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On Monday 23 March, Cardinal Vincent celebrated a Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of King Richard III at Holy Cross Priory in Leicester. Coming three days ahead of the King's re-interment at Leicester Cathedral, the Mass was concelebrated ...Read more
On Sunday 22 March, Cardinal Vincent preached at a service of Compline for the reception of the remains of King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral.
Cardinal Vincent joined Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby as well as representatives of othe...Read more
On 21 March, Cardinal Vincent delivered the homily at an ecumenical service at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, to mark the 35
Cardinal Vincent attributed the strength of love and devotion for Archbishop Romero to his dedication to he...Read more
Open prayer from the Pentecostal tradition was followed by a sung Orthodox liturgy. The Archbishop of Canterbury led the Litany for Reconciliation from Coventry Cathedral and the Cardinal led Midday Prayer. All the religious leaders in turn offere...Read more
On 19 March, pupils, staff and guests from the Diocese and local area gathered to celebrate the opening of Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School and the St Francis Family Centre in Poplar. Cardinal Vincent celebrated Mass in the school ha...Read more
On 19 March, pupils, staff and guests from the Diocese and local area gathered to celebrate the opening of Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School and the St Francis Family Centre in Poplar. Cardinal Vincent celebrated Mass in the school ha...Read more
'Freely you have received; freely give.' (Mt: 10:8)
As a young teenager visiting the Blessed Sacrament in my parish back in Nigeria, I made a request to God that He would grant my parish priest, Father James Higgins, a long life so that one day...Read more
The Crisis Fund is an emergency fund now in its second year which provides one-off grants to support families in urgent need of help or facing a crisis for whom a relatively small amount of funding can make a big difference.
Reflecting on the par...Read more
Bishop Paul Hendricks celebrated the publication of Diana Klein's new book, Caritas St Joseph's.
In the foreword to the book, Cardinal Vincent quotes St Paul's letter to the Corinthians: 'The members of the body that seem to be weaker a...Read more
On Saturday 14 March, three seminarians, Mark Dunglinson and Mauro Iannicelli from Westminster Diocese and Laurence Bryce from Cardiff Diocese, were instituted to the ministry of Lector by Bishop Nicholas at Allen Hall.
The Ministry of Lector (...Read more
Although the Mass was mainly in English, there were Gaelic translations of the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and Angus Dei sung during the liturgy. The music sung at Communion was also Gaelic; the Gaelic Blessing by J. Rutter and Panis Angelicus by C. Fr...Read more
Cardinal Vincent and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales have added their voice to the call for Catholics to participate in the democratic process in the upcoming May elections by first of all, voting, and then secondly, keeping ...Read more
Also in attendance were Cllr Kaushika Khan, Mayor of the Borough of Haringey and delegates from the Chinese community. In his address, Bishop Nicholas reflected on the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, tying this in with the Year of the Sheep w...Read more
The event held in the College on Wednesday 4 March saw the normal timetable collapsed to allow the whole school community to participate in this special one day event.
The day began with a keynote address delivered by Fr Stephen Langridge, the Vo...Read more
The Spital Sermon takes its name from the Priory or Hospital of St Mary Without Bishopsgate, better known as St Mary Spital, founded in 1197. It has been preached every year since the 14
The theme of the Sermon in recent years has been 'The S...Read more
From 11 to 13 February, Fr Paul Fletcher SJ led a retreat to Canterbury which was organised by the Caritas Deaf Service and was attended by 10 members of the Deaf community. The theme of the retreat was 'Preparing for Lent with St Augustine of C...Read more