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Missio Scotland
Nov 7, 20233 min read
Fr John's African Diary... from 1969!
1969 was quite a year! I was 21 and I wrote a diary of my 10-week visit to Africa, which I have just reopened after 54 years!
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Missio Scotland
Sep 29, 20213 min read
Praying for an end to the pandemic and staying safe
Claverian Sister, Sr Stella Niwagira—who spent some time in Bellshill with her fellow sisters and who has hosted two missionary trips...
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Missio Scotland
Sep 29, 20214 min read
A determination to reflect kindness shown
AS A sixth-year student at St John Ogilvie High School I was presented with the unique opportunity to take part in a Missio Scotland-led...
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Missio Scotland
Sep 29, 20214 min read
Africa has much to teach us and much to give
I CAN still remember when Sr Stella Niwagira arrived in Scotland. I was 18 and just a few months from entering the community in Bellshill...
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Missio Scotland
Sep 29, 20214 min read
Faith in action can change lives
IT COMES as a bit of a surprise to think that it has been over a year since we were chosen by our school and Missio Scotland to take part...
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Missio Scotland
Sep 29, 20217 min read
Ugandan mission trip was an education
LAST October, 10 Catholic students from Hamilton—five from Holy Cross High School and five from St John Ogilvie High School—travelled to...
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Missio Scotland
Sep 29, 20214 min read
We are united in God's love
I’M A Sixth Year student at Holy Cross High School in Hamilton and, in October 2019, I was privileged enough to go on a mission...
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Missio Scotland
Sep 29, 20216 min read
Learning life lessons in Uganda
I OFFICIALLY ceased to be a teacher of Religious Education in the east end of Glasgow in January of last year and began my new role as...
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Missio Scotland
Sep 29, 20219 min read
Missionaries’ inspiration is rooted in faith
“Each of us should find ways to communicate Jesus wherever we are. All of us are called to offer others an explicit witness to the saving...
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Missio Scotland
Sep 29, 20213 min read
Global focus at Gartmore retreat
THE staff and students who are set to travel to Uganda this October as part of Missio Scotland’s Get Involved Globally initiative got...
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Missio Scotland
Sep 29, 20213 min read
Film to raise funds for Uganda trip
GLASGOW Fort’s Vue Cinema is playing host to a special screening of the film Bakhita: From Slave to Saint to raise funds for young people...
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Missio Scotland
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Show of support for seminarians
THE FUTURE of the Universal Church has been further bolstered by Missio Scotland after St Paul’s Major Seminary in Fort Portal, Uganda,...
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Missio Scotland
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Give a little more to Missio Scotland
AT Missio Scotland, we encourage our school communities, parishes and individual donors to ‘give a little’ to support our work worldwide....
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Missio Scotland
Sep 29, 20212 min read
St Aidan's have Missio in cheque
ST AIDAN’S Primary School in Wishaw were the latest school to present Missio Scotland with a cheque as a result of their fundraising...
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Missio Scotland
Sep 29, 20218 min read
A faith-filled mission to Uganda
AS OUR plane descended into Entebbe Airport, I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and afforded myself a look out the window and was instantly...
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