After a period in Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral in Motherwell from 1957 to 1958 he became Chaplain to the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in Bothwell until 1961. At this point he became Spiritual Director at the Pontifical Scots College.
He held a temporary assignment at Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral in Motherwell from 1957 to 1958 before becoming Chaplain to the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in Bothwell until 1961. He then took up the role of Spiritual Director at the Pontifical Scots College.