News Archive

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The annual Westminster Justice and Peace Study Day took place on Saturday 7th November and was attended by about 75 representatives from parishes across the diocese. John Hills, Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Centre for Analysis...Read more

On 17 November, Bishop John Sherrington visited the London Oratory School to bless the new library dedicated to St Philip Neri and a new statue depicting Mary with a teenage Jesus. Bishop John praised the 'creatively designed redevelopment and ...Read more