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This year’s Red Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Vincent Nichols in Westminster Cathedral on 1st October to mark the start of the legal year, and was attended by members of the legal profession. Observing the restrictions imposed by the current…Read more
WDMR 2020 ‘Each migrant and refugee is a human being,’ affirmed Bishop Paul McAleenan in his homily for the Mass for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sunday 27 He invited those gathered in the cathedral and watching the live stream…Read more
By Reverend Roger Carr-Jones Marriage & Family Life Coordinator (inspired by an article written for http://www.allianceofcatholicmarriageorganisations.org.uk/ ) I have always been fascinated by the time, effort and creativity that goes into the…Read more
The Bishops’ Conference Department for Social Justicehas released a statement on the development of a vaccine against COVID-19. It addresses ethical matters surrounding the development and distribution of a vaccine such as cell-lines which have…Read more
When lockdown came into place in March, many people were acutely aware of the sudden increase in need these measures would cause. Catholics in the Diocese of Westminster responded with generosity by re-organising themselves, building on existing…Read more
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The review panel is grateful for the considerable generosity and good spirit of those who offered oral or written submissions to support the review, without whom this work would not have been possible. The panel extends its…Read more
THANKS Cardinal Vincent Nichols Archbishop of Westminster 25 September 2020Read more
In January 2020, His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols commissioned a Strategic Review of Sacred Music in the Mission of Westminster Cathedral. The Review Panel, consisting of Robert Arnott, Leslie Ferrar, Mgr Mark Langham and Andrew Reid, was…Read more
We are pleased to announce that Fr Sławomir Witoń has been appointed to the role of Administrator of Westminster Cathedral. Fr Witoń has served as Parish Priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St George, Enfield since 2011, where he also held…Read more
Parishioners at St John Fisher Church in Harrow have reunited after lockdown to continue their work supporting Caritas Bakhita House, a safe house for women escaping trafficking and slavery. The relationship between the parish and the project…Read more
On Saturday 19 The Cardinal used this occasion to reflect on the Sacrament of Holy Order in his homily. It is one Sacrament, he said, expressed in three degrees, shared by deacons, priests and bishops: 'this Sacrament conforms its recipients to…Read more
Bishop Paul McAleenan, Lead Bishop for Migrants and Refugees for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, travelled to Dover on 15 Bishop McAleenan provided a short reflection and prayer for the visit: My name is Bishop Paul…Read more
This year, in place of the annual Diocese of Westminster pilgrimage to Walsingham, on Saturday 12th September Cardinal Vincent Nichols led a ‘virtual pilgrimage’, by celebrating a Mass in honour of Our Lady of Walsingham at Westminster…Read more
In his homily for the Mass of Holy Chrism, celebrated this year on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, 14 It is a bond that gives us 'access to the very life of God' and 'to the mercy and forgiveness of God when we repent'. It also gives us…Read more
In September, as the whole of humanity continues to grapple with the COVID pandemic, Pope Francis maintains his constant call to us all for a ‘ globalisation of compassion ’ . The Pope continues to urge us through his worldwide prayer…Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed many families from a difficult financial situation into an impossible one. Since lockdown began in March, Caritas Westminster has been supporting schools across the Diocese of Westminster as they have rallied…Read more