News Archive
Following the general election result, Cardinal Vincent has welcomed the 'fresh start', but has warned that 'a lot of damage has been done', saying that it has been 'toxic' and 'dominated by blame'.
He called for a fresh start that sees the good ...Read more
On 8th December 2019, Bishop Nicholas Hudson presided at a celebratory Mass at St Mellitus, Tollington Park to mark 60 years of Catholic faith, worship and community in the church building.
The parish community at Tollington Park moved from a m...Read more
The Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Ruth Bush, visited Saint Christina's School in St John's Wood to unveil their recently completed 'Green Wall'. The living wall creates a barrier between the school's playground and Avenue Road, i...Read more
Fr Francis Wahle turned 90 this year, and although he has been retired for a good number of years, he remains in active service. In this interview, he shares the story of his remarkable life.
Around the time of his ninth birthday, an event...Read more
On 31st October 2019, Bishop John Sherrington joined the Young City Catholics at St Mary Moorfields Church where he celebrated a Vigil Mass for the feast of All Saints. Around 30 young people attended the celebration, which was followed by a meal ...Read more
By Adrian Cullen, Evangelisation Coordinator
To encounter Jesus Christ is at the heart of evangelisation.
During 2020, dedicated as a year of focus on the Bible and 'The God Who Speaks' by the Bishops of England and Wales, we are invited...Read more
By Deacon Roger Carr-Jones, Marriage and Family Life Coordinator
In the hustle and bustle that now marks the Advent season, the concept of expectant waiting and preparation, both for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas and the...Read more
By Fr Peter Michael Scott
I am getting used to baptisms. Having been away from parish life working in a hospice, I am out of practice presiding at services other than Mass and funerals. Thankfully, East Finchley has lots of young families, so b...Read more
At the General Audience with Pope Francis on Wednesday, 30th October, a remarkable act of reconciliation took place. At the end of the Falklands conflict a statue of Our Lady of Luján, Patroness of Argentina, which been brought to the Islands by ...Read more
By Fr Nicholas Schofield
Ten years ago I was asked to help prepare a new edition of one of the lesser known works of our new saint, John Henry Newman: Essays Critical and Historical. It was recently published as part of Gracewing's 'Newman ...Read more
By Bishop John Sherrington
Recently I travelled to Kenya for the meeting of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the World Methodist Council and the Catholic Church (MERCIC). The meeting was hosted by the Focolare...Read more
By Bishop John Sherrington
It is difficult to wait and many people become more impatient with daily life. While trains run with remarkable regularity on the Victoria line, one a minute, frustration quickly builds up when there is a longer del...Read more
Ahead of the General Election on 12th December, Cardinal Vincent asked that the Sunday before the election be a 'day of prayer for our nations'.
He enjoined the faithful to 'vote thoughtfully, not out of rancour' and asked that discussions should...Read more
By Bishop Paul McAleenan
'O little town of Bethlehem', we sing. 'O little town'? Bethlehem today is a very large town. I travelled through it in the last week of November along with 44 others on the annual diocesan pilgrimage to the Hol...Read more
By Bishop Nicholas Hudson
Advent is a time to look both forward and back. We look forward to the coming of Our Saviour. We look back over the year that has passed. I will always remember 2019 for the canonisation of St John Henry Newman. I felt...Read more
Saturday 14th September 2019 marked one hundred years since the founding and first Mass of a new parish in Finchley which would become the Church of St Philip the Apostle. The parish was founded at the instruction of Cardinal Bourne in July 1919 d...Read more