Looking back over the past decade
Greetings, Today is my tenth anniversary as Chaplain to the University. On Thursday 1 September 2011 I drove to St Andrews from St Monans where I was still living, and met the Chaplaincy secretaries Tracy and Emma,…
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‘Preparations and openings’
Good morning, There is a week to go! Students are already arriving in St Andrews to resume their studies, or begin them. Some are returning 3, or 9 or even 18 months or so since they were last in the town. In the…
Exhibits of faith at the Wardlaw
Good afternoon, St Andrews is abuzz with the sounds of kids enjoying the Lammas Fair – on waltzers, merry-go-rounds and flying machines. But there are more gentle pleasures for the visitor, such as the newly extended,…
Pilgrimage
Greetings, On Saturday a friend and I walked part of the Fife Pilgrim Way, from North Queensferry to Dunfermline. It’s an alternative first (or last) leg of the pilgrimage to St Andrews. Last year I walked from…
‘Walking the Fife Pilgrim Way’
Good morning, It’s raining in St Andrews, but I hope it’s dry in west Fife. A friend and I are walking part of the Fife Pilgrim Way today, from North Queensferry to Dunfermline, an alternative route to the section…
July update from Donald
Good evening, It’s been a while since I last wrote a Companionship piece. I hope you’ve been having a good summer. Since the last one, the sun has shone, the Jannetta’s queue for ice cream has got ever longer, I’ve…
‘Graduating? stay in touch…’
Good morning, Today is the first day of the 2021 graduations… or it should be. It was in my calendar for today, and I should be collecting my borrowed gown, conducting a Service of Thanksgiving, giving the…
‘Stepping into nature’
Good afternoon, About a couple of months ago I shared in a Companionship message that five of us from the Chaplaincy were taking part in the Step Count Challenge as a team called St Andrews Peregrinos (Spanish for…
Travels to Argyll and Iona
Good morning, I thought I’d share a few photos from our recent holiday in Argyll and Iona. We were staying near a place of long human habitation, the Kilmartin Glen, and explored evidence of early patterns of belief.…
‘A very royal chat’
Good afternoon, Companionship has taken many forms over the past year and more. But I witnessed one of the most striking instances on Wednesday when seven students from a range of faiths sat down in the Can-Do Marquee…