Dear Parishioners,

I am very much aware of lasting support I have from you, both spiritual and material which is very much appreciated indeed. I know that I am being regularly mentioned in your prayers which are very encouraging for me in the time of struggle. Please be ensured that I keep the Inverness Parish community very much in my prayers and thoughts.

I enjoy the time which is given to me in Rome. There is probably no better place than The Eternal City to experience the universality of the Church and lasting signs of our European civilization which is so deeply rooted in Christianity. It is a great opportunity to widen my mind's horizons and deepen my love for the Church and her faithful.

Within the coming months I am moving towards the end of my Philosophical part of studies which provides me with solid and substantial basis for future studies of Theology which I am hoping to undertake over the next years.

Please continue to keep me in your prayers so I can grow in piety and study earnestly for the goodness of the Church in our diocese.

Being grateful to God for this special and blessed time of discernment of my vocation and to all people whereby it is possible I pray that the time of Easter may bring you all special graces of our Lord. May we be brought even closer to the holy mysteries of the God-Man, who out of love, came down to Earth, suffered with us and for us to overcome the power of death.

Thanking you again,

Yours sincerely,

Andrzej J Niski

Pontifficio Collegio Scozzese

Roma, 22 April 2011