The St Nicholas Care Fund 

The St Nicholas Care Fund’s preparation for Caring Sunday has been slightly different this year to reflect the current Scottish Government restrictions.  In place of the annual newsletter, December’s edition of Flourish will feature the Archbishop’s Appeal and an article outlining some of the projects that the Care Fund has supported this year.  Flourish will appear on the Archdiocese website at the beginning of December. In order to keep people safe, we are asking that donations be made electronically this year. Information on how to make an application for funding can be found at www.rcag.org.uk – choose St Nicholas Care Fund from “The Archdiocese” drop-down menu.

A message concerning the Care Fund has also been received from the Archbishop which can be accessed using the link shown.

http://www.strobertbellarmine.org.uk/Websites/ChurchstRobertBellarmine//StNicholasCareFundAppealDecember2020.pdf

The Legion of Mary Wayside Club

The Wayside Club provides a daily evening meal to the homeless of Glasgow, prior to COVID this would have been a shared meal with the opportunity for social connection and spiritual support from a member of the Legion of Mary with an opportunity to join in evening prayer. During COVID we have continued to provide take-away food and support and advice about accessing other agencies.   

We are keen to promote our service amongst Catholics who could help us by becoming legionaries to provide practical and spiritual support to our clients. We also want to encourage Auxiliary members who would be prepared to support us in prayer.   We would appreciate any promotion in your parish of our work and need for volunteers. You would be very welcome to visit us or contact us to find out more about the work we do.

The St Andrew’s Foundation for Catholic Teacher Education

The St Andrew’s Foundation for Catholic Teacher Education is launching a brand new blog called The Cloisters. The aim of the blog is to stimulate discussion, debate and collaboration in the area of Catholic religious education, and Catholic education more widely. The editorial team consists of Dr Roisín Coll, Director of the St Andrew’s Foundation, Anna Blackman, lecturer in Catholic Education, and myself.  We invite contributions to the blog from academics in Scotland and beyond, teachers, alumni, students, parents, clergy, and all interested in the mission of Catholic education.

The address of the blog is https://thecloisters.blog , and there you will find our opening editorial blog, and instructions regarding how to submit a blog and comment.