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Canon Thomas Shields
Dec 12, 20193 min read
Put the Mass Back into Christmas
There’s a Place for Us Nostalgia is a much-underrated force for good in our lives. At this time of the year, the playing of Christmas...


Canon Thomas Shields
Dec 9, 20191 min read
Real Mass appeal: the responsibility of clergy and Mass in education
In a fast-moving world, Canon Tom Shields explains why the role of priests and of Mass in our schools has never been so important for the...


Canon Thomas Shields
Nov 27, 20193 min read
‘Like Abraham, his native land forsaking…’
Connections In the days before we all sang the same school hymn to the tune of ‘Highland Cathedral’, our school hymn was ‘Hear Us,...


Canon Thomas Shields
Nov 18, 20192 min read
From Wondering to Wandering
Seeing is believing “The sky is pocked with stars. What eyes the Wise Men must have had to see a new one among so many.” James Goldman,...


Canon Thomas Shields
Nov 14, 20190 min read


Canon Thomas Shields
Nov 14, 20192 min read
Who Sees Christ?
Step back…then forward Nearly 20 years ago Neil McGregor, then director of the National Gallery, wrote a book to accompany the BBC TV...


Canon Thomas Shields
Oct 23, 20193 min read
The Trinity in the Life of the Teacher
Threes Every teacher knows that things do not come in threes – they come in batches of three. The perfect storm of missing paperwork, the...


Canon Thomas Shields
Oct 3, 20190 min read


Canon Thomas Shields
Oct 2, 20191 min read
Extraordinary Missionary Month
In The Pope Video for October, which is being released during the inauguration of the Extraordinary Missionary Month, the Holy Father...


Canon Thomas Shields
Sep 27, 20191 min read
Apply for approval
We welcome all our new teachers who have generously offered service in the Diocese of Dunkeld. Would all those who taken up new posts, or...


Canon Thomas Shields
Sep 23, 20191 min read
Sixth Year Religious Education Conference 2019
This year, the Sixth Year RE Conference took place on 20th September 2019 in St John's RC High School in Dundee. The PT of RE, Mr John...


Canon Thomas Shields
Sep 19, 20191 min read
Mass for Staff in Catholic Schools
Bishop Stephen and Canon Tom led the Mass for Staff in Catholic Schools, in St Joseph's Convent, Dundee on Wednesday 18th September 2019....


Canon Thomas Shields
Sep 18, 20192 min read
Order or Chaos?
A tour of the school Just before the then brand-new St Paul’s, Dundee, opened its doors to its first students, some of us were given a...


Canon Thomas Shields
Aug 16, 20192 min read
Here we go again
Tempting isn’t it; to get back to the routine, back to normality? For some, getting back to the routine of school life is bliss; a rest...


Canon Thomas Shields
Jul 19, 20193 min read
Wasting time with God is the best holiday we could have
Rest TES Scotland magazine recently carried an article on rest. One of the questions the article raises is what constitutes rest. For...


Canon Thomas Shields
Jul 9, 20192 min read
Who are You?
Repeat, Repeat, Repeat Earworm. It’s a good name for those tunes you just can’t get out of your head. Recently the Who’s, ‘Who are You?’...


Canon Thomas Shields
Jul 4, 20192 min read
Out of sight, Out of Mind?
Hurray! It’s the holidays The summer has finally arrived. The school seems like another planet, and the ‘little personalities’ who make...


Canon Thomas Shields
Jun 28, 20191 min read
Catholic Teaching Certificate in Dundee University
Thanks to the collaboration between the St Andrew’s Foundation and Dundee University’s School of Education, the Catholic Teaching...


Canon Thomas Shields
Jun 26, 20191 min read
An end of term Mass with the community of St Dominic’s, Crieff
Celebrating and giving thanks for all the hard work done by pupils and teachers from St Dominic's, Crieff this morning - with Bishop...


Canon Thomas Shields
Jun 26, 20191 min read
St Bernadette's moves on!
Parishioners and former pupils of St Bernadette's, Tullibody take a trip down memory lane on the occasion of the closing Mass for the...
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