I am delighted to be able to introduce the inaugural edition of the new newsletter of the Pontifical Scots College in Rome. It is important for us to be able to keep in touch with the many people at home in Scotland, and elsewhere, whose prayers and support for the College allow it to continue[…]

In the year 1616, on the 10th March, sixteen students took the missionary oath to return to Scotland as secular priests. They had been given three months by Pope Paul V (formerly the first Cardinal-Protector of the College) to take the oath or leave the College. This move was made as it became clear that[…]

As we celebrate our 400th anniversary of Priestly Formation at the Scots College this year, we give a special thanks to all our benefactors, both living and dead.  We give thanks to them every day after lunch, and Mass on a Wednesday is offered for those who have been so kind and generous to the[…]

While every person who prays for the community is a benefactor, it seems appropriate to mention in particular The Scots College Society. The members are former students of the College who wish to support the current community in a variety of practical ways. Many of the members are not priests, and when the Society had[…]

Clement VIII is an important figure in the history of the Scottish Church. During the Reformation, when Catholics were heavily persecuted, and many were driven out of their country, some clergy had made their way to Rome and pleaded with the Pope for a place where young Scots could be educated.  A group of Scottish[…]

Why follow the Camino to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in north-western Spain? This past summer as luck, or rather providence would have it, I was fortunate enough to find out what all the fuss is about. After a retreat in the Monastery of Montserrat, near Barcelona, I had just enough time to follow the[…]