The Royal Scots College Salamanca
Still at the service of Christ and His Church
September 2020 saw the launch of a new book outlining the history of the College’s “summer house” in Boecillo, a small village on the banks of the river Duero. The house – known also as the “Casa Grande” (the “Big House”) – was built in the late 1790s as a palce the students could go Read More …
Our 2020 Propaedeutic Seminary Course began in the normal way, with our plans and calendar now well-worked out and following the pattern which has developed over the past few years. Eight men came from various parts of Scotland and Ireland to begin their journey in priestly formation as normal – four from Scotland (from the Read More …
There was a great atmosphere in the College for the first half of 2019, as our fourth Propaedeutic Course group of seminarians began their journey in priestly formation… Read More …
The College hosted its first formal collaboration with the St Andrews Foundation for Catholic Teacher Education this summer, with a summer school organised and led by staff of the Foundation from Glasgow University for students pursuing the B.Ed course at the university. As part of their studies for the Religious Education element of their course, Read More …
This year, we have welcomed our largest group yet for the Propaedeutic Seminary session – 14 men in total. Most are from around Scotland (from Coatbridge to Cupar, Dennistoun to Dundee, Rosyth to Greenock, Kilwinning to Elgin) but we have been joined also by two seminarians from dioceses in Ireland. The course has been much Read More …
As in previous years, our community made a pilgrimage to Rome for Holy Week and Easter this year, joining the community of the Pontifical Scots College for the silent Holy Week retreat and for the celebration of the Easter Triduum. Although we are a much larger community this year – and so could easily sustain Read More …
After our propaedeutic course ended, the College took up its “other life” as a home-from-home for visiting groups from Scotland and elsewhere (i.e. we even had a few from Ireland this summer!). First up was a group from Holy Cross parish in Glasgow, led by their Parish Priest, Mgr Hugh Bradley, along with their former Read More …
For Holy Week 2017, the students and the Rector travelled to Rome to join with the community of the Pontifical Scots College to celebrate the great feasts of the Triduum and – for the students – to enter into some days of silent retreat beforehand. This in itself was a great opportunity for making and Read More …
Following on from the positive experience of the first Propaedeutic Session in 2016, the Pontifical Scots College in Rome has again invited our small group of seminarians to join their community for their Holy Week retreat this year. A full five days of silent retreat (a new experience for some!), this takes place in a Read More …
In 1971, the then Rector, Fr Maurice Taylor, later to become bishop of Galloway, published “The Scots College in Spain”, practically the definitive word in the history of the College to that point. Since then, the College has undergone many changes and faced many new challenges, not least, of course, its move to Salamanca, its closure Read More …