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On Tuesday 18June representatives from 14 diocesan schools joined Cardinal Vincent at Westminster Cathedral for a celebration of Mass, ending the year-long 'Our Eucharistic Journey' initiative, the diocesan response to Adoremus.
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In 2017 the church's current Parish Priest, Fr Guy Sawyer set out on a mission to mark in May 2019 the 125
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On Sunday, 23
After the consecration, the parish family gathered socially with the Cardinal; it was, 'a church in...Read more
by Fr Lawrence Lew OP
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The Dominican friars have been propagators of the devotion of the Holy Rosary for centuries. Indeed tradition holds that Our Lady gave the Rosary to St Dominic, and, for almost 800 years, the Dominicans have been preaching...Read more
Evangelisation is first and foremost about an encounter with Jesus Christ. For many who passed through Trafalgar Square on Pentecost Sunday, it would have been just that: an encounter, maybe for the first time, through his disciples, with Jesus Ch...Read more
by Fr David Stewart SJ
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At the end of June, the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network gathered in Rome to celebrate 175 years since its founding. From those early days in France, this pontifical service has grown to become the Church's largest p...Read more
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Sharing many memories of the Cardinal Hume, Cardinal Vincent said in his homily: 'What I cherish most about Cardinal Hume is his stature as a man and teacher of prayer. He knew, I know, you know, that only prayer can answer the a...Read more
On the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the day of universal prayer for priests, which this year occurred on 28
Welcoming the hundreds of priests who attend the Mass, Cardinal Vincent said: 'Today is about you, my brother priests, about ...Read more
Marriage and Family Life Coordinator
Did you know that in June over 600 couples, each called to be missionary disciples in their different ways, attended our Mass of Thanksgiving for Matrimony? I was fortunate to meet a number of couples and to s...Read more
'Early next week Parliament will consider the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill, and we are expecting amendments to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland.
'This is the most serious threat to the life of the unborn child in modern times....Read more
DECREE CONCERNING THE MERGER OF THE PARISHES OF OUR LADY OF GRACE & ST EDWARD (CHISWICK) AND ST DUNSTAN (GUNNERSBURY)
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Following consultation with the Council of Priests in accordance with Canon 515 §2, and conscious of the views expressed by t...Read more
On Pentecost Sunday, Fr Carl Tranter MSC, Provincial of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, visited St Alban and St Stephen to announce the sad news that the Order would be withdrawing from the parish, following the retirement or death of a nu...Read more
by Matteo Di Giuseppi
I consider becoming a candidate for Holy orders a real gift from God and also a sign of his faithfulness towards me. It is also recognition from mother Church of the genuineness of God's calling in my life. I have, there...Read more
Becoming a candidate for Holy Orders has sharpened my focus on Christ and has granted me both encouragement and reassurance that I am where God wants me to be.
I have certainly matured both spiritually and humanly since I started my formation to ...Read more
St John Southworth (c.1592-1654), Patron of Clergy in the Diocese of WestminsterRead more
Three men ordained to the diaconate, for the Diocese of Westminster, by Bishop John WilsonRead more
Following the Court of Appeal judgment on 24th June, overturning the Court of Protection's ruling forcing a young woman to have an abortion against her will, Bishop John Sherrington, the bishop who takes the lead on life issues for the Catholic B...Read more