The Bishops' Conference of Scotland

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

15Sep

Scottish charity in global campaign to boycott trade with illegal Israeli settlements

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

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25465680.scottish-charity-campaign-boycott-trade-israeli-settlements/

AN AGENCY of the Catholic Church in Scotland has joined an international campaign calling on governments to boycott trade with illegal Israeli…

15Sep

📰Read more about Justice & Peace Scotland's endorsement of the Stop Trade With Settlements campaign

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

📰Read more about Justice & Peace Scotland's endorsement of the Stop Trade With Settlements campaign. ⬇️

An agency of the Catholic Church in Scotland has joined an international campaign calling on governments to boycott trade with illegal Israeli settlements 👇

15Sep

🚨BREAKING: New Report Out Today

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

🚨BREAKING: New Report Out Today

Justice & Peace Scotland joins more than 80 civil society organisations worldwide in launching a major campaign calling for a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.

From stolen land to global complicity this new report exposes how foreign states, corporations, and financial institutions sustain and legitimise Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise. These settlements violate international law and devastate Palestinian lives.

🚫It's time to Stop Settlement Trade!

📄 Read the key findings of the report in the link in comments.

📢 Help us spread the word: Share this report and call on the UK government to ban settlement trade. Together we can end the UK's complicity in Israel’s illegal settlements.

14Sep

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

🎥 "Palestinian Life Under Israel's Illegal Occupation" – Episode 5: Settler Violence

Under the watch of Israeli soldiers, settlers routinely destroy what Palestinian families have tended for generations. Olive trees are uprooted, fields set ablaze, homes and lives threatened. Beyond the destruction of land, Palestinians in the West Bank face direct assaults, intimidation, and harassment, not only leaving physical scars or injury but often lasting psychological trauma. Since October 2023, these attacks have escalated sharply, with perpetrators frequently acting with impunity, shielded from accountability and consequence.

📢 Share these stories told by Palestinians. Demand an end to illegal settlements.
#StopSettlements #EndTheOccupation #WestBank #Palestine
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14Sep

Pope at Angelus: God transforms the Cross into a means of life - Vatican News

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

At the Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, saying the “immense love of God” transformed “an ...

14Sep

✨ Commemorating 60 Years of SCIAF

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

✨ Commemorating 60 Years of SCIAF

Yesterday we were privileged to join with people from across Scotland at St Columbkille’s Church in Rutherglen where Bishop Brian McGee celebrated Mass to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of our close friends and frequent collaborators, SCIAF.

While SCIAF themselves reminded us that it is not a cause for celebration that their mission has been so urgently needed for six decades, we believe it is most certainly a moment to honour and give thanks for the work they do and impact they have had. For sixty years SCIAF has been a prophetic voice for justice and compassion, tirelessly working for a world free from poverty, where every person can flourish and where humanity lives in right relationship with God's creation.

We are deeply grateful for SCIAF’s witness and action on behalf of Scotland’s Catholic community and we look forward to continuing to work alongside them in the shared mission of building God’s Kingdom of justice and peace.

14Sep

"Leo from Chicago," Vatican media’s documentary on Pope Leo XIV's United States roots - Vatican News

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

"Leo from Chicago," a documentary coming soon on Vatican media’s channels, will offer viewers an intimate portrait of Pope Leo XIV’s early life ...

14Sep

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13Sep

LIVE: ‘Grace for the World’ Concert from Vatican City ft

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

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Live musical performances will be held in St. Peter’s Square for the first time in history to celebrate the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee Year. This landmark event ...

13Sep

Saturday 13 September 2025 Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, London Today we celebrated the “first ringing of the bel...

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

Saturday 13 September 2025 Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, London Today we celebrated the “first ringing of the bell” opening the new academic year of the Most Holy Virgin Mary’s (Saint Mary’s) Ukrainian school. The school’s director Pani Inna Hyrorovych MBE, welcomed the students, staff and parents to the new school year opening and asked Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski OBE to lead everyone in an opening prayer and bless the children. Those present also remembered and prayed for the 20,000 Ukrainian children kidnapped by russia and for all of the children in Ukraine who no longer can attend school because of the war. May God bless the students and teachers as they begin the school year!