Social Issues
Opening hearts and minds
DUNCAN MACLAREN
The former director of SCIAF addressed the issue of attitudes to refugees and asylum seekers at service in Glasgow Cathedral on 13th January, the feast of St Mungo, as part of the city’s annual St Mungo Festival. Continue reading1918: A panacea for Catholic education in Scotland?
Mary Cullen.
The editor of Open House reports on a lecture given by Professor Sir Tom Devine exactly 100 years to the day after the Education (Scotland) Act of 1918 received royal assent. Was it, he asked, a panacea for Catholic education in Scotland? Continue reading
The stories behind the names
FLORENCE BOYLE.
In this, the centenary year of the Armistice, a resident of the village of Old Kilpatrick traced the stories behind the names on her local war memorial. Continue reading
From the Firth of Forth to the Indian Ocean
HONOR HANIA and ALISON CLARK
As summer holiday cruises become increasingly popular, two Open House contributors highlight the changing role of the church’s ministry to seafarers. Honor looks at its history, and Alison at one chaplain’s journey from the Firth of Forth to the Indian Ocean. Continue reading
