News Archive
On 20th January, during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a memorial to seven Jesuit martyrs was unveiled at the Anglican Church of St-Giles-in-the-Fields following a service of Choral Evensong, attended by members of both Anglican and Catho...Read more
We represent Christians with a variety of opinions and experiences in relation to the current uncertainties facing our city and our nation. We speak as those who have listened to the membership of our own organisations, as well as those of all fai...Read more
By Bishop Nicholas Hudson
This morning you find me with the Westminster group of the first Catechesis of this World Youth Day. We were in the parish of San Francisco de la Caleta on the outskirts of Panama city and our catechist was Bishop Edwa...Read more
Welcome to Panama city for World Youth Day 2019. Behind me there are literally hundreds of thousands of young people streaming past as they make their way to the inaugural Mass of this World Youth Day to be presided over by Bishop José Domingo Ul...Read more
As Brexit talks continue, the government announced on 21
Bishop Paul McAleenan welcomed Prime Minister Theresa May's announcement that EU citizens applying for 'settled status' to remain in the UK after Brexit will no longer be expected to pay an...Read more
This week our churches will be praying together for Christian unity in our life together, our witness and our longing to see the Kingdom of God in the midst of our world. We encourage every church to take this call to prayer with the utmost seriou...Read more
Fr Seamus died peacefully at the Glenashling Nursing Home in Co. Kildare, on the morning of 16th January. Fr Seamus' sister, Maura, who was also living at Glenashling, died on Monday.Â
Fr Seamus was born in Dublin in September 1928 and Ordai...Read more
by Analiza Botelho
It is important to spend time with the elderly or sick who may be alone or unable to leave their homes during the cold winter. A group of 24 young people, from the community of St Lawrence Parish in Feltham, volunteered to ...Read more
For the third successive year staff from Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School and Newman Catholic College came together at the start of the spring term for a day of high quality reflection and debate. This year the conference was held at Newman Cathol...Read more
by Canon Stuart Wilson
At the moment there is an army poster that has caused a bit of kerfuffle. For a hundred years the Army has been famous for its call to service with the phrase 'your country needs you.'Â The latest version has not gon...Read more
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School in Finchley has been selected by the Department for Education (DfE) to receive funding from the Selective School Expansion Fund to expand the school. Â
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The expansion will allow the school to incre...Read more
February is sometimes viewed as a time of extended gloom and despondency as winter begins to strengthen its grip. In the natural world the familiar beauty of the landscape and the garden has departed and all seems stark. When we remind ourselves t...Read more
To begin the new year of 2019, Pope Francis has chosen this intention and now offers it to us to pray with him: 'that young people, especially in Latin America, follow the example of Mary and respond to the call of the Lord to communicate the jo...Read more
The Pope's Prayer Network is honoured to have had
Each day, the app offers a different set of short and accessible prayers. The first is to start off the day, as we pray to make ourselves available for Christ's mission; a second one, very b...Read more
On Thursday 15th November, St Thomas More Catholic School welcomed David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, to a Q&A session with their Year 11 pupils. The event took place during UK Parliament Week, a national campaign for schools to raise pupils' und...Read more
In his homily at Midnight Mass at Westminster Cathedral, Cardinal Vincent likened the countless Christmas lights to the 'countless acts of kindness that so characterise our society'. He said that, despite difficult times and an absence of cons...Read more