Home
  Events
  Advisors
  Cathedral Chapter
  Speeches & Letters
  Photos
Diocesan Curia
History
Parishes
 


 
 
 
ARCHBISHOP'S SPEECHES & LETTERS
 

Click on any of the titles below to view the document.

 
   
2012  
   
2011  
   
2010  
   
2009  
Address to Catholic Headteachers

Easter Homily

Chrism Mass

Pastoral Letter for Lent

St Patrick's Festival Mass

Cardinal Winning Lecture

Lourdes Pilgrimage

Article on Faith and the Arts

Message to the Parish of Our Lady & St Mark,  Alexandria - August 2009

   
2008  

Christmas Message

Unveiling Statue of St John the Baptist

50th Anniversary - St Agnes Primary School

50th Anniversary - St Flannan's Primary School

Advent Message to Students of Education Faculty

Mass for Artistic Community, St Andrew's Cathedral - Feast of Christ the King 2008

50th Anniversary of Ordination, San Marcello, Rome

Mass for Fatima Groups

Mass for 80th Anniversary of Opus Dei

Centenary of foundation of St Aloysius Church, Garnethill

50th Anniversary of Opening of St Stephen's Church, Dalmuir

Golden Jubilee of St Kessog's Church, Balloch, 21 September 2008

Mass for 40th Anniversary of the Opening of St Mary's Cumbernauld

Address to the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, St Patrick's Anderston - Friday 12 September

Mass for 40th Anniversay of Our Lady's High, Cumbernauld, 8 September 2008

Homily for Mass with Catholic Head Teachers - Peebles - 4 September 2008

Mass for 160th Anniversary of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Glasgow

Year of St. Paul

Mass for 60th Anniversay of the Diocese of Paisley

Tribute to Tommy Burns RIP

Letter to Parish of St Joseph, Faifley

Sermon at University Memorial Chapel - 27 February 2008

Mass for Teachers, St Andrew's Cathedral- 29 January 2008

150th Anniversary of St Mungo's Academy, St Andrew's Cathedral - 17 January

Feast of St Mungo - St Mungo's Cathedral - 13 January 2008

Article for Scottish Catholic Observer

Hybrid Cloning

Pastoral letter on Bio-ethics

   
2007  
40th Anniversary of St Gregory's School
Acolyte Ministry
Adoption and Equality Legislation - A Catholic Rationale
Mass of Thanksgiving - St Margaret's Children and Family Care Society
All Souls Day 2007 - Mass for the Italian Community
Challenges Facing the Church - Nexus Exhibition, SECC Glasgow - 23 August 2007
Christmas Message
Civic Mass - St Andrew's Cathedral 19 August 2007
Centenary - St Stephen's
Mass for Catholic Teachers
Mass with Papal Nuncio - St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh
10th Anniversary of the Cardinal Winning Pro Life Initiative
Chrism Mass 2007
Feast of St John Ogilive - 2007
Vigil of the Feast of St Mungo - 12 January 2007
John Durkan - An appreciation
Mass of Thanksgiving 30th Anniversary of Episcopal Ordination - 3 May 2007
King's College Chapel: Choral Matins - 28 October 2007
Letter to the Clergy: Lent 2007
Malta - Saturday 8 September 2007 - Reflection on Devotion to our Lady
Malta - Friday 7 September 2007 - Reflection on the history of the Order
Malta - Friday 7 September 2007 - Reflection on our service to the sick
Malta - Sunday 9 September 2007 - Challenges facing members of the Order
Mass for 25th Anniversary of John Paul Academy
National Pilgrimage to Carfin marking 25th Anniversary of visit of Pope John Paul II
Pastoral Reflection on the 25th Anniversary of the Papal Visit to Scotland
Centenary ofSt Stephen's Parish, Dalmuir
Presentation of Kentigern - De Vita Sua Glasgow Cathedral - Sunday 18 March
Mass to mark re-opening of St Patrick's Anderston - Sunday 26 August
Service for Glasgow Old People's Welfare Association, Glasgow Cathedral - 11 February
Golden Jubilee of St Margaret Mary's, Castlemilk
Statement re St Patrick's Anderston (5 May 2007)
Transcending Poverties Conference
 
2006  
Address at Anniversary of Notre Dame Child Guidance Clinic
Address at St Margaret's Hospice - 6 June 2006
University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel - Fifth Sunday of Easter 2006
Address to the Presbytery of Glasgow
Archdiocesan Mass for Day of Consecrated Life - 4 February 2006
Catechism
Christmas Message to the Independent Federation of Nurses
Ecumenism Article
Pastoral letter on Family Issues
Homily at St Constantine's Church, Govan - 19 August 2006
Homily for 70th Anniversary of Holyrood Secondary School
Homily for Centenary of Foundation of St Mark's Parish, Glasgow
Homily for Strathclyde Police Annual Service of Remembrance - 20 May 2006
Mass for 100th Anniversary of Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes
Mass for 150th Anniversary of St Joseph's, Milngavie
Sermon at King's College Chapel, Aberdeen
Homily for Feast of St Mungo 2006
2005  
Address to Lourdes Medical Association - 5 February 2005
Address to University of St Andrews, Centre for study of Religions and Politics - 7 October
On Embryo Cloning
Tribute to Bishop Stephen McGill
Opening of the Cause of Beatification of Pope John Paul II
Bishop McGill Appreciation
Burrell Story
Chrism Mass
Christmas Message
Christmas Pastoral
Christmas Radio Message
Civic Mass - St Aloysius, Garnethill
Gonzaga Lecture
Homily at Golden Jubilee of St Margaret
Homily at University og Glasgow Sunday Service
Mass for 4th Anniversary of Cardinal Winning
Mass for Graduation of New Catholic Teachers - 27 June 2005
Mass for the Italian Community - 21 November 2005
Mass in Parish of St Patrick
Mass to mark the election of Pope Benedict XVI

Ordination to the Episcopate of Rt Rev Philip Tartaglia - St Mirin's Cathedral Paisley -

20 November 2005

Pastoral Care Trust Message
Pastoral Letter - Bishop Tartaglia
Pope Benedict XVI Appreciation
Reflections on Our Lady of Lourdes
Requiem Mass for Bishop Stephen McGill
Roman Reflections
St Ninian's High Prizegiving
St Patrick's Shotts Centenary
Statement on Cardross
Statement on Medically Assisted Suicide
Statement on the Election of Pope Benedict XVI
Sunday Herald Article
SVDP Talk - 7 December

The Next Papacy

Pastoral Letter Papal Election

   
2004  
University of Glasgow - February 2004
Life Conference - March 2004
Pastoral Letter - Feast of Saint John Ogilvie
Response to the Scottish Executive - Document on Sexual Health Strategy
2002  
Installation of Archbishop
Mass of Installation of Archbishop
Sunday Herald Article - February 2002 - Bigotry
Scottish Parliament - December 2002 - "Time For Reflection"
Catechesis for World Youth