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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

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

Every year in June pilgrims from different parts of the country gather together in Walsingham for the annual Vocations Pilgrimage. This is a day of prayer, procession and adoration for men and women of all ages to join together in prayer before Our Lady of Walsingham in the intention of an increase in vocations to the priesthood, consecrated life and marriage.Read more

The Invocation Festival is a unique event in the life of the Catholic Church in England. For those of you who are not familiar with the festival, it is aimed at ordinary Catholics, men and women (aged 16-35), who are looking to develop their relationship with Christ and who are searching for the knowledge and tools to develop their own personal formation, discernment and understanding of God's will for their lives. For some this may mean being, or becoming open to the possibility of a vocation to the priesthood or religious life.Read more