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St Gregory's Shortlisted for School of the Year
St Gregory's Shortlisted for School of the Year
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
04/05/2016
Mini Vinnies at Work at St Paul's, Wood Green
Mini Vinnies at Work at St Paul's, Wood Green
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
04/05/2016
St Benedict's Bands Steal the Show at RockFest
St Benedict's Bands Steal the Show at RockFest
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
04/05/2016
800th Anniversary Vespers for the Order of Preachers
800th Anniversary Vespers for the Order of Preachers
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
03/05/2016
2016 Eurostar to Brussels
Festival of the Precious Blood, Bruges and Ghent
Festival of the Precious Blood, Bruges and GhentRead more
03/05/2016
Celebrating 1050 Years of Christianity in Poland
Celebrating 1050 Years of Christianity in Poland
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
02/05/2016
Annual Mass for Migrants
Annual Mass for Migrants
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.  ...Read more
02/05/2016
Migrants Speak
Migrants Speak
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. The first  The first Read more
02/05/2016
Cardinal Vincent Issues Pastoral Letter on Amoris Laetitia
Cardinal Vincent Issues Pastoral Letter on Amoris Laetitia
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 Exhortation  In the letter, the Cardinal thanks God that 'this great exhortation has come ...Read more
01/05/2016
Cardinal Vincent Celebrates 150th Anniversary of Return of Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help to Public Veneration
Cardinal Vincent Celebrates 150th Anniversary of Return of Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help to Public Veneration
On Tuesday 26 April Cardinal Vincent visited his titular church in Rome, Sant' Alfonso, for the 150th anniversary of the return of the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour to public veneration. The celebration began with a procession of the ic...Read more
27/04/2016
New Hall and Prayer Garden at St James's
New Hall and Prayer Garden at St James's
Cardinal Vincent attended St James Catholic School in Twickenham for the official blessing of their new Pilgrim Hall, Prayer Garden and Stations of the Cross.  The cardinal was welcomed into the school by the RE captains and then taken on a tour ...Read more
27/04/2016
Opening of Hurtado Centre's Peace Garden
Opening of Hurtado Centre's Peace Garden
Monday 18 April saw the opening of the Hurtado Jesuit Centre's Peace Garden and Journey Exhibition by Bishop Nicholas Hudson. The Hurtado Jesuit Centre is the centre of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) and the garden will serve as a place of pea...Read more
25/04/2016
Cardinal Welcomes Parliament's Recognition of Atrocities Against Christians and Other Minorities as Genocide
Cardinal Welcomes Parliament's Recognition of Atrocities Against Christians and Other Minorities as Genocide
MPs in the House of Commons have voted overwhelmingly, 278-0, to recognise that Christians, Yazidis, and other ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and Syria are suffering genocide at the hands of Daesh (also known as ISIS or the so-called Isla...Read more
22/04/2016
Pope Francis Asks for Special Collection for Ukrainian People
Pope Francis Asks for Special Collection for Ukrainian People
At the  Explaining how the collection will be used, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, writes: 'The proceeds of the collection will be joined to a substantial offering to be made by His Holiness  Explaining how the collection wi...Read more
22/04/2016
Reuniting the Relics of St Thomas Becket
Reuniting the Relics of St Thomas Becket
In a joint initiative with the Church of England and the Catholic Church of England and Wales, the Embassy of Hungary will bring a relic of St Thomas Becket, which has been kept in Esztergom, Hungary for centuries, to the United Kingdom for a week...Read more
22/04/2016
Walsingham Pilgrimage
CDA Walsingham Pilgrimage
This year the pilgrimage takes place on: Saturday 21st May. Upon arrival, in the village of Walsingham, at 12 noon we will meet pilgrims from other Diocese to walk the final mile to the Shrine. Upon arrival, in the village of Walsingham, at...Read more
20/04/2016
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