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On June 11
The Church was full to the brim with over 600 people in attendance. Mass was concelebrated by several other priests, one of whom was Fr Kenneth Okoli; the Provincial of the Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans), who have pastoral care of the ...Read more
On 18
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The Mass was attended by over 350 people and the church was overflowing with parishioners patiently waiting for the Cardinal's arrival. The church is over a 100 years old and moved to the current location in 1967, the year it was ...Read more
The story of how this film is made starts with Jean Vanier, the founder of L'Arche, agreeing to give a talk for the benefit of the L'Arche community in Norwood. It's a good place to start because the story of L'Arche is the story of Jean V...Read more
Fr Bernard Boylan, Parish Priest of St Theodore of Canterbury, Hampton-on-Thames, celebrated the Golden Jubilee of his Ordination on 20 May and had a special Mass celebrated at his Parish; concelebrated by his brother Fr Antony Boylan, two other p...Read more
Canon Michael Brockie, Provost of the Cathedral Chapter and Parish Priest of the Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea, celebrated his Golden Jubilee of Ordination in May. He held a celebration with parishioners over the weekend of 21 May. A S...Read more
One of the great joys of singing liturgical music and pilgrimage in general is that you make friends with all sorts of wonderful people. It is in this context that some thirty years ago I got to know Andrew Wright, who was then the organ scholar...Read more
Students from Pield Heath House RC School have recently been working with The Arts Society - Hillingdon on a 'Young Arts' Community Art Project. Local artist Christine Smith has been helping the students create a mosaic of the school logo.
T...Read more
St Augustine School have designed and produced a new set of kneelers for their Chapel, based around the designs of students, their families and staff. Organised by the Art Department and started in the school's centenary year of 2015 the work of...Read more
Cardinal Vincent ordained seven men to the priesthood at Westminster Cathedral on the Nativity of St John the Baptist, 24
The seven men ordained are Rev Julio Albornoz, Rev Michael Jarmulowicz, Rev Michael Maguire, Rev Brian McMahon, Rev Joseph...Read more
'We human beings are made to pray. Otherwise we become dislocated,' were the words of Cardinal Vincent. To respond to this natural instinct to come together to pray with others in times of grief and crisis, a time of Adoration before the Bless...Read more
Following the indiscriminate attack on people leaving Finsbury Mosque and the nearby Muslim Welfare Centre after prayers on the night of 18
In his statement, the Cardinal said:
'Together with people all over this country I am appalled at the...Read more
Our hearts truly go out to all who have been deeply affected by the tragedy that unfolded from the early hours of Wednesday 14
At the time of writing I know that families from our parish community cannot find members of their family; other fami...Read more
It was a privilege today once again to accompany Bishop John Wilson as he spent the whole day tirelessly ministering across the full range of people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.Â
The morning was spent visiting the Catholic schools of t...Read more
Cardinal Pietro Parolin has written to Cardinal Vincent to relay a message from Pope Francis for the victims of the Grenfell Tower Fire. In the letter, Cardinal Parolin writes:
'His Holiness Pope Francis was saddened to learn of the devastating...Read more
On 15th June, Cardinal Vincent paid a visit to Mildmay, the HIV charity and specialist hospital in East London. Following a short chapel service, he met with staff and patients, and  toured one of the hospital wards, and heard about some of Mildm...Read more