A statue for Scotland’s only Catholic Martyr? Online campaign for Glasgow Cross memorial to St John Ogilvie wins wide support A CAMPAIGN is growing for a memorial to St John Ogilvie, Scotland’s only Catholic martyr, to be built on the spot of his execution at Glasgow Cross. An online campaign launched on his feast day last week...
A LETTER FROM FR JOHN OGILVIE SJ On 9 March 2015 an ecumenical vespers was held at St Aloysius church in Glasgow, on the eve of the 400th anniversary of the martyrdom of St John Ogilvie SJ. Fr Dermot Preston gave the homily, that you can listen to [here]... in which he read this letter: [extracts follow...
A special papal envoy is in Glasgow to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of St John Ogilvie. Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor will attend a Mass at St Andrew's Cathedral later to mark the saint's feast day. The former Archbishop of Westminster will represent Pope Francis who was unable to accept an invitation from...
John Ogilvie suffered terrible tortures, including being kept awake for eight days and nine nights, in an attempt to make him divulge the identities of other Catholics. Nonetheless, Ogilvie did not relent; consequently, after a biased trial, he was convicted of high treason for refusing to accept the King's spiritual jurisdiction. On 10th March 1615,...
