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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.Â
In these despatches, he shares what he has ...Read more
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
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
How we ALL use welfare as our lives change!
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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
On Monday, the whole of Year 10 took part in various workshops ranging from issues connected to Climate Change, Human Trafficking, Homelessness and Asylum seekers, Pax Christ, Catholic workers and Fairtrade. These workshops challenged us as Christ...Read more
KURDS ARE FACING MASSACRE IN KOBANE.
ISIS terrorists have entered Kobane on the 4
ISIS terrorists, militarily, logistically and politically supported by NATO member Turkey and funded by Saudi Arabia and Qatari States (despite them being in t...Read more
Dervila McMorrow joined the Justice and Peace Commission at the beginning of October to further our work in schools and youth groups. From Donegal, Dervila spent last year working with the Vincentians in homeless projects in Salford, and has a v...Read more
The flight to Phnom Penh revealed the enormous flood plains of Cambodia. At times it seemed as though we had flown over the coast but we were well inland. The floods are important for the rich agriculture of the country but it is important that th...Read more