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The Legacy of the Year of Consecrated Life
The Legacy of the Year of Consecrated Life
As we reach the end of the Year of Consecrated Life on 2 February, the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life, Fr Richard Nesbitt met with Fr Christopher Jamison, Director of the National Office of Vocation, to ask him for his reflections on th...Read more
03/02/2016
St Anthony's Girls' School Appoints Founding Head Teacher
St Anthony's Girls' School Appoints Founding Head Teacher
Miss Laura Martin has been appointed as the founding Headteacher of St Anthony's School for Girls. It was recently announced that Ivy House, North End Road, would become the home of this new school, which opens in September 2016. Miss Martin ha...Read more
03/02/2016
My Mensa Experience
My Mensa Experience
My name is Anushka Binoy and I am eleven years old. I live in Isleworth and attend St Mary's Catholic Primary School. Recently I passed British Mensa IQ test with a score of 162. I was very happy when I had been accepted to this exclusive society....Read more
03/02/2016
Stations of the Cross Exhibition
Stations of the Cross Exhibition
From earliest times, a devotion to the Way of the Cross grew as Christians wished to walk in the footsteps of the Lord in his ascent to Mount Calvary. As pilgrimage to Jerusalem was difficult and arduous, many local churches established Stations o...Read more
03/02/2016
Cardinal Vincent Opens Sixth Form and Art and Design Building at St Benedicts
Cardinal Vincent Opens Sixth Form and Art and Design Building at St Benedicts
Cardinal Vincent blessed and formally opened the new Sixth Form and Art and Design Building at St Benedict's School on Thursday 28 January, the Feast Day of St Thomas Aquinas. The building will provide a fitting and lasting memory of Headmaster ...Read more
03/02/2016
Deacons Then, Deacons Now
Deacons Then, Deacons Now
The two mosaics on either side of the High Altar in the Cathedral show clearly the elements of the deacon's life. The mosaic on the left is of St Stephen, the first deacon and the first martyr. He was chosen by Peter to assist with the distribut...Read more
03/02/2016
Mill Hill Missionaries Celebrate 150 Years
Mill Hill Missionaries Celebrate 150 Years
In 1866 Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, the third Archbishop of Westminster purchased a beautiful 18th century house in the quiet village of Mill Hill in North London. He took up residence there with one student and in effect, the Mill Hill Missionaries...Read more
03/02/2016
Celebrating the Closing of the Year of Consecrated Life
Celebrating the Closing of the Year of Consecrated Life
On the Feast of the Presentation, 2 February 2016, Cardinal Vincent celebrated the annual Mass for Consecrated Life. This celebration, however, Read more
02/02/2016
Celebrating St Paul's Conversion at Wood Green
Celebrating St Paul's Conversion at Wood Green
As Fr Perry Sykes explains proudly: 'All the diversity of people you see on the Underground is present right here in this parish.' In his homily, Bishop Nicholas took as his theme how others see us. Looking at the life of St Paul and the exam...Read more
29/01/2016
Caritas St Joseph's
New Saturday Club opening in Kingsland! 6 February 2016
All welcome to the new Caritas Kingland Saturday Club opening on 6 February 2016!Read more
29/01/2016
Welcome Boxes
New Refugee Project - Westminster Welcome Boxes, Jan 2016
Reach out to migrants and refugees in your area with Westminster Welcome Boxes.Read more
29/01/2016
Cardinal Vincent Speaks About Combatting Online Terrorist Recruitment of Young People
Cardinal Vincent Speaks About Combatting Online Terrorist Recruitment of Young People
On 28 January, Cardinal Vincent addressed the CATSC/CES Secondary Leaders' Conference in London. In his speech he talked about the increasing use of social media by terrorist groups to recruit young people. He said: 'What was most chilling ...Read more
28/01/2016
Caritas Westminster Refugee Volunteers Evening
Caritas Westminster Refugee Volunteers Evening
On 26 January Caritas Westminster held an evening for people who want to give their time to organisations that help refugees. The evening was extremely well attended by organisations, among the stalls were the Watford + Three Rivers Refugee Partne...Read more
27/01/2016
Bishop Challoner School Forms Friendships with Ng'ombe School, Zambia
Bishop Challoner School Forms Friendships with Ng'ombe School, Zambia
During the first week of term Bishop Challoner staff Ciara Tidy and James Johnston visited Ng'ombe Community School in Lusaka, Zambia to help foster a dialogue between students as part of the British Council Connecting Classrooms scheme. Throug...Read more
27/01/2016
Two New Auxiliary Bishops for the Diocese
Two New Auxiliary Bishops for the Diocese
Bishop Paul McAleenan and Bishop John Wilson were ordained  by Cardinal Vincent on the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul, 25 January at Westminster Cathedral, joining Bishop John Sherrington and Bishop Nicholas Hudson as Auxiliary Bishops for th...Read more
25/01/2016
Evensong Sung at Westminster Cathedral for Christian Unity Week
Evensong Sung at Westminster Cathedral for Christian Unity Week
On Wednesday 20 January, the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral visited Westminster Cathedral to sing Evensong as part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In attendance was Canon Michael Hampel, Precentor of St Paul's Cathedral, who gave the ...Read more
21/01/2016
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