University of St Andrews Catholic Chaplaincy


The University of St Andrews Catholic Chaplaincy, known as Canmore, houses the Chaplaincy to Catholics at the University of St Andrews. The current chaplain is the Reverend Father Michael John Galbraith, who is also the Parish Priest.

Chaplaincy

The chaplaincy is based at Canmore, 24 The Scores and opposite the Catholic church of St James.
The chaplaincy has a small chapel dedicated to St Margaret of Scotland, who was married to Malcolm III of Scotland, where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved. During term-time, Wednesday daily Mass of the parish of St James is celebrated in the chapel.
Weekly talks and other events of the Catholic Society are held at the chaplaincy.

History

Canmore was constructed in 1895 and from 1947 it served as a religious house for the White Fathers and subsequently the Brothers of Christian Instruction. In 1964 it was purchased and placed in a trust to serve as a chaplaincy for university Catholics. In the early 1990s, a small community of the Religious of the Assumption helped run the chaplaincy.
Until September 2010, the chaplaincy provided subsidised accommodation for two undergraduate students. The day-to-day management was overseen by the Chaplaincy Warden who was either a postgraduate student or a university academic. The Chaplaincy celebrated its 50th Anniversary in November 2014, with an anniversary mass dedicated to the chaplaincy's patron Saint, St Margaret of Scotland. It was led by Archbishop Leo Cushley, Fr Scott Deeley, Fr Michael John Galbraith, and Fr Andrew Kingham. Fr Michael John Galbraith also holds the role of Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh.

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