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The Deaf Community have a great deal to offer and there is much we can learn from them. Sign language at Mass is essential for those profoundly Deaf people who use sign language to communicate so that they are included and are able to share their ...Read more
I am not a fan of reality television. I have never watched a programme which features Essex, Chelsea or Miami. However, I am partial to the reality which happened in Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago. The angels, Mary and Joseph, did not have the opp...Read more
St Monica's Palmers Green was packed to capacity as Bishop John Sherrington joined priests past and present to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for the 70th Anniversary of Profession of Sr Joyce Dionne, Parish Sister for 22 years. Sr Joyce, a Da...Read more
For the third year in a row Caritas Westminster is working with PACT to provide Christmas presents for children whose parents are in prison.
PACT provides a list of names and ages of children which are then distributed among all of the parishes an...Read more
Kuriakose Elias Chavara was born on 10th February 1805 to Iko Chavara and Mariam Thoppil at Kainakary, Kerala. From age 5 to 10, he attended the village school to study languages, different dialects, and elementary sciences. Fr Thomas Palackal, th...Read more
The creation of an Alliance of Catholic Marriage Organisations is a timely reminder that we are at our best when we work in collaboration with one another. In adopting a mutually beneficial approach to nurturing and supporting marriage, each of th...Read more
The SVP are distributing 11.500 Vinnie Packs containing cold weather essentials to the homeless and those spending the principal part of their day on the streets. Each pack contains thermal gloves, two pairs of socks, gloves, wet wipes, toothbrus...Read more
The beautiful Advent Tradition, Bambinelli Sunday, was instituted by Saint Pope John Paul II during his Papacy.
The tradition follows that on the Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday) children and adults bring their Baby Jesus figures from th...Read more
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I write to thank you for your prayers for me over these last three weeks. I have been able to take the rest that I needed and now feel much recovered. I have been blessed to have been able to do this at such short notice.
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We began our seventh and last full day of our 2018 Holy Land pilgrimage with a short coach journey to the Church of the Our Father on the Mount of Olives. This is the site marking where the Lord Jesus taught his disciples to pray.Â
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On Day 6 of our pilgrimage we awoke to a beautiful day in Jerusalem. We are staying at the Knights' Palace Hotel in the Christian Quarter of the Old City. We set off early to walk to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the site of the crucifixion,...Read more
The Reception classes of St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School and Nursery in Kenton were recently formally welcomed into the family of the school. Their school jumpers were blessed by Father Dermot O'Neill of All Saints Parish, Kenton, in a...Read more
Bishop Paul McAleenan, lead Bishop for migration, joined the Detention Outreach team of the Jesuit Refugee Service for a visit to the Heathrow Immigration Removal Centres on the 22nd November.
The Bishop was able to spend time on the wing of Harm...Read more
Day 5 began in Bethlehem with a visit to the Church of the Milk Grotto for Mass. This is a short walk from Manger Square and marks the site where, according to tradition, Our Lady nursed the child Jesus on the way to Egypt. We recalled Mary'...Read more
On Day 4 of our pilgrimage, the Solemnity of Christ the King, we set off early to travel from Bethlehem to join a parish in Ramallah for Sunday Mass. Passing though Israeli and Palestinian checkpoints brought home the reality of life in the Holy L...Read more
Day three of our pilgrimage began with a trip to the Church of the Nativity in Manger Square, Bethlehem. We entered through the small doorway, a reminder to humble ourselves in the presence of the Lord. Passing through the beautifully ornate upper...Read more