News Archive
On 21st June a UK court ruled that a woman is to have an abortion. Commenting on the ruling, John Sherrington, lead Bishop for life issues, speaking on behalf of the Bishops of England and Wales, said:
'Every abortion is a tragedy. This tragedy i...Read more
The Independent Inquiry - Child Sex Abuse (IICSA) Report into the Archdiocese of Birmingham covers a period of 70 years. One of its overall conclusions is that the response of the Archdiocese to the sexual abuse of children was to care more about ...Read more
Past and present students, staff and parents gathered at St Joseph's Highgate to give thanks on the 140
The school was founded in 1879 by the Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy on the site in Hornsey Lane, Highgate, where it still stands. Over the y...Read more
The Solemn Mass of Dedication of the new altar at the Jesuit Church of The Immaculate Conception, Farm Street, will be celebrated by the Rt Rev Nicholas Hudson, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster for Central and East London, on Wednesday 19
The ne...Read more
As Leicester Square bustled with its normal Saturday buzz, seminarians from Allen Hall and young men seeking vocations to the priesthood in Westminster joined the Spirit in the City team for an exciting day of evangelisation.
The annual event b...Read more
On Saturday 25th May, Tim Mangatal and Matteo di Giuseppe from Westminster and Anthony Asomugha from East Anglia were admitted to Candidacy during a Mass celebrated by Bishop John Sherrington at Allen Hall on the memorial of St Bede the Venerable....Read more
As the new season of Spring 2019 heralds change and renewal the message from four schools in Harrow is also about change as they become academies. In line with the approval of and direction from the Trustees of the Diocese of Westminster St. John ...Read more
St Benedict's, Ealing, has introduced a therapy dog to the school, to help pupils with exam nerves.
Bart, a very friendly 7 year-old Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen, has taken up residence at St Benedict's School in Ealing, where he is more than ...Read more
By Anita BonifaceÂ
On Tuesday 11
Mini Vinnies programme is the youngest of the Young Vincentian Programmes which are run in schools and in parishes around the country. Children, aged 7 to 11, are encouraged to 'see, think, do' something abo...Read more
The scheme is open to pupils from Year 9 onwards and encourages students to participate in increasingly challenging expeditions to achieve either a Bronze, Silver or Gold Award. Each award takes pupils out of their comfort zone, teaching them map ...Read more
Written by Elaine Arundell, Primary RE Adviser for the Education Service
On Corpus Christi 2018, the Westminster Diocese Education Service launched their initiative
Numerous head teachers have reported that Adoration, which has been introduced o...Read more
Originally created for the 2010 papal visit to the UK, Catholic Voices trains 'ordinary' Catholics to tell the Church's story and create a new generation of confident media and public speakers. The project has transformed the way Catholics a...Read more
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The Mass marks the beginning of a new trust that brings together the schools of St John Fisher, St George, St Joseph and Sacred Heart Language College. Speaking at the mass, Bishop Wilson was keen to point out that 'each school retains i...Read more
The Bishops of England and Wales write:
One in four women and about one in six men suffer from domestic abuse in their lifetime. Two women are killed every week in England by a partner or ex-partner.
We acknowledge that men, women and childr...Read more
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Cardinal Nichols told the congregation: 'We stand in a long line of people who have come here to nurture and express their faith in God who loves us'. That 'line of people' extending right back to the 1840s, when the first Catholi...Read more
The late, great Cardinal Basil Hume OSB, when ordaining new priests in the Diocese of Westminster, used always to remark on how people would presume that the men being ordained had been tested to see if they were strong enough. No, suggested Dom B...Read more