News Archive
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
At the Mass celebrating the centenary of Polish Independence at Westminster Cathedral on 10
Following the greetings at the end of Mass, including one from the Cardinal, Senator Anna Maria Anders, daughter of General Władysław Anders, also ad...Read more
November 11 this year marked the centenary of the signing of the Armistice, when we remembered the sacrifices of the First World War. It also marked the centenary of Poland's independence, an event that was celebrated in style by the Polish comm...Read more
We began the second day of our Holy Land pilgrimage after a tremendous thunder and lightening storm during the night on the Sea of Galilee.
Our first visit today was to the Mount of the Transfiguration, the site which commemorates Jesus taking Pe...Read more
Today was the first day of the 2018 Westminster Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. We are 57 pilgrims in total and we had a good flight and coach journey to our hotel. We are staying beside the Sea of Galilee and travelled to the Mount of the B...Read more
On 15th November, clergy from the diocese gathered at Westminster Cathedral to celebrate a Requiem Mass for deceased clergy. Bishop John Sherrington was the principal celebrant, along with Bishops Nicholas Hudson, Paul McAleenan and John Wilson, t...Read more