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A key focus of work for the next few years is responding to Pope Francis' calling of a Jubilee Year in 2025 with the theme Pilgrims of Hope. The Holy Father has invited the whole Church to prepare for the Jubilee in the two years prior through:…Read more

Richard is a former senior civil servant who spent many years working on criminal justice, voluntary sector and local government policy issues. In 2013 he took up a new role working for a Westminster-based think tank before going on to become...Read more

On Saturday 2 Almost 100 people were in attendance for a day filled with prayer, talks, activities and testimonies. The day began with a testimony from Hojee, one of the young people who had gone with the diocese to Lisbon, who spoke about how...Read more

ideas, prayers and resources from Westminster Justice and Peace here. Dear brothers and sisters! "Let Justice and Peace Flow" is the theme of this year's ecumenical Season of Creation, inspired by the words of the prophet Amos: "Let...Read more

'We hope that the lessons, insights, grace, and the understanding we received this week will stay with us in this task of building up the Church day by day. We thank Mary, Mother of the Church, for guiding us, gathering us, for nurturing us and...Read more

The fifth day of our pilgrimage in Lourdes was marked by a Mass in the Grotto where Mary had appeared to Bernadette, and the Blessed Sacrament procession led by the Diocese of Westminster. Cardinal Vincent celebrated Mass for the feast of St...Read more

Healing has been at the centre of the fourth day of our Lourdes Pilgrimage, with our pilgrims receiving the Sacrament of the Sick in the morning, while this evening we will have the opportunity for the forgiveness of sins at the Penitential...Read more

The third Mass of our Lourdes pilgrimage ended under a shower of rain, though it was in no way enough to dampen the spirits of our pilgrims! As is an annual tradition, the Mass took place at the open-air Cité Saint Pierre, which is also known as...Read more

'Our Lady smiles at you in love, she asks you to smile at others and to grow in the love of Jesus and others. He says, "grow in my love".' Bishop John Sherrington spoke these words to the pilgrims from St Joseph's Pastoral Centre, as...Read more

'Don't be too rushed, don't be too busy.' This was the advice shared by Cardinal Vincent in his homily at the opening Mass of our 2023 Lourdes pilgrimage, as he implored each of us to take the opportunities that the Lord gives us to...Read more

At the end of a busy day of flights, trains and buses, the Diocese of Westminster has descended upon Lourdes for our annual pilgrimage. After three years affected by covid, this year sees a return to full strength with anywhere from 600 to 1,000...Read more

Preparations are almost complete and pilgrims are joining the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes, the Shrine of Our Lady where she appeared to St Bernadette in1858. Since that time pilgrims have travelled to this holy place to pray, to find peace and...Read more

When we are young, we have no real concept of being old. Why would we? To be young is to rest securely at the centre of all things. A better way to see things is that the very young are better absorbed in life, living in the 'now' and...Read more

Once again we have come as a diocese in pilgrimage to this holy place, a place where we know that Mary, the Mother of God and our Mother, appeared in 1858 to a young girl, Bernadette Soubirous. Mary's message to her was simple: 'I am the...Read more