Campsie Glen
| Clachan of Campsie | |
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 St Machan's Church |
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 Clachan of Campsie
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| Clachan of Campsie shown within East Dunbartonshire | |
| OS grid reference | NS6179 |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GLASGOW |
| Postcode district | G66 |
| Dialling code | 0141 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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Clachan of Campsie or Campsie Glen (Scottish Gaelic: Clachan Chamais) is a settlement now in the East Dunbartonshire area of Scotland. It was formerly part of the county of Stirlingshire. It is situated to the south of the Campsie Fells at the foot of Campsie Glen where the Finglen and Aldessan Burns meet, forming the Glazert Water which then flows south-east until it joins the River Kelvin near Kirkintilloch.
In it are old industries, Crow Road, Jamie Wright's well, Lennox Castle, Woodhead House, St Machan's Church, and Campsie Glen.
Clachan of Campsie used to be the main town of the area until Lennoxtown started being built that was then called "New Campsie". Campsie Glen was a busy place in those times and has slowly died down until now with not many houses left.
Originally called Ballencleroch House, the shrine of Schoenstatt in Clachan of Campsie is a place, with gardens and a shrine to Our Lady of Schoenstatt, where nuns worship God. Since 1989, families, individuals and groups have been able to go there and come back with many comments of how beautiful and peaceful it is there. There is a woodland walk in Schoenstatt and there are other areas you can explore that most people will find fantastical.
In early 1962, Sister Xavera brought Schoenstatt to Scotland by building a centre for German catholic residents. Sister Vincetas later joined her and they worked together for many years in Ardmory in the south of Glasgow. They worked in a large area of Scotland down to Manchester. The looked after German ex-soldiers and lots of others. After time, Schoenstatt began to grow and slowly a small family Movement began to appear. Sister Xavera had a wish that a shrine could be built, and very slowly things began to arrive such as the altar in the 1970s and then the vocations in the 1980s. Father Duncan McVicar and Father Bryan Cunningham were ordained as priests at Schoenstatt. Sister Mary-Elsbeth Owens and Sister Marion McClay joined the Schoenstatt movement with Father Michael Savage who joined the Schoenstatt Priest's Institute. The move to establish a shrine came when with Sister Margareta and Sister Patricia. The shrine was opened in Campsie Glen in 1989 and then the Formation Centre in 1995. Neighbours in the area call the shrine nowadays "The Schoenstatt".
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