News Archive
Sister Hannah Dwyer, Headteacher at Larmenier and Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School in Hammersmith has been announced as a Silver Teaching Award Winner in the category: The Award for Lifetime Achievement
Selected from over 20,000 nominations...Read more
The Czech priest and philosopher Tomas Halik, who advanced religious and cultural freedoms after the Soviet invasion of his country, has received  the 2014 Templeton Prize.
Valued at £1.1 million (about .8 million or €1.3 million), the Temp...Read more
Meet and engage with athletes Jason Gardener, Stefanie Reid and Peter Loftus, uniting the World of Sport. An opportunity to gain a true perspective from the insights of professional athletes and to engage in new and exciting studies. Thursday 12th...Read more
Cultural Exchange with China (CEC ), a charity based in Hendon, north London, has helped to finance and support the opening of the first contemplative monastery in China since 1949. On May 1st, the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, the monastery of ...Read more
The Episcopal ordination of Fr Robert Byrne as Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham took place at St Chad's Cathedral on 13 May. Bishop-elect Robert Byrne is a priest of the Oxford Oratory, he has also been Nationa...Read more
A Conference on Healing and Reconciliation This conference addresses the theology of the New Evangelisation fostered by Pope Francis. It invites parish communities and individual Catholics in a variety of pastoral situations to think afresh about ...Read more
A conference on the Church and consecrated life as envisioned by Pope Francis will take place Tuesday and Wednesday 24 and 25 June at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Hall, Hayes. Archbishop Jose Rodriguez Carballo OFM, Secretary of the Congregatio...Read more
Cardinal Vincent Nichols hosted the first of a series of roundtables on food poverty on 2 May 2014 with representatives from Caritas Westminster, parishes and schools to discern the problem of food poverty at the local level and to coordinate the ...Read more
On 9 May grandparents came from across the country to Westminster Cathedral Hall for the launch of the England and Wales Catholic Grandparents' Association. Speakers at the event included Cardinal Vincent Nichols and the Right Rev Bishop John Ar...Read more
Cardinal Vincent invites all the faithful in the Diocese to pray with Pope Francis during his visit to the Holy Land. A Holy Hour with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will take place on Sunday 25 May at Westminster Cathedral, as well as parish...Read more
Nearly 100 men and women entered convents, seminaries and religious houses across England and Wales in 2013. These entry figures include 44 men to seminary, 22 men to religious life and 30 women to religious life, representing a significant upturn...Read more
On the Fourth Sunday of Easter, the Church celebrates Good Shepherd Sunday and the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Writing about the vocation to the priesthood, Bishop John Sherrington gives thanks for the gift of priesthood and Fr Richard Nesb...Read more
Among the projects represented were four foodbanks established in different parts of the Diocese, Borehamwood, East Finchley, Bow and St Albans and District, in collaboration with religious and secular partners, as well as initiatives in schools t...Read more
Young Adults (18 - 30)
27th - 29th June 2014 at Aylesford Priory, Kent
'I have come so that they may have life, and have it to the full - John 10:10'
Communication Support for Deaf people provided by WDDS (Michelle Roca, Sarah Metcalfe and An...Read more
Over 2,000 Catholic migrants living and working in London attended a special Mass for Migrants celebrated by the Rt Rev Patrick Lynch, Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark and Chair of the Office for Migration Policy, at Westminster Cathedral on Monday 5...Read more
Following the news of the tragic death of Ann Maguire, a teacher at Corpus Christi College in Leeds, Cardinal Vincent expressed his shock and sorrow: Today I express my utter shock and sadness at the tragic killing of Mrs Ann Maguire at Corpus C.....Read more