News Archive
A beautiful Peace Garden was opened at Our Lady Queen of Apostles on 6th July 2012 following a Mass to mark the start of a week of prayer for peace. Parishioners attended from all three Catholic parishes in Welwyn Garden City as well as guests from other churches and peace organisations.Read more
On Tuesday 10 July the Archbishop of Westminster visited St Thomas More School in North London to celebrate Mass on their annual St Thomas More Day.Read more
The 100 Days of Peace iniative began on 8 June 2012 and will continue until 28th October 2012. This marks the time 50 days before the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games on 27 July 2012, the Games themselves, and 50 more days from the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympic Games on 9th September 2012.Read more
In an address to the Thomas More Society at Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn on 25 June 2012, Archbishop Vincent Nichols spoke of tensions and perspectives surrounding the definition of Human Dignity and presented the Church's understanding of human dignity as being a universal, unconditional, intrinsic aspect of our humanity.Read more
Bishop John Sherrington, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, celebrated his Silver Jubilee on Wednesday 13 June 2012.Read more
There is an urgent need to look to the future and be alert for good men of faith in our parishes who would be able and generous enough to respond to a diaconal vocation. We need to pray for such vocations and then actively seek out potential candi...Read more
This short article presents a summary of the nature of the diaconate and the work of the deacon, especially the permanent deacon. This ministry is to be understood in the following way:
Read more
Every story of vocation is unique whether it is the story of a pope or a parent, a nurse or a nun. The call of God to follow his Son together with the great adventure of prayer as described by the Carmelite Doctors of the Church, Saints Teresa, Jo...Read more
The Diocesan Policy on Religious Education has been revised and updated to take into account recent developments, including the revised edition of the Bishops' Religious Education Curriculum Directory (2012), the revised edition of the Diocesan 'R...Read more
Saturday 2nd July 2011, the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, was a great day for our diocese as we celebrated the ordination of four new priests. Each had travelled a very different journey to bring them to this moment of life-long commitme...Read more
The permanent diaconate is open to both single and married men. If a married man is thinking about the permanent diaconate it is essential that he discerns this vocation with his wife, so that it is a decision made within the unity of one's marr...Read more
After my dream, I avidly read the life of Marie Madeleine d'Houet, foundress of the Faithful Companions of Jesus and was fascinated and inspired by her journey. She had been a wife, widow, and mother, before ever becoming a religious. She was a ...Read more
In June I will be celebrating 25 years of priesthood. When and where was my vocation nurtured? There are different answers: in heaven in God's plan, in baptism when I was presented at the font on a January day in 1958, through God's call in pa...Read more
A new Catholic Primary and Secondary School will be developed for residents of the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames following approval by Richmond Council at a Cabinet meeting on Thursdsay 24 May 2012.Read more
Saturday 26th May 2012 saw the 27thAnnual London Multi-Faith Pilgrimage for Peace in the East End of London. It was the second occasion on which I had been able to join this inspiring walk. I was only one of over 100 pilgrims from a wide range of beliefs, who were able to bear witness to their faiths.Read more
In the Bishop Dunn Memorial Lecture given on Tuesday 15 May 2012, at Ushaw College, Durham, the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, called on all Catholics to think about how best to express their faith in their lives today.Read more