Priests for Scotland Website

WELCOME TO PRIESTS FOR SCOTLAND

1Priests for Scotland is an initiative of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland which aims to address issues of significance to priests working in Scotland. Priests for Scotland is also concerned with the promotion of vocations to the priesthood in the dioceses of Scotland.

ON GOING FORMATION OF PRIESTS

 This part of the site needs to be useful to you if you are a priest working in Scotland. Please feel free to offer your comments. Priests for Scotland is an opportunity to build support and fraternity among scottish priests. If you are are a priest working in Scotland and if you have not yet registered and would like to gain access to the secure menu please register here.

VOCATIONS

Resources for the promotion of Vocations are available throughout this website. Click on the Vocations Tab to find out more.

To be a priest in Scotland today is “a life worth living” and a path worth taking. The invitation to “make disciples of all the nations” is a command to each one of us.

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Are you thinking about becoming a priest? This site offers information and resources to help you in your process of discernment. Please feel free to browse the site and contact the Priests for Scotland office if you would like more information or the opportunity to discuss the Lord's call.

Have you ever considered life as a priest in Scotland?
Is this an idea that has been at the back of your mind for some time?
Is it time to spend just a few hours exploring the Lord’s call?

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has designated Sunday 13th April as World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Resources for parishes are available to priests on the secure menu. Pope Benedict's letter for this occasion is available here.
Vocations at the Service of the Church on Mission.


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THE SEMINARY APPLICANTS' YEAR

If you have decided that you want to train as a diocesan priest for one of the dioceses of Scotland then you must take part in the Seminary Applicants' Year. This is a year long process of prayer and discernment that prepares applicants for entry into the seminary formation programme. For more details please contact your Diocesan Director of Priestly Vocations and consult this website.


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His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI designated, Good Shepherd Sunday 13th May 2008, as the 45th World Day of Prayer for Vocations.  His pastoral letter for that occasion entitled ‘Vocations at the Service of the Church on Mission’ stresses the need for the Church to understand herself as missionary.  The Pope writes that “this one characteristic needs to be present in every Christian since it is through the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation that every Christian is called to bear witness and to announce the gospel.”  The Pope places particular emphasis on this same missionary spirit which witnesses to the gospel in a special and intimate way in the life of the ordained priests and consecrated religious.

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