Archive for July, 2018
Reducing Teenage Pregnancy Rate
The teenage pregnancy rate in the UK has halved since 2007. A study by BPAS showed that it is due to teenagers being more education and family focussed and socialising online more than face to face. Here’s a BBC article on this topic. This shows that a change in behaviour, rather than contraceptive services, is […]
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Sunday 7th October 2018 11 am – 5 pm http://www.prolifepilgrimage.org This is an annual pilgrimage of reparation and prayer for the sanctity of life. The programme includes Mass, opportunity for confession, stations of the cross, eucharistic adoration and the rosary. This year’s pilgrimage will be led by Archbishop Kevin McDonald. There will be coaches going […]
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Dear Friends The flyer above is a save the date notice for a young people’s event being organised on 2nd – 4th November 2018 by the Vocation’s Forum of the Conference for Religious in Scotland. The forum has recently been re-established and this event is part of a longer term strategy to make religious life […]
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Please join us in praying for the pro-life cause this Wednesday 18th July evening. Mass will be celebrated by Canon Gerald Sharkey. The programme for the evening is: Eucharistic adoration 6-7 pm, Rosary 7 pm, Mass 7:30 pm. Followed by refreshments. Join us for as little or as much of the evening as you can. […]
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Friday 16th – Sunday 18th November 2018 Come and join us at some point over the weekend to celebrate the feast of St Margaret, Queen of Scotland. Building on the momentum and spirit of the ladies lunch, we are planning a ladies open weekend hosted by the Sisters and our fantastic group of co-workers, taking […]
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Tags: Cardinal Winning Pro-Life Initiative, events, Ladies' Lunch, pro-life, St Margaret, St Margaret of Scotland, women
Support Project Truth
We are looking forward to hosting the Project Truth team for their training night in August. The Project Truth Roadshow gets together young people from across the UK to spend a week travelling around Scotland’s towns and cities, bringing the pro-life message to the public with real joy: because life is beautiful. Here’s a link […]
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Number of abortions: 12,212 abortions were carried out in Scotland in 2017 (11.8 per 1000 women), a similar number as in the past couple of years. The rate of abortion in England and Wales is higher (17.0 per 1000 women). In 1968, when the Abortion Act was implemented, there were 1500 abortions. The number of […]
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Cardinal Winning Pro-Life Initiative 