"The time by the goodness of God will come, when the Catholic religion will again flourish in Scotland; and then, when posterity shall enquire,
with a laudable curiosity, by what means any sparks of the true faith were preserved in these dismal times of darkness and error, Scalan and the
other colleges will be mentioned with veneration, and all that can be recorded concerning them will be recorded with care. . ."(Rev. John Geddes,
Rector of Scalan 1762-65)
Last Tuesday, Rory MacDonald kindly took me by car to the ceremony at the old post Reformation seminary at Scalan to celebrate the acquisition
of the final property and land from the Crown Estates so that the Church can now own it outright. >> Continued on page 3