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St Gregory's Rejuvenation of Woodcock Park Continues
St Gregory's Rejuvenation of Woodcock Park Continues
Following the successful project spearheaded by St Gregory's A Level students to design and paint a vibrant mural on a neglected wall in the park, St Gregory's Lower School pupils jumped at the opportunity to brighten up the surrounding area b...Read more
02/12/2014
St Benedict's Onesie Friday raises £800 for Diabetes Charity
St Benedict's Onesie Friday raises £800 for Diabetes Charity
Staff and pupils joined in the fun to raise awareness of Type 1 Diabetes and raise money for the charity. A great deal of artistic license was on show throughout the school shown in silly onesies, serious onesies, animal onesies and Christmas ones...Read more
02/12/2014
St Benedict's Update Antigone for the Modern Audience
St Benedict's Update Antigone for the Modern Audience
Sam Bordiss, who teaches English at St Benedict's, reviews the performance: Agatha Rex is our modern Molly Bish stars as Agatha, giving a forceful portrayal of a girl who maturely recognises social, moral and personal injustice. She connec...Read more
02/12/2014
Cardinal Vincent Celebrates Mass to Open Year of Consecrated Life
Cardinal Vincent Celebrates Mass to Open Year of Consecrated Life
Cardinal Vincent celebrated a Mass to inaugurate the Year of Consecrated Life on Saturday 29 November at Westminster Cathedral. Concelebrating were Bishop John Sherrington and priests from the Diocese. Cardinal Vincent began his homily by refle...Read more
01/12/2014
Cardinal Vincent dedicates St John Fisher Church
Cardinal Vincent dedicates St John Fisher Church
Friday 14 November 2014 was a momentous day in the life of the parish of St John Fisher in North Harrow. On that day, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, visited the parish in order to dedicate the church and new altar. For th...Read more
01/12/2014
Pan Africa Catholic Community in Solidarity with Ebola Sufferers
Pan Africa Catholic Community in Solidarity with Ebola Sufferers
Many members of the Pan Africa Catholic Community have family and friends in Africa who know first-hand the daily struggle against Ebola. At the end of their recent Mass, celebrated by Bishop Pat Lynch SSCC, they had a spontaneous collection to ra...Read more
01/12/2014
Chair Wins Outstanding School Governor Award
Chair Wins Outstanding School Governor Award
John Sloan, former Chair of Governors at St Margaret Clitherow School in Stevenage, has received an Outstanding School Governor Award from the Hertfordshire Association of School Governors. John was one of three winners, who received their award o...Read more
01/12/2014
Christian Faith in Action at St Benedict's
Christian Faith in Action at St Benedict's
Baroness Caroline Cox visited St Benedict's School just before the half-term holiday to deliver the inaugural Orchard Lecture to a rapt audience of Sixth-Form students and staff. Her presentation, 'The Pain and The Passion: The Privilege of Maki...Read more
01/12/2014
St Gregory's Unveils New Mural
St Gregory's Unveils New Mural
Students from St Gregory's Catholic Science College in Kenton have responded to a request from local residents to help brighten up an area of Woodcock Park, by painting a vibrant mural on a 22-metre wall near their school. Working to a brief ...Read more
01/12/2014
St Joseph's and St Dominic's Work Together on Mural
St Joseph's and St Dominic's Work Together on Mural
DT and Art students from St Dominic's Catholic Sixth Form and children from St Joseph's Primary school came together in the Summer term to work on a mural based on the theme 'family of faith'. The project was designed to link all levels of Cat...Read more
01/12/2014
Vocations Discernment Group: Year for Consecrated Life
Vocations Discernment Group: Year for Consecrated Life
Pope Francis has declared that 2015 will be a year dedicated to the celebration and promotion of consecrated life in the Church. This "Year of Consecrated Life" actually begins on 30th November 2014 and ends on February 2nd 2016, the annual...Read more
28/11/2014
Advent Peace Service - Pax Christi
Pax Christi have their annual Peace Service on Monday 8 December 2014 @7:30p.m.  This takes places at St Aloysius Church, 20 Phoenix Road, Euston, London NW1 1TA.  The service will be signed by the WDDS team so any Deaf people wanting to attend ...Read more
28/11/2014
Cardinal Vincent Visits Gaza
Cardinal Vincent Visits Gaza
Cardinal Vincent took time out from the diocesan pilgrimage to the Holy Land on Sunday 23 November to visit the Catholic parish in Gaza. He celebrated Mass and met parishioners in Gaza City. Of the 1.8 million residents of Gaza, only 150 are Catho...Read more
24/11/2014
Day 7: FHL Projects and St Catherine's
Day 7: FHL Projects and St Catherine's
Today marked the last full day of the pilgrimage before the main diocesan group heads home tomorrow after what has been a monumental week and a half in the Holy Land.  The group started the day by visiting some of the projects we have supporte...Read more
24/11/2014
A pilgrim makes the sign of peace in Beit Jala
Day 6: Beit Jala, Basilica of the Nativity and the Milk Grotto
We arrived at our hotel in the heart of Bethlehem last night and as seems to often be the case with this pilgrimage, our expectations were very much exceeded. The Manger Square Hotel is a very modern and cosmopolitan hotel and our arrival was comp...Read more
23/11/2014
The Tomb of Jesus
Day 5: Via Dolorosa and the Holy Sepulchre
Even though the weather the previous evening had taken somewhat of a turn, spirits continued to remain high as we began day 5. This week we have slowly moved through the various chapters towards the Lord's Passion and today we undertook the culm...Read more
22/11/2014
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