Scotland

"There's an episode in the life of st. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, which can serve as an example for what I wish to tell you. Jesus had been teaching a crowd of 5,000 people about the Kingdom of God. he did not want to send them away hungry, so he told his disciples to give them something to eat. He said this really to test them. One - st. Andrew - said: “There is a small boy here with five loaves and two fishes; but what is that between so many?” Jesus blessed them, and gave them out to all who were sitting waiting.

Now the point I wish to make is this: St. Andrew gave Jesus all there was, and Jesus miraculously fed those 5,000 people and still had something left over. It is exactly the same with your lives. Left alone to face the difficult challenges, you feel conscious of your inadequacy and afraid of what the future may hold for you. But what I say to you is this: place your lives in the hands of Jesus. He will accept you, and bless you, and he will make such use of your lives as will be beyond your greatest expectations! In other words: surrender yourselves, like so many loaves and fishes, into the all-powerful, sustaining hands of God and you will find yourselves transformed!"

- St. Pope John Paul II to Scottish Youth

1985

Through the Society’s Polish Annunciation of the Lord Province, the Pallottines began their first mission in the Archdiocese of Edinburgh. Today, they shepherd the Parishes of Our Lady and St. Bridget’s.