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By Deacon Anthony Clark, Director for the Permanent Diaconate, Diocese of Westminster In normal times, the ministries of lector and acolyte are conferred on men in formation for the permanent diaconate during the summer months. In this…Read more
This December, students at Caritas St Joseph’s have proudly sold the vegetables harvested from the centre’s own allotment. Horticulture is just one of many activities that take place at Caritas St Joseph’s in Hendon, a lifelong learning…Read more
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has celebrated the exceptional performance of Bishop Douglass Catholic School as part of his Schools for Success programme. The school has been honoured for its commitment to reducing educational inequality and…Read more
On 10th December, Bishop Nicholas Hudson visited Mildmay Mission Hospital in Hoxton to bless its newly refurbished chapel. Mildmay Hospital is the only specialist HIV hospital in London. In 2020, Mildmay piloted a new service providing…Read more
On Saturday 21st November, the Zimbabwean Chaplaincy led a nationwide online event to celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. Zimbabwean Catholics living across the UK joined together for a virtual day of celebration, which included prayers, the…Read more
‘I love you, Pop-Pop and Vovó!’ (Portuguese for grandmother) said our two-year-old granddaughter at our most recent Facetime conversation. After a year in which we have only briefly seen our three grandchildren and had to maintain social…Read more
The Bishops of England and Wales have appointed Carol Lawrence to oversee the immediate implementation of wide-ranging reforms to safeguarding structures and processes in the Church. The bishops have accepted all the recommendations made by the…Read more
A statement by Bishop Richard Moth, Chair of the Department of Social Justice at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales: In September 2020 the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales issued a statement The development of a…Read more
By Reverend Roger Carr-Jones Marriage & Family Coordinator , Diocese of Westminster Two years ago, I had the real privilege of working alongside our friends at Pray-As-You-Go, helping to devise a resource which became known as ‘Imagining the…Read more
Our Lady of Lourdes and St Vincent de Paul Church, in Harrow Road, has been awarded �6,836 from the Mayor of London’s Grow back Greener Fund. The parish will spend the grant money on new plants for the north-facing courtyard in front of the…Read more
St Margaret Clitherow Primary School in Neasden is celebrating new beginnings with a new Headteacher and a new school building. Headteacher Ilira Heath, who took on the role at the start of the school term, welcomed pupils back to school in…Read more
The government has confirmed that collective worship can resume in churches and other places of worship from 3 On behalf of the Bishops, the General Secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Canon Christopher Thomas,…Read more
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has called for individual Catholics to respond to an open consultation on the way government engages with faith communities. The link to the online submission is:…Read more
Cardinal Vincent has written to some Members of Parliament on 27 In the letter he reminds MPs of the promises on aid spending made at the last election, adding: 'In these extraordinarily difficult times, we should not now step back from our…Read more
By Reverend Roger Carr-Jones Marriage & Family Life Coordinator, Diocese of Westminster https://www.restoredlives.org/ At the back of my house is a large wall. For most of the year it is hidden behind a profusion of plants each vying for the…Read more
Children from 14 Catholic schools across London and Hertfordshire have taken part in a joint project to help the homeless this winter. The project, co-ordinated by Caritas Westminster, was timed to coincide with ‘World Day of the Poor’ on Sunday…Read more