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A festival of married love: Mass for Matrimony 2024
A festival of married love: Mass for Matrimony 2024
May is marked by changes in nature. It is the season when the restraint of winter gives way to an abundance of new growth and colour. It is a time when flower shows gather apace, stimulating a wider interest in horticulture, garden design and...Read more
27/05/2024
Londoner set to become first millennial saint
Londoner set to become first millennial saint
Yesterday (23rd May), Pope Francis recognised a second miracle attributed to London-born Blessed Carlo Acutis, paving the way for him to become the first millennial saint. The miracle relates to a womanfrom Costa Rica, Liliana, who prayed at...Read more
24/05/2024
Latin Patriarch visits Gaza accompanied by parish priest Father Gabriel Romanelli
Latin Patriarch visits Gaza accompanied by parish priest Father Gabriel Romanelli
I entered Gaza during the week of Pentecost, in which we pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. For sure, it was a great blessing to be with the parishioners of Gaza. I was among my people who are currently enduring much suffering from the…Read more
21/05/2024
Cardinal Vincent celebrates Mass for new Catholics
Cardinal Vincent celebrates Mass for new Catholics
Cardinal Vincent welcomed about a hundred new Catholics, accompanied by their families, friends, priests and catechists to the Vigil Mass of the Seventh Sunday of Easter, 11th May 2024, at Westminster Cathedral. These new Catholics were received...Read more
14/05/2024
Fr Francis Wahle RIP
Fr Francis Wahle RIP
With sadness we announce the death early this morning, Tuesday 14 Fr Francis was born in Vienna, Austria in August 1929 and ordained to the priesthood at Palazzola, Rome July 1965 and had been retired since 2004 and until quite recently provided...Read more
14/05/2024
Cardinal Pole School shortlisted for School of the Year Award
Cardinal Pole School shortlisted for School of the Year Award
Cardinal Pole Catholic School has been shortlisted for the TES Schools Awards 2024 in the category of Secondary School of the Year. The TES Schools Awards, selected by a panel of expert judges, honour the best schools and teachers across the...Read more
08/05/2024
Bishop Sherrington 'deeply alarmed' by two amendments to Criminal Justice Bill
Bishop Sherrington 'deeply alarmed' by two amendments to Criminal Justice Bill
Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Bishops' Conference, has released a statement expressing his deep concern about two tabled amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill that seek to liberalise abortion laws, set to be...Read more
08/05/2024
Government launches consultation on faith-based school admissions cap
Government launches consultation on faith-based school admissions cap
Bishop Marcus Stock, Bishop Chair of the Catholic Education Service (CES), has welcomed the decision by the Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan, to lift the faith-based admissions cap on new free schools in England. The decision paves the way for...Read more
02/05/2024
Giving thanks for Catholic worship in Spanish Place
Giving thanks for Catholic worship in Spanish Place
Seventy-five years ago on 28th April 1949, St James Church in Spanish Place was consecrated in a ceremony lasting five-and-a-half hours and celebrated by no less than six bishops. On Sunday, Cardinal Vincent Nichols presided at a Mass...Read more
29/04/2024
Cardinal: Voting is a way of contributing to the good of society
Cardinal: Voting is a way of contributing to the good of society
Ahead of Thursday's local elections, the Cardinal encourages all to vote as 'another way in which we exercise responsibility' for the good of society. He addresses a special message to young people who may be eligible to vote for the first time,...Read more
29/04/2024
Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Sexual Abuse 2024
Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Sexual Abuse 2024
The Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Abuse this year is observed on 30 This year's focus is on communities who have been directly affected by allegations or convictions related to abuse, especially, but not exclusively, within the...Read more
26/04/2024
Bishops issue pastoral reflection on gender
Bishops issue pastoral reflection on gender
The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have issued a pastoral reflection on gender, highlighting the teaching of the Church but stressing that accompanying those struggling with gender dysphoria is 'a complex but essential pastoral task.' The...Read more
26/04/2024
Pope appoints Mgr Jim Curry as Auxiliary Bishop
Pope appoints Mgr Jim Curry as Auxiliary Bishop
Pope Francis has appointed Mgr James Curry as an Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Westminster. Cardinal Vincent Nichols said: 'I express my warmest thanks to Pope Francis for the appointment of Mgr James Curry as an Auxiliary Bishop for...Read more
22/04/2024
Fr David John Williamson RIP
Fr David John Williamson RIP
With sadness we announce the news of the death of Fr David John Williamson on Wednesday 17 Condolences are extended to Fr David's family, friends and colleagues, and to his former parishioners in parishes where he served, most recently as Parish...Read more
17/04/2024
Fr John Michael Warnaby RIP
Fr John Michael Warnaby RIP
We announce the sad news of the death of Fr John Michael Warnaby, Parish Priest of St Joseph, Carpenders Park and South Oxhey. Born in November 1960, Fr John died peacefully yesterday afternoon, Saturday 13 Condolences are extended to Fr John's...Read more
14/04/2024
Long-standing service SVP award for Enfield parishioner
Long-standing service SVP award for Enfield parishioner
In February one of the St Vincent de Paul Society's (SVP) long-standing members at Our Lady and St George Conference in Enfield received the long service medal. Fintan has been a member at the conference (SVP group) for over 30 years. The medal...Read more
11/04/2024
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