Marriage and Family Life News

By Deacon Roger Carr-JOnes, Marriage & Family Life Coordinator, Diocese of Westminster There is a world of difference between the term ‘Will you be my Valentine?’ and that of the phrase ‘Will you marry me?’. The first might leave you with…Read more

By Reverend Roger Carr-Jones, Marriage & Family Life Coordinator, Diocese of Westminster Family life can move from times of stability and security into moments of upheavl and uncertainty. At the birth of Jesus, for Mary and Joseph the arrival of…Read more

The great benefit of making a journey is that it can provide a much-needed space for reflection and thought. Although we can prepare for a journey, get the right tickets, guide books and read the literature, it is only in setting off that the…Read more

With all that has happened over the last twelve months it is quite easy to overlook that we have been celebrating the Year of St Joseph. Pope Francis declared this year in his Apostolic Letter Patris Corde in which he writes “Each of us can…Read more

In this striking image of the meeting of Blind Bartimaeus with Jesus, the Bulgarian artist Julia Stankova provides a sense of expectation and empathy between the two. The able-sighted crowd are the distracted ones. Jesus is the one who listens,…Read more

By Reverend Roger Carr-Jones, Marriage & Family Life Co0rdinator for the Diocese of Westminster I have three vocations: Christian; husband and deacon, it is the former that informs the whole and for me, Zacchaeus is the model of domestic…Read more

Marriage Care are the largest faith-based relationship support-specialists in the UK and was founded in the Diocese of Westminster in August 1946 in response to the significant breakdown in marriages following the war. 75 years on the need to…Read more

By the Reverend Roger Carr-Jones Marriage & Family Life Coordinator, Diocese of Westminster The inspiration for this piece comes initially from my reflecting once again on a remarkable art installation by the sculptor Fenwick Lawson commissioned by…Read more

The Book of Ecclesiastes tells us: ‘To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven’. This idea of the seasons seems to fit very well, when we come to speak of our life-enhancing relationship with grandparents…Read more

By reverend Roger Carr-Jones Marriage & Familiy Life Coordinator , Diocese of Westminster I like watching fireworks, whether in the domestic setting, or as part of an organised event. The myriad of colours, patterns and sounds add to the sense of…Read more

As part of our celebration of the Year of St Joseph and Amoris Laetitia-Family we are inviting a variety of voices from groups to share their journey with us. Our thanks to Maurice Magee at Two In One Flesh for this personal and touching…Read more

As part of our celebration of the Year of St Joseph and Amoris Laetitia-Family we are inviting a variety of voices from groups to share their journey with us. We are grateful for these thoughts from John Corcoran, a Relationship counsellor with…Read more

By The Reverend Roger Carr-Jones Marriage & Family Life Coordinator, Diocese of Westminster This Lent why not reflect for a moment on the ways in which by living out our vocation as a married couple and as a family, we preach the gospel to…Read more

By Reverend Roger Carr-Jones, Marriage & Family Life Coordinator, Diocese of Westminster Praying scripture through art is a practice that allows the text to be explored through the medium of a painting or photograph. This Lent we would like to…Read more