The Royal Scots College Salamanca
Still at the service of Christ and His Church
For the first time since 2019, the College this year was able to host seminarians for the full six months of our regular Propaedeutic Course. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 cohort had to go home, completing their course online over those remaining months (see here) while in 2021, travel restrictions were reimposed by Read More …
On the evening of the 31st of May 1771, the small community of priests and seminarians of the Scots College in Spain moved in to their new home in the former Jesuit College of San Ambrosio in Valladolid. There, after prayers had been said, in company with the staff and students of the Royal English Read More …
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 place 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 …