Home > News > Scottish Christian News Monitor
Archbishop backs £115m Blairs site plan
One of Scotland's most senior Roman Catholic clergymen has backed a plan to preserve a former seminary and museum on the outskirts of Aberdeen.Mario Conti, Archbishop of Glasgow, is a former pupil of Blairs College, where a developer wants to build a £115m hotel, housing and leisure complex.
Muir Group also wants to save the chapel and museum from closure.
Archbishop Conti has urged the local community to support the project, amid hopes that jobs could be created.
The prestigious listed buildings complex operated as a seminary school from 1829 to 1986, when it closed due to falling numbers.
Full story at BBC Scotland News.
The Scottish Christian News Monitor is updated daily with stories from Scottish news organisations, church press
offices and other sources.
Archives
June 2002 to now
Syndication/RSS
Syndicate this news feed (XML)
Our service on your website
Add headlines from Scottish Christian's daily news service to your website or blog using RapidFeeds. See it at work at:
Wester Hailes Baptist Church, Edinburgh
The Mount Kirk, Greenock
Barony St John's Church, Ardrossan
Old High St Stephen's, Inverness
Info
Links may become inoperative as external sites re-order their content.
Some websites require registration, which may carry a charge for accessing premium content.