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I will never forget my visit to the German cemetery at Ypres. It was just before the Armistice centenary. I was with bishops from the twenty-eight member-countries of the European Union to commemorate the dead who lay all around us. Each bishop ...Read more
There is a life-sized image of the Divine Mercy on a wall opposite a church in a town in Northern Iraq. Underneath the picture of Christ with his outstretched arms there are two words, 'Welcome Back'. It is in a town where Daesh demolished h...Read more
It was a great blessing for me to lead this year's diocesan pilgrimage to the Holy Land. At the time of writing, I have been back for just a few days. The sights and experiences are fresh in my mind and heart. Not least among them is the Church ...Read more
#Red Wednesday, marked on the last Wednesday of November, raised awareness of the threats to religious freedom in many parts of the world. The red floodlighting of many buildings, including Marble Arch, Lambeth Palace, the Houses of Parliament and...Read more
We all become like children on Christmas Eve. Despite the pressures and expectations, it is hard not to revert to a state of excited anticipation. Rather like Holy Saturday, the day is completely orientated to the one that follows: a time of last ...Read more
Over 1,000 school pupils from across London entered this year's competition to design the Mayor of London's Christmas card. The winning design, printed onto the Mayor's Christmas card, is sent to dignitaries across the world, including the Q...Read more
The parents and children of St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary school in Willesden have had more cause to celebrate this week.
Further to moving into the school building three years after the fire in September 2015, then recently receiving th...Read more
Newman Catholic College and The US Charitable Trust raised £2000 in the last few days of term to buy presents for the most vulnerable families in our community.
Each family received a package of food, toiletries and vouchers. The items were purc...Read more
Fr Bob Barry died peacefully on Saturday 15 December, at Northwick Park Hospital with members of his family at his bedside. Fr Bob was visited by Bishop John Sherrington shortly before he died.Â
Fr Bob was born in January 1945 and Ordained to ...Read more
Bishop Paul McAleenan has issued a statement on behalf of the Bishops of England and Wales about the government's forthcoming Settlement Scheme for EU citizens living in the UK. Any EU citizen wishing to remain in the UK after Brexit (with the e...Read more
Advent is a time of joy and expectation. Those two words are reminders of what should always be at the core of our marriages and family life: joy in simply being together and in realising the expectation that, as we grow together as a couple and a...Read more
The whole trip was a mixture of inspiration, shock and surprise. To be actually in the place which we hear so much about and to witness the extent of the destruction, not only of entire villages but of cemeteries and churches riddled with bullet h...Read more
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Parishioners read out the names of those who have died and lit candles to remember them. This event also marked the installation of a new weapons disposal bin in the parish grounds, allowing those who no longer wish to carry knives to dispo...Read more
World Day of the Poor and Mitzvah Day fall on the same Sunday, and to mark the occasion Caritas Westminster and the organisers of Mitzvah Day engaged six schools in North London in a social action project. The schools, three Jewish (Noam Primary, ...Read more
Buildings across the world were lit up red on Wednesday 28th November to raise awareness of the plight of persecuted Christians around the world, particularly in the Middle East. The campaign, run by Aid to the Church in Need, is called #RedWednes...Read more
St Thomas More School, in Wood Green, has been running a peer mentoring programme for the past two years, involving over 50 mentors, who provide younger pupils with support, guidance, friendship and reinforcement. The programme is designed to cont...Read more