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Permanent Deacons Renew Ordination Vows
Permanent Deacons Renew Ordination Vows
The Deacons promised again to be faithful in their service to the Church and to the priests and bishops to help them in their parish communities. In his homily, Cardinal Vincent reflected on the psalm of the Mass, which spoke of the soul yearni...Read more
03/11/2014
Cardinal Nichols calls on Parliament to take its lead from the Church, November 2014
John Coleby, Director of Caritas Westminster, attended the reception along with 25 other Catholic charities in the CSAN network, of which Caritas Westminster is a member. Highlighting the issue of poverty in working households, the Cardinal stres...Read more
03/11/2014
Cardinal's Written Intervention for the Extraordinary Synod
Cardinal's Written Intervention for the Extraordinary Synod
INTERVENTION TEXT III Extraordinary General Synod of Bishops: Pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelization 5 to 19 October 2014 A fruitful context for the discussions of this Synod is provided by three parables in Ch...Read more
30/10/2014
Bishop Pat Lynch
JRS and Bishop Lynch voice disappointment at decision to stop helping Mediterranean migrants
Speaking to Independent Catholic News, Louise Zanré, the Director of JRS-UK, said: 'The decision is unconscionable. It puts peoples' lives at risk - and purely because of a nonsensical idea that rescuing people at sea is in some way a pul...Read more
30/10/2014
Allen Hall
The Martyrs of Douai
The Martyrs of Douai were a group of men who trained for the priesthood at Douai College during the English Reformation and were executed on their return to England for preaching the Catholic faith. Operating as a Roman Catholic priest during the ...Read more
29/10/2014
Kentish Town Parish Celebrates 150 Years
Kentish Town Parish Celebrates 150 Years
On 26 October, Cardinal Vincent celebrated a Mass at Our Lady Help of Christians in Kentish Town to conclude a week-long commemoration to mark the 150 During Mass, a table with the parish registers and symbols of the sacraments was placed at the ...Read more
29/10/2014
Roberts House raises record amount for charity
Roberts House raises record amount for charity
Each House Feast Day is an opportunity to raise money for a chosen charity and the day finishes with a House Mass in Ealing Abbey. Roberts House chose Meadow House Hospice, which is the centre for the Ealing and Hounslow Specialist Palliative Care...Read more
29/10/2014
Sr Cathy Jones
Meet Sr Cathy from the Religious of the Assumption
When I was 14 I was very struck by the witness of the very committed Franciscan lay people in the Maltfriscan community in my native Yorkshire with their love for Francis and Clare. I travelled to prayer meetings with them on Friday evenings run b...Read more
29/10/2014
Meet Sr Gabriela from the Community of Our Lady of Walsingham
Meet Sr Gabriela from the Community of Our Lady of Walsingham
The year 2011 marked the 950th anniversary of the foundation of the national Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. I had the privilege of sharing in this celebration in a very personal way. After arriving in England from my native Poland in 1999, I co...Read more
29/10/2014
Meet Sr Elaine of The Daughters of St Paul
Meet Sr Elaine of The Daughters of St Paul
I was already at high school in my native Scotland when I realised that God really loved me, and this lead me to think about Religious Life for the first time. I just wanted to tell people that a real relationship with God was possible. After cons...Read more
29/10/2014
Fr Roger Taylor
The Seminary Rector- Fr Roger Taylor
It is a powerful moment for me to be here on this sanctuary in this Cathedral speaking about my own call to priesth o od, because it was here that I was ordained priest by Cardinal Cormac - nearly 10 years ago now. My story maybe is not typical...Read more
29/10/2014
A Retired Priest? Canon John McDonald
A Retired Priest? Canon John McDonald
Very early on in my life. I had a very pious grandmother who would often talk to me about the priesthood. Looking back I can say that I had this 'inclination' to go into the priesthood from a young age. I first tested this possible vocation…Read more
29/10/2014
Bishop John Visits Cambodia with Cafod
Bishop John Visits Cambodia with Cafod
Bishop John Arnold has spent a week with Cafod visiting their local partners, individuals and communities, as well government officials, and other priests and religious involved in development work.  In these despatches, he shares what he has ...Read more
27/10/2014
Cardinal Vincent Issues a Pastoral Letter on the Synod on the Family
Cardinal Vincent Issues a Pastoral Letter on the Synod on the Family
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has issued a pastoral letter reflecting on the recent Synod to be read out in all parishes in Westminster at Masses this weekend. In the letter, Cardinal Vincent explains that the Synod 'was about the pastoral care th...Read more
25/10/2014
Diamond Jubilee of Crowning of Our Lady of Willesden
Diamond Jubilee of Crowning of Our Lady of Willesden
60 years ago, a procession led by the statue of Our Lady of Willesden took place from Willesden to Wembley Stadium where 94,000 Catholics from the dioceses of Westminster, Southwark and Brentwood gathered. At the end of a pageant which told the st...Read more
24/10/2014
Justice and Peace Study Day
How we ALL use welfare as our lives change!   Speakers: Sir John Hills Helen O'Brien Britain's richest 1% own as much as the poorest 55% of the population. So who are 'the poor'? We examine the labels of 'stivers' and 'scroungers' ...Read more
24/10/2014
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