News Archive
On Sunday, in front of a church filled with family and friends, Deacon Tito Pereira was surprised with a Benemerenti medal at his parish, Our Lady of Lourdes in Acton. This medal, awarded by the Pope to members of the clergy and laity for service...Read more
When you need a haircut, going to the hairdresser is the answer. At St Augustine's Priory, the hairdresser comes to you, as long as you are one of their flock of sheep. It was shearing time at this Ealing Catholic independent school for girls...Read more
Bishop John Sherrington attended the Methodist Conference held in Birmingham on the evening of Tuesday 27 Bishop John, former Co-Chair of the Joint International Commission for Dialogue between the World Methodist Council and the Catholic Church,...Read more
The first Pact supporters' Mass was celebrated by Bishop Paul McAleenan in the chapel at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. Concelebrating were Fr Dominic Robinson and Fr Chima Ibekwe, Catholic chaplain at the prison. Governor Amy Frost welcomed the group,...Read more
On Wednesday 28 He celebrated Mass at the school, along with Fr Albert Ofere, Parish Priest of English Martyrs Church, Wembley, to give thanks for 50 years of Catholic education in Wembley. In the afternoon, the school enjoyed another celebration...Read more
On Tuesday 20 He celebrated Mass at Our Lady Queen of Apostles Church for the school community to give thanks for Catholic education and witness in Welwyn Garden City. Concelebrating were Parish Priest Canon Norbert Fernandes, and Fr Mark...Read more
Homerton parishioners were delighted that Cardinal Vincent Nichols came to celebrate Mass for them on their Patronal Feast Day, the Immaculate Heart of Mary, 18th June 2023. The Cardinal rejoiced in his homily at the devotion of parishioners to...Read more
This past year, serving as a Deacon at St Anthony of Padua, Edgware has been a real time of fulfilment. After all these years of academic study, human formation, spiritual growth, and pastoral experience, I have begun to use these in the parish....Read more
'It is never too late to become a priest!' is a sentence I have heard so many times over these past years, and it is true. The path to fulfilling our purpose in life is not defined by our age, but by the willingness to listen to God's...Read more
On the feast of the Sacred Heart, more than 200 schoolchildren and their teachers gathered at Westminster Cathedral for a festival celebrating the social action they had undertaken as part of programmes created by Caritas Westminster. The 11...Read more
On Sunday 25th June, Cardinal Vincent presented Vincent Keaveny CBE with a papal knighthood of the order of St Gregory the Great during Mass at the Church of the Holy Cross, Parson's Green. During the Mass, Vincent Keaveny, who was Lord Mayor of…Read more
On the Solemnity of St John the Baptist, 24th June 2023, Cardinal Vincent Nichols ordained five men to the priesthood to serve in the Diocese of Westminster. Westminster Cathedral was full with family, friends, and supporters from around the...Read more
Over 30 of the ethnic chaplains who work daily with our many immigrant Catholic communities in a collaborative way across the dioceses of Brentwood, Southwark & Westminster came together this week (22nd June) for one of their regular pastoral and...Read more
On 17 On Saturday 17 On Sunday 18 In his homily Bishop John remarked that 'it is important to remember our beginnings, our history and those men and women whose generosity has provided the Church and buildings which we enjoy today.' There has...Read more
Cardinal Vincent Nichols visited Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in New Southgate on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, Friday 16 The Catholic mission at New Southgate was founded on 5 Hundreds of parishioners joined the Cardinal for the special...Read more
On Tuesday 13 Filling the front block of the cathedral, Cardinal Vincent addressed them in his homily, linking it to the day's feast of St Anthony of Padua. He spoke of St Anthony's life, living in Lisbon and initially joining the...Read more