News Archive

The parish of the Immaculate Conception and St Joseph, Hertford, celebrated the 150th anniversary of the consecration of the church on 16 October with Mass celebrated by Cardinal Vincent. The church was originally built by Cardinal Vaughan in 1858...Read more

On 9 October Cardinal Vincent visited Homerton parish to mark the 60th Anniversary of works to rebuild the church after it was damaged by a bomb during the Second World War. From 1941 to 1956 Mass continued to be celebrated there despite the churc...Read more

The diocesan archive largely consists of precious documents relating to the history of the Catholic community in the London area. There are not many artefacts but two always intrigue me, and they now hang on the wall of my office: memorial plaques...Read more

The October procession in honour of Our Lady of Willesden was led by Cardinal Vincent on Sunday 2 October. Prior to the procession, Cardinal Vincent blessed the new icon depicting St Thomas More and Blessed Álvaro del Portillo venerating the stat...Read more

On Wednesday 19 October, Corpus Christi Church in Covent Garden celebrated the 60th anniversary of consecration with a Solemn Mass. Fr Alan Robinson was the principal celebrant and Bishop Robert Byrne preached the homily. The church was the first...Read more

Proclaim is alive and active in Bethnal Green as the parish of Our Lady of the Assumption has risen to the challenge and identified aspects of parish life to be improved. It is very much work in progress, but a good start has been made so far. Fol...Read more

The recently completed decorative scheme by Tom Phillips CBE RA (pictured below) in the Chapel of St George and the English Martyrs at Westminster Cathedral was dedicated by Cardinal Vincent on 28 October. This event marks the end of a long pro...Read more

On Saturday 15 October, Bishop Paul McAleenan visited Traveller families in Hackney and Bow. He was accompanied by Sr Petronia Williams, Pastoral Co-coordinator of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Chaplaincy. In Hackney, Bishop Paul blessed the ga...Read more

'Sport at the Service of Humanity' was the theme of the first ever global conference on faith and sport held in the Vatican. Pope Francis spoke at the opening ceremony along with outgoing UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, International Olympic...Read more

By Jo Siedlecka A small group of walkers, led by Fr Dominic Robinson SJ from Farm Street, have just completed a 10-day, 'Ignatian Camino' across Catalonia in north east Spain, to pray and raise funds for Aid to the Church in Need projects with Ch...Read more

On the 27 September, the community at Finchley Catholic High school came together to celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving to mark the 90th Anniversary of the founding of the school. There were over 270 people in the congregation, including staff, stud...Read more

On 23 September Mike Freer MP made a congratulatory visit to Bishop Douglass School on their conversion to Academy status.  He was met by the Head Boy, Tisloh Danboyi and Head Girl, Charlotte Moore and their deputies Rewayda Abdulahi and John Mar...Read more

50 joyous years as a Catholic school, at the heart of Heston community, was marked by Cardinal Vincent who celebrated Mass with the school and parish on Tuesday 18 October. The Cardinal touched the hearts of all those who attended the Mass as he ...Read more

On 8 October over 300 people gathered in the Duke of York Square to take part in the annual Glass Door sleep out. From 9.30pm onwards people gathered to register and claim their spots for the night. Taking part this year were 22 local churches as ...Read more