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Cardinal Vincent and Chief Rabbi Visit Pope Francis
Cardinal Vincent and Chief Rabbi Visit Pope Francis
On 4 September, Cardinal Vincent and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis visited the Vatican for a private audience with Pope Francis to discuss faith relations ahead of the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the seminal declaration of how the Catholic Chu...Read more
04/09/2015
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Housing Justice Roadshow 15 Oct 2015
Housing This event will show you how you can be part of the solution to the housing crisis, providing you with inspiration, encouragement, information, and networking opportunities. You will also hear about the great work that is already goin...Read more
03/09/2015
Cardinal Vincent Calls on Catholics to Contact their MPs ahead of Assisted Suicide Bill
Cardinal Vincent Calls on Catholics to Contact their MPs ahead of Assisted Suicide Bill
The Cardinal warns that the intrinsic value of each human life will be undermined if assisted suicide were to be legalised by this Bill, with some lives being seen as worth less than others. It would also fundamentally change the "do no harm" ...Read more
01/09/2015
Mediterranean migrants, photo by CAFOD
Our Response to the Migrant Crisis, Autumn 2015
At Caritas Westminster, we support social action in the Diocese of Westminster and currently do not have links with any Caritas organisations in Europe which are assisting with migrant crisis. If you or your parish would like to raise funds or ...Read more
28/08/2015
Cardinal Vincent Sends Condolences to Family of Fr Raymond Legge
Cardinal Vincent Sends Condolences to Family of Fr Raymond Legge
Upon hearing of the sudden death of Fr Raymond Legge on 25 August in South Africa, Cardinal Vincent has written to Cardinal Wilfred Napier to thank him for the pastoral care shown. At the same time he has sent a message of greeting and condolence ...Read more
26/08/2015
(c) Carlos Reyes Manzo
Cardinal Cormac celebrates anniversary of Blessed Romero's birth
The Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor with three bishops and 14 other priests. The Cardinal wore the red chasuble brought back from the Beatification in San Salvador, which had been specially designed for that occasion. Du...Read more
19/08/2015
Assumption Day 2015
Assumption Day 2015Read more
19/08/2015
Newman College Students Complete the Camino
Newman College Students Complete the Camino
The second day was the first full day of walking. Our 17km walk to Portomarin was the first real taste of the difficulties of the Camino, but we embraced the walk and arrived in the early afternoon. Our next hostel was different from the first, wi...Read more
12/08/2015
2015 St Albans Mass
St Albans Cathedral & Abbey 2015
On Friday 24 After Mass, and a hastily rearranged picnic thanks to the pouring rain that accompanied our summer day trip, we had a guided tour of the Cathedral.  St Albans is a fascinating place, and is home to the shrines of St Alban and St A...Read more
12/08/2015
Cardinal Vaughan School to Launch Digital Archive
Cardinal Vaughan School to Launch Digital Archive
This online Archive will contain hundreds of original documents and photographs from throughout the Vaughan's history, with users able to search for items to view online or download as a PDF document. The school has been producing annual magazin...Read more
10/08/2015
2015 St Albans Cathedral New Statues
Deaf Community Trip to St Albans, 24 July 2015
On Friday 24 July the Deaf Community joined the regular Catholic Mass that takes place every Friday at St Albans Cathedral.  Fr Brian Reynolds and Deacon Justin Cross welcomed us all, and Fr Norbert Fernandes joined with Fr Brian to concelebrate...Read more
06/08/2015
Festival of Eastern Catholic Churches hosted in the Diocese
Festival of Eastern Catholic Churches hosted in the Diocese
The day provided a unique opportunity to experience a broad range of the Church's liturgical riches, including the celebration of the Holy Qurbana in English, led by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church whose direct origins are in the apostolic Chur...Read more
05/08/2015
Westminster Cathedral hosts Pax Christi Icon
Westminster Cathedral hosts Pax Christi Icon
The Icon, written in the Monastery of St John in the Desert, near Jerusalem, was gifted to Pax Christi International in 1999. It illustrates a number of Biblical scenes, at the centre of which is the reconciliation between Esau and Jacob. This nar...Read more
03/08/2015
Harefield Parish reach for the skies in fundraising project
Harefield Parish reach for the skies in fundraising project
The feat, on the 25 July, took place at Chiltern Park Aerodrome in Oxfordshire. Fr Jim had raised over £2,000 by the end of July, helping the parish on their way to the £14,000 target. Fr Jim had previously reached for the skies in fundraising ...Read more
31/07/2015
Archbishop Longley celebrates Feast Day at St James's
Archbishop Longley celebrates Feast Day at St James's
The parish, renowned for its music, sung pieces composed by Elgar, Mozart and Bach amongst others during the Mass. Particularly striking was Elgar's Speaking after the Mass the Rector of the parish, Fr Christopher Colven, said:  'We are very...Read more
31/07/2015
Lourdes 2015 - Day 5
Lourdes 2015 - Day 5
On this, the last day of the pilgrimage, some pilgrims visit the baths, while others do the Stations of the Cross, either on the hill or on the plain. Later, there is the closing Mass and the passage through the Grotto to light the Diocesan candle...Read more
31/07/2015
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