Scottish Caritas Award for pupils from St. Aloysius' College

The Scottish Catholic Education Service has this year awarded its prestigious Caritas Award to a record number of pupils from St Aloysius’ College, recognising their service to others and their active commitment to faith during their final year at school. The Caritas Award was introduced in 2011 by the Bishops Conference of Scotland and invites young people of any faith to explore the idea that “the love which God lavishes upon us must in turn be shared with others”.

The College was delighted to present the most award winners yet this year, with nine pupils invited to the Clyde Auditorium to receive their award in front of almost 3000 pupils, teachers and family members from schools all over Scotland. Among the tributes paid to the pupils at the award ceremony was a special greeting and Apostolic Blessing from Pope Francis, who urged the young people “to courageously witness to the love that God has for every individual person”.

Throughout their final year at school, the Aloysians dedicated at least 40 hours of their time to promoting active faith within their College and Parish communities whilst some were recognised as going ’above and beyond’ with their dedication to groups such as the College’s Children’s Fund

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