by Duncan MacLaren

As we mourn the untimely death of Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, we remember, as Lent approaches, the way he spoke movingly of SCIAF’s mission in his homily during the special Mass last November to bring to mind those who had supported SCIAF and were now with God. He said:

‘The mission of SCIAF, born from and sustained by the love of Jesus Christ, is to seek to lift people across the world out of poverty and to help them to achieve the change that is necessary for families, communities and nations to live and to prosper according to their human dignity, in peace and in justice’.

Dr Duncan MacLaren was SCIAF’s first Director and worked there for 13 years before moving to the Vatican as Director of Programmed for Caritas Internationalis. He was then elected Secretary General.  He served on the SCIAF board from 2014 – 2020