News Archive
Jesuit Media Initiatives and the Diocese of Westminster Marriage and Family Life team have joined forces to produce a series of imaginative contemplations to help families journey alongside the Holy Family in prayer this Advent.
The series of s...Read more
On Remembrance Sunday, Cardinal Vincent was taken ill while celebrating the Solemn Requiem Mass of the Fallen in Westminster Cathedral and had to leave the sanctuary. Read more
Members of the Catholic Police Guild (CPG) gathered for the Annual Solemn Requiem Mass for deceased police officers on 8
In attendance was Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick, serving and retired officers and staff from around the co...Read more
A number of diocesan priests have been making an annual walking pilgrimage along the Via Francigena, the ancient pilgrimage route that connects Canterbury to Rome. They have been walking the Italian part from the Swiss border to Rome, for one week...Read more
On Saturday 20 October, Bishop Paul McAleenan conferred the Ministry of Acolyte on Westminster seminarians Axcel Soriano and Tim Mangatal at Allen Hall. Please pray for them as they continue their formation for the priesthood.Read more
St Charles Square has always been a focal point for education in North Kensington. Students have come and gone, passed through and moved on to the next chapter of their lives. However, on 14
All Saints has a rich history; successive schools hav...Read more
Newman Catholic College, formerly Cardinal Hinsley High School, celebrated its 60th anniversary with a wonderful Mass at Westminster Cathedral on 10th October.
Over 1,000 students and staff, past and present, were joined by old boys, governors,...Read more
Pupils from St Gregory's Catholic Science College turned pumpkins, grown in the school's eco-garden, into a hearty soup for the homeless.
The green-fingered pupils, who, earlier this year won the Royal Horticultural Society's School Gardenin...Read more
St Gregory's Catholic Science College was recognised at the Schools for Success awards ceremony at City Hall for its achievements in supporting pupils needing extra help to fulfil their potential. Â
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said: 'I'd li...Read more
With these words Pope Francis launched the first World Day of the Poor last year. To be kept annually on the 33rd Sunday of the liturgical year (which this year falls on the 18
By now, our shops are full of Christmas gifts, food and drink; our ...Read more
by Fr Peter-Michael Scott
I am always grateful for help. I remember a while ago, in the first few months of my appointment, trying to visit a Catholic patient in her twenties who could not sum up the courage to meet me because she thought I repre...Read more
On a cloudy autumnal day Sr Clara, a Sister of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, brightened the spirits of nearly sixty people from across the diocese, when she addressed a meeting at the Church of Christ the King in Cockfosters, CAFOD's base...Read more
Sr Elizabeth O'Donohoe HC, who has been a loyal and committed member of the Westminster Interfaith team for many years, recently received an award for furthering the cause of peace through interfaith dialogue and collaboration.
She was one of t...Read more
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The gathering was opened by Diocesan Youth Chaplain Fr Mark Walker, who thanked the nearly 90 young people for coming to hear the reflections of the Cardinal and to discuss them with their peers.
He led the audience in
The Car...Read more
by Fr David Stewart SJ
One of our innovations, as we have been redeveloping the Pope's personal Prayer Network (the Apostleship of Prayer, as it was known), is our hugely popular Click-to-Pray online service. It's the Pope's app that conn...Read more
I feel deeply moved to be with you in Tyne Cot because my grandfather, Eric Hudson, fought here in the Battle of Passchendaele and survived. We gather here in a spirit of what the ancient Romans called 'pietas'. 'Pietas', for the Romans, m...Read more