I will be spending the next two days at the annual Catholic Head Teachers’ conference. This year’s event is being held in St Andrew’s and will be a great opportunity to connect with Head Teachers from all over Scotland as well as hear some thought-provoking speakers. The opening address this morning will be given by Archbishop Leo Cushley and then Isabelle Boyd, Head of Service from North Lanarkshire Council, will provide some more food for thought.

Anyone who pops into St Bart’s this morning will notice that rewiring work has now begun on two of the offices, including my own. Mrs Smillie has been relocated to Mr Lynch’s Office, just across the corridor, for a few days.

Tuesday saw this year’s first meeting of the ‘Pray for our School’ group and it was great to see such a healthy turnout of parishioners. The group meets in the oratory on the first Tuesday of each month at 11.00 am to pray for the school before popping along to the Get Together Room to enjoy a cup of tea, a biscuit (or two!) and a good blether with some of our Primary 7 pupils. It’s always a highlight of the month for both parishioners and pupils, so please consider marking Tuesday 7th October in your diary. It would be great to see you!