Evangelisation News and Features

By Fr Chris Vipers Walsingham Pilgrimage Director   Saturday 9 July promises to be a day to remember. For the first time in many years the Diocese of Westminster, led by Cardinal Vincent, are going on pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady...Read more

Preparations for World Youth Day are now reaching their final stages in Poland and London. In Westminster bookings are coming in fast for places on the diocesan pilgrimage. Across Poland, young people from parishes and youth movements are waiting ...Read more

On 2 March, Cardinal Vincent celebrated Mass for primary school pupils who had made a pilgrimage to the Cathedral as part of the Year of Mercy. 900 primary school pupils, who had entered through the Holy Door, were gathered for the lively and beau...Read more

Every day I leave the busy and built up streets of Hackney and I walk through the bright and welcoming entrance of St Joseph's Hospice. As some of the older East End people say 'I have crossed the threshold'. When I walk through the door…Read more

St Joseph's hospice chapel was built in 1932. It was designed to serve as a bridge between the Convent of the Religious Sisters of Charity (who founded the establishment) and the hospice. It is a bright, peaceful place and many people wander in ...Read more

In his forward to the booklet, The sixty-four page booklet is comprised of six sessions offering reflections on the parables devoted to mercy as well as Gospel accounts of personal encounters with Jesus, who embodied Divine Mercy.Each session i...Read more

On 7 January a buzz of excitement spread across St Margaret Clitherow Primary School, Stevenage, as the first school pilgrims walked through their newly blessed Door of Mercy. Since 8 December, pupils and staff have been busy designing and prepar...Read more

The artwork for the doors was designed and completed by the Year 13 BTEC Level 3 Art Students at Newman Catholic College under the supervision of their teacher Miss Morgan Tipping. The artwork for the doors was designed and completed by the Ye...Read more

In a fitting start to the New Year, two parishes chose to celebrate the opening of their Holy Door on New Year's Day, the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. At Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Welwyn Garden City, Bishop John opened their Ho...Read more

On the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 20 December 2015, Bishop Nicholas opened the Door of Mercy at St Anselm and St Cecilia.  At the start of Mass, the procession moved down the centre aisle towards the back of the church and outside to the Holy Do...Read more

On 11 December, young people across the diocese gathered at Somers Town for Mass to mark the beginning of the Jubilee of Mercy. Bishop Nicholas was the principal celebrant and music was led by Edwin Fawcett and his Music Ministry scholars. At t...Read more

As we enter the Year of Mercy, Bishop John was present at two parishes opening Doors of Mercy. On Saturday, at the Vigil Mass of Gaudete Sunday, he opened the Holy Door at St Patrick's Soho Square and on Sunday, he opened the Holy Door at Our Lady...Read more

At Vespers on Sunday 13 December, Cardinal Vincent opened the Door of Mercy at Westminster Cathedral to mark the beginning of the Year of Mercy in the diocese. He was joined by the Cathedral Chapters and the Chaplains of the Cathedral. During V...Read more

Pope Francis, on the occasion of the Jubilee of Mercy, has granted that all the bishops of the world may impart the Papal Blessing with a plenary indulgence on two occasions in addition to the three annually, namely, at the conclusion of the openi...Read more