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An Examen for married love in Lent
An Examen for married love in Lent
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
18/03/2021
Reflecting on love through Lent
Reflecting on love through Lent
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
02/03/2021
Teams of Our Lady: a recipe for married love
Teams of Our Lady: a recipe for married love
If like me, you enjoy cooking, you will know that, when the recipe asks you to spend time marinading the food, should you then decide to cut corners the overall flavour is affected. Whilst the meal remains edible, the complexity of flavour may be...Read more
23/02/2021
CANA - Taking time for yourselves as a couple
CANA - Taking time for yourselves as a couple
In this time of lock down it is good to hear and be inspired by the work of those who work to sustain and nurture marriage and family life. Our thanks to Paul Mannu for this great overview on the charism and work of CANA In this time of continued...Read more
09/02/2021
For we put our trust in you. In you, Lord, is our hope
For we put our trust in you. In you, Lord, is our hope
By Reverend Roger Carr-Jones, Marriage & Family Life Coordinator, Diocese of Westminster The past year has felt as though it has been full of challenges, sorrows and disappointments as our accepted way of living and acting has adapted to life in...Read more
20/01/2021
Three words for Christmas: 'I love you'
Three words for Christmas: 'I love you'
'I love you, Pop-Pop and Vovó!' (Portuguese for grandmother) said our two-year-old granddaughter at our most recent Facetime conversation. After a year in which we have only briefly seen our three grandchildren and had to maintain social...Read more
11/12/2020
Reimagining the Advent journey in a time of Covid
Reimagining the Advent journey in a time of Covid
By Reverend Roger Carr-Jones Marriage & Family Coordinator , Diocese of Westminster Two years ago, I had the real privilege of working alongside our friends at Pray-As-You-Go, helping to devise a resource which became known as 'Imagining the...Read more
07/12/2020
The Good Samaritan: tending to the needs of the separated and divorced
The Good Samaritan: tending to the needs of the separated and divorced
By Reverend Roger Carr-Jones Marriage & Family Life Coordinator, Diocese of Westminster https://www.restoredlives.org/ At the back of my house is a large wall. For most of the year it is hidden behind a profusion of plants each vying for the...Read more
25/11/2020
Swimming in an ocean of love
Swimming in an ocean of love
By Reverend Roger Carr-Jones, Marriage & Family Life Coordinator, Diocese of Westminster Although I enjoy swimming, I am not a strong swimmer, which in the past meant that I rarely ventured out of my depth. It was not the water that was the...Read more
14/11/2020
Marriage: A vocation of joy
Marriage: A vocation of joy
Our thanks to our friends from http://www.teamsgb.org.uk/ for sharing this inspiring reflection from Canon John Udris, Spiritual Director at St Mary's College Oscott Reverend Roger Carr-Jones Marriage & Family Life Co-Ordinator This is to clarify...Read more
27/10/2020
'Hidden Life': A reflection for Baby Loss Awareness Week 2020
'Hidden Life': A reflection for Baby Loss Awareness Week 2020
By Reverend Roger Carr-Jones Marriage & Family Life Cordinator Diocese of Westminster (Image reproduced with the kind permission of the Preston Jesuit Community) If you ever have the opportunity to visit Preston take a moment to visit the Jesuit...Read more
09/10/2020
What can quilts teach us about marriage ?
What can quilts teach us about marriage ?
By Reverend Roger Carr-Jones Marriage & Family Life Coordinator (inspired by an article written for http://www.allianceofcatholicmarriageorganisations.org.uk/ ) I have always been fascinated by the time, effort and creativity that goes into the...Read more
29/09/2020
How is the pandemic affecting couples?
How is the pandemic affecting couples?
The journey through this pandemic will be long. Our thanks to Nigel & Rose Stokes of the SmartLoving family for this contribution to help couples to grow in their love. Roger Carr-Jones Marriage & Family Life Coordinator Over the past number…Read more
03/08/2020
REALITY - We are HUMAN
REALITY - We are HUMAN
Hearing different voices has been a particular theme of MFL Westminster during the lockdown. As we are now learning to live with the constraints and pressures of living in a pandemic it is good to hear words that can affirm our relationships and h...Read more
28/07/2020
Rekindling the love in married life
Rekindling the love in married life
All marriages experience times of stress and disconnection. This is normal. At other times we need to love, help and support of others. Our thanks to Cathy & Clive Jones of Retrouvaille UK for this article Call Retrouvaille on Email ; ...Read more
15/07/2020
Marriage Care at 75 - always here for you
Marriage Care at 75 - always here for you
Lockdown might be easing but the needs for couples and families are not. MFL Westminster are inviting different voices  to share their insights to help support and nourish marriage and family life. Marriage Care   Now in its 75   The etho...Read more
30/06/2020
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