News Archive
On Sunday 8 May pilgrims from across the diocese gathered at the Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden for the annual May street procession. Starting from the Shrine Church, they prayed the Rosary and sang Marian hymns as they made their way through the...Read more
On Saturday 14 May, Cardinal Vincent welcomed 700 couples, celebrating over 25,000 years of marriage, to the ninth annual Mass of thanksgiving for the Sacrament of Matrimony at Westminster Cathedral at 3pm.
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In his homily, the Cardinal reflect...Read more
Following on from the announcement that Sadiq Khan was the winner in the London Mayoral Election on Saturday 7 May, Cardinal Vincent issued the following statement:
'I welcome Sadiq Khan as the new Mayor of London. I assure him of my prayers fo...Read more
By Barbara Kentish
'Did you see anything extraordinary on your visit to the Refugee Camp?', a policeman asked the Diocese of Westminster Caritas and Justice and Peace expedition at the Calais UK Border control on 29 March.
Nine people from...Read more
Following the announcement yesterday by David Cameron that the UK will accept an unspecified number of unaccompanied children who arrives in the EU from Syria, Cardinal Vincent has made the following statement welcoming the decision:Â
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Both during his lifetime and since, Thomas Merton (1915-68) has always evoked a mixed response. Merton was educated at Oakham School, Clare College, Cambridge, and Columbia University whence, after a brief period as a university teacher, he entere...Read more
Schools in the Diocese of Westminster now have access to a new set of schools resources for the Jubilee Year of Mercy produced by Catholic seafarers' charity Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) and Catholic writer Greg Watts.
The presentation gives pu...Read more
St Gregory's Catholic Science College has been shortlisted by the Times Educational Supplement for the 2016 Secondary School of the Year award.
The awards, which are now in their eighth year, celebrate the vision, commitment and outstanding con...Read more
St Paul's Catholic Primary School has an elected council of 'Mini Vinnies', which is embraced by the whole school as an essential part of young people's contribution to society. The Mini Vinnies program is a primary schools initiative deve...Read more
At the end of Lent term students from St Benedict's School in Ealing competed in RockFest in Hastings, part of the Hastings Musical Festival. The school entered two bands: 'The Others', a Year 10 five piece band which has been together for t...Read more
On Friday 29 April, the feast of St Catherine of Siena, Cardinal Vincent celebrated Vespers in Westminster Cathedral for the culmination of the celebrations for the 800th anniversary of the Order of Preachers. Also in attendance were the Master o...Read more
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On the Sixth Sunday of Easter, 1 May 2016, 1050 years of Christianity in Poland were celebrated with Mass at Ealing Abbey. Cardinal Vincent was the principal celebrant at this joyful and proud occasion for Polish people.
During this year, the b...Read more
This year the annual Mass for Migrants in honour of St Joseph the Worker took place at Westminster Cathedral on Bank holiday Monday, 2 May 2016. It was an opportunity for Catholics from London's diverse communities to gather and pray together.Â
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At the Mass for Migrants in honour of St Joseph the Worker on 2 May 2016, following the banner procession into the Cathedral, two asylum seekers spoke to the congregation about their experience.
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Cardinal Vincent has issued a Pastoral Letter that was due to be read in all parishes on the Sixth Sunday of Easter, 1 May 2016, on the Pope's Aspotolic ExhortationÂ
In the letter, the Cardinal thanks God that 'this great exhortation has come ...Read more