WITH Storm Ashley putting paid to the chances of the 2024 edition of the Pope’s Charity Cup taking place in its usual October date, an exciting final eventually took place just before the schools broke up for the summer.

AT MISSIO Scotland we take great joy in many aspects of our work. Supporting projects is an obvious one. Making lifelong connections is another. Spreading the Good News, however, is at the core of every single member of the Pontifical Mission Societies throughout the world and is not something that merely gives joy to those in mission countries and territories throughout the world, but also allows us to receive joy in return too.

2025 got off to a sad start for the Missio Scotland team when news reached us that long-time volunteer Anne McCrossan, had passed away.

For World Mission Day 2025, I have chosen the motto: "Missionaries of Hope Among all Peoples."

A long-standing friendship between Fr Lockhart and Bishop Nkuo led to Missio Scotland being able to support the construction of a new Church