We Are Mission

In the latest edition of our We Are Mission podcast, we speak to Fr John McFadden, a Spiritan Father who currently serves as the Community Superior of the Generalate Community of the Spiritans—his second spell in the role. In the course of the interview, Fr John talks about his upbringing in rural Leicestershire, discerning his vocation and his time spent on mission in Nigeria, a famous benefactor...

Spiritan, Missio Scotland's Diocesan Director for Galloway Diocese and parish priest of the iconic St Sophia's in Galston, Fr Gabriel Onoyima, speaks to us in our latest We Are Mission podcast about growing up Enugu State in Nigeria, discerning his vocation, his decision to become a Holy Ghost Father, where his vocation has taken him and what mission means to him!

Beatrice Gardner is one of the co-ordinators of The Ababa Project, whose connections with the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady are long established and fruitful. The example of these lay missionaries from St Teresa’s in Dumfries and its environs is inspiring and, as a result, in 2022, Missio Scotland is using these established channels to support a project in Ethiopia that will positively affec...

In the latest We Are Mission podcast, Fr Anthony Chantry, the National Director of Missio England and Wales, speaks to us about becoming a Catholic, discerning his vocation and joining the Mill Hill Missionaries and his time spent on mission in Kenya where he worked extensively with young people and South Africa where the poverty in the townships was stark. 

Scottish Catholic editor, Ian Dunn, speaks to us in the latest edition of the We Are Mission podcast about his career in journalism. It's a journey that has seen him work for the institution that was the Scottish Catholic Observer—where he rose through the ranks to become its editor—as well as SCIAF, before setting up a new national Catholic magazine to not only fill the void left by his former pu...

We Are Mission meets with Fr Martin Chambers, a parish priest from Galloway Diocese  and former Diocesan Director of Missio Scotland. Fr Chambers speaks to us about his early life in Scotland and England, discerning his vocation, loving life as a diocesan priest and spending five years on mission in Guayaquil in Ecuador, where—among other things—he was robbed at gunpoint and helped to build a...

Bishop John Keenan of Paisley speaks to us on the We Are Mission podcast about the strong faith foundation his family provided him with, studying law at Glasgow University days, discerning his vocation, his love for priestly life and being a university chaplain, becoming a bishop and the importance of mission.

Xaverian Father, Fr Eugenio Montesi, speaks to us in the latest edition of the We Are Mission podcast, about growing up in his native Italy, in the shadow of the local saint, St Maria Goretti, his time spent on mission in Africa, in particular Sierra Leone, and his long association with his current home here in Scotland!

In our latest edition of the We Are Mission podcast, Fr Michael Kelly, the National Director of Missio Ireland and Kiltegan Father speaks to us about his upbringing in Ireland, his time spent on mission in Grenada and South Africa and even his time spent as Vocations Director with the St Patrick's Missionary Society in Scotland!

Greenock native, Sr Placida McCann, speaks to us in the latest edition of our We Are Mission podcast about how her faith played an important part in her life from an early age, the loving examples she had within her family unit, her vocation, her time spent on mission in Kenya and her constant desire to share God's love and joy with others!

In the latest edition of the We Are Mission podcast, Comboni Missionary Priest, Fr John Clark speaks to us about growing up in his native Sunderland, his journey to the priesthood, time spent in Belfast—in one of the most volatile areas of the city during the conflict—being on mission in Brazil among the indigenous peoples and much more!

In the latest edition of We Are Mission, Fr John Doran MHM, speaks to Missio Scotland about growing up in Bootle in Merseyside, his childhood involvement with the Mill Hill Missionaries, how he came to discern his vocation, his time spent on mission, in particular the Philippines, which involved a near death experience for both him and a number of refugees and much more.

Spiritan Father, Fr Terry Donnelly, sadly passed away in 2021. However, two years prior he spoke to Missio Scotland about growing up in Barrhead, his family and faith life, his decision to take up his vocation, his time spent in Sierra Leone on mission and his lifetime of priestly service. Hopefully this podcast will act as a fitting tribute to a good man, a good priest and a good missionary. 

Missio Scotland's National Director, Fr Vincent Lockhart, speaks to us about his, perhaps, unconventional path to the priesthood, his time spent in Cameroon, the meaning and importance of mission, the work of Missio Scotland and even his ancestral links with Scottish nobility!