the Immaculate Conception Church hall. All welcome. (Please share this post for us)

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⛪MASS FOR COP29

Join us to pray for the success of the upcoming United Nations Climate Summit taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from Nov 11th - Nov 22nd. COP29 will see leaders and activists gathering from all over the world to address the climate crisis.

We will come together on Thursday 14th November in Glasgow to pray that they may make decisions and advance actions that prioritise people and planet and that safeguard our common home. 🌎💚



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Dunkeld Diocese held their annual Mission Day in Our Lady of Victories Dundee on Saturday 19th October. The annual event coincides with Mission Sunday and involves people across the diocese coming together to discuss a topic related to the areas of mission, justice and peace, or caritas and to consider how they can respond.

The theme for this year was "Persecuted Christians" and attendees were joined on the day by their new bishop, Bishop Andrew McKenzie, and Canon Kevin Golden, Fr Mike Freyne and Fr Tobias Okoro. Two of our Diocesan Commissioners at Justice & Peace Scotland, Sue and Nick, were involved on the day, too.

If you have a good news story about any justice and peace related work happening in your parish, school or diocese, we want to hear about it!
Drop us a message at [email protected] and we will share your stories to help inspire others.



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