{"id":10220,"date":"2025-06-19T20:44:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T20:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/?p=10220"},"modified":"2025-06-20T05:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T05:24:34","slug":"packed-cathedral-for-leavers-mass-and-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2025\/06\/19\/packed-cathedral-for-leavers-mass-and-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Packed cathedral for Leavers&#8217; Mass and Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"s2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2025\/06\/19\/packed-cathedral-for-leavers-mass-and-graduation\/abac9a65-3e4d-49eb-bda9-0b8c63fe4de7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19203611\/abac9a65-3e4d-49eb-bda9-0b8c63fe4de7.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1750359057&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"abac9a65-3e4d-49eb-bda9-0b8c63fe4de7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19203611\/abac9a65-3e4d-49eb-bda9-0b8c63fe4de7-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19203611\/abac9a65-3e4d-49eb-bda9-0b8c63fe4de7-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10225\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19203611\/abac9a65-3e4d-49eb-bda9-0b8c63fe4de7-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19203611\/abac9a65-3e4d-49eb-bda9-0b8c63fe4de7-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19203611\/abac9a65-3e4d-49eb-bda9-0b8c63fe4de7-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19203611\/abac9a65-3e4d-49eb-bda9-0b8c63fe4de7-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19203611\/abac9a65-3e4d-49eb-bda9-0b8c63fe4de7.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>Primary 7 pupils, along with their families and teachers, gathered in Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral on the evening of 19th June to celebrate their Leavers\u2019 Mass and graduation. The music was led beautifully by Cathedral school choir, accompanied by Mr John Pitcathley on the organ. In his homily, Fr Lamb encouraged the children to do what Jesus asks of them throughout their lives and assured them that they will always find a warm welcome at the cathedral.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">At the beginning of the graduation ceremony, Mr Young talked about not being afraid, despite the uncertainty of life, and encouraged the children to look to the future with hope and optimism. This was followed by the presentation of graduation bags, which included a certificate and high school tie, before awards for Academic Excellence, Sportsmanship, Citizenship and Wider Achievement were announced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">The House Trophy was then awarded to the captains of this year\u2019s winning House, Scanlan, before the ceremonial handing over of batons to our twelve new House Captains.<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><br \/>\nPrimary 7 rounded off the proceedings with a vibrant and moving performance of \u2018The Circle of Life\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Cathedral Primary and parish wishes all of this year\u2019s Primary 7 pupils every success as they begin an exciting new chapter in their lives.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10229\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2025\/06\/19\/packed-cathedral-for-leavers-mass-and-graduation\/4339fe18-68a4-4269-8ff1-1e0af865a8e4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19204824\/4339fe18-68a4-4269-8ff1-1e0af865a8e4.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,855\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1750361805&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4339fe18-68a4-4269-8ff1-1e0af865a8e4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19204824\/4339fe18-68a4-4269-8ff1-1e0af865a8e4-300x214.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19204824\/4339fe18-68a4-4269-8ff1-1e0af865a8e4-1024x730.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10229\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19204824\/4339fe18-68a4-4269-8ff1-1e0af865a8e4-1024x730.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19204824\/4339fe18-68a4-4269-8ff1-1e0af865a8e4-1024x730.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19204824\/4339fe18-68a4-4269-8ff1-1e0af865a8e4-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19204824\/4339fe18-68a4-4269-8ff1-1e0af865a8e4-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/06\/19204824\/4339fe18-68a4-4269-8ff1-1e0af865a8e4.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primary 7 pupils, along with their families and teachers, gathered in Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral on the evening of 19th June to celebrate their Leavers\u2019 Mass and graduation. The music was led beautifully by Cathedral school choir, accompanied &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2025\/06\/19\/packed-cathedral-for-leavers-mass-and-graduation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10220"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10244,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10220\/revisions\/10244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}