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On Friday 13 November, Cardinal Vincent joined the community at St Edmund's College Cambridge at Solemn Vespers to open the centenary celebrations of the college's Chapel, which is unique among contemporary Cambridge college chapels in being the o...Read more
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Mothers' Prayers celebrated their twentieth annivesary with a Mass offered by Bishop Peter Doyle, Bishop of Northampton and Chair of the Bishops' Conference Marriage and Family Life Committee, at Westminster Cathedral on 31 October 2015.
Bishop...Read more
The first thing that strikes you is the smell: of piles of rubbish, overflowing toilets, stagnant water, layers of unwashed clothing. Secondly, so very many people, young men, teenagers, boys, standing around or walking purposefully with nowhere t...Read more
On Sunday 15 November, Old Edmundians convereged on Ware to commemorate the feast of their patron saint. Bishop John celebrated Mass at the College and joined past students and their families for a festive meal.
In his homily, Bishop John spoke...Read more
In light of the attacks that took place in Paris on 13 November, Catholics in Westminster joined together and with others to offer prayers for the victims and for the city of Paris the following day.
On Saturday afternoon, following the Proclai...Read more
In the wake of the previous evening's attacks in Paris which left many dead, Cardinal Vincent condemned the killings and offered his prayers. In a statement released 14 November he said:
'This morning I wish to express my horror at the events t...Read more
We began our last full day of the pilgrimage with Mass in the Church of St Catherine which is situated in Manger Square, next to the Church of the Nativity.Â
Referring yesterday's homily on the sacrifice of the Mass, Fr John said that today,...Read more
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Speaking of the document he said: 'Revelation comes through Scripture and Tradition. This was the real storm centre in the preparation of this constitution.' Asking which takes p...Read more
We began our final day in Jerusalem on foot and walked through the Armenian quarter of the city to visit Mount Zion. Our first stop was the Church of the Dormition, the traditional site of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven. The...Read more
This morning we travelled to Beit Jala, near Bethlehem, to celebrate Mass with the local parish at the Church of the Annunciation. All the pilgrims were particularly moved by this Mass, seeing the great faith of these people despite the hardships ...Read more
Remembrance Sunday 8 November 2015 was commemorated all around the diocese, with Masses for the Fallen and commemoration services at cenotaphs in different parishes taking place.
Cardinal Vincent joined the commemoration services at the Chapel ...Read more
Today we were fortunate to experience Jerusalem entirely on foot, walking in the footsteps of Christ through his Passion. We began our day with Mass early in the morning in the Chapel of the Crusaders in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.Â
In h...Read more
This morning we travelled west of Tiberias to Cana, the place where Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding that he attended with his mother and disciples.Â
Gathered in courtyard of the Church of the Wedding Feast, Fr John read the account o...Read more
As we drove out of Galilee, Fr John led the group in a reflection, not on the places where Jesus taught, but on what he taught: the mercy of God. He went on to say: 'as we have been gifted with faith in Jesus, let us be men and women of mercy an...Read more
Having arrived in darkness the previous evening, we had not seen the vast expanse of the Sea of Galilee in front of our hotel, but this morning we woke to breathtaking views across the Sea.
Our first port of call was further round the shore to ...Read more