News Archive
With breakfast being the most important meal of the day, Douay Martyrs Catholic School, Ickenham, used breakfast time to help foster a strong sense of community, a supportive atmosphere and sustained interaction between staff and students by coord...Read more
Two of our primary schools recently welcomed grandparents and older neighbours to special celebrations.
On 25th May, St Raphael's Primary School in Yeading held a Pentecost party, inviting elderly relatives and neighbours from their local com...Read more
This year, the Reach Out for Healthcare Science Programme has once again offered a number of Year 10 pupils from St Thomas More Catholic School, who have a passion for science, placements on the programme. The placement is a fully-funded work expe...Read more
In a pastoral letter read in parishes on the Nativity of St John the Baptist, 24
Looking to the example of St John Southworth, 'a key patron of priests of this diocese,' the Cardinal calls him an 'inspiration and intercessor us'. The bo...Read more
At the annual Metropolitan Police Remembrance Service on 14
He particularly remembered 'those whose commitment to justice led them to respond with selfless courage in the tragedies' that had hit London in the previous year, and especially t...Read more
A mysterious item found by Enviro Waste some months ago has turned out to be a relic of Pope St Clement. Discovered by company owner James Rubin during a routine walk around the company warehouse, it was among items recovered from house clearances...Read more
To mark the 150
In his homily, Cardinal Vincent spoke of Cardinal Vaughan's two great legacies: Westminster Cathedral and the CTS. Like the beauty of the cathedral, which is 'purposeful' and 'there to lead us towards Jesus Christ, who i...Read more
For World Refugee Day, 20
He encouraged Catholics to 'welcome refugees into our communities, reaching out to the most vulnerable groups through the community sponsorship scheme for Syrian refugees. We should also keep refugees in our prayer...Read more
On 14
Tragically, a pupil from the school, Issac Paulos, and a former pupil, Jessica Urbano Ramirez, who later moved on to the Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College, both lost their lives in the fire. Their families, together with those of...Read more
On Wednesday 13
Present at the Mass were the families of many of the victims and other former residents of the Tower. Also present with the parish community were some of the hundreds of volunteers who assisted at St Francis in the immediate aft...Read more
by Cardinal Vincent Nichols
Human trafficking has been described by Pope Francis as 'an open wound on the body of humanity'. Since we are all part of that humanity, human trafficking defaces us all.Â
He goes on to say that it is 'a wound in...Read more
Sr Imelda Poole IBVM was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in June 2018. She is awarded an MBE for her work in combatting human trafficking and modern slavery.
Cardinal Vincent offered his congratulations to Sr Imelda and commended her...Read more
By Oliver Delargy
On Tuesday 24th April, Canon Stuart Wilson led the seekers group to a meeting at the Tyburn Convent near Marble Arch for an evening of prayer and discussion on the English Martyrs and their connection to Catholic priesthood to...Read more
by Fr Paul Graham OSA
On 5th May 2018, in the newly refurbished Church of St Augustine's, Hammersmith, Bishop Michael Campbell OSA, Emeritus Bishop of Lancaster, ordained to the priesthood Arthur Bolivar OSA and Gladson Dabre OSA, in a two-hour...Read more
On the 18th May, Bishop John Wilson ordained Joseph Raju Katthula CMF, a Claretian Missionary, to the diaconate in a joyful ceremony at the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Hayes.
Addressing his homily to the deacon-elect, Bishop John sa...Read more
As we prepare to observe the Day for Life on Sunday 17
Invoking the intercession of St Josephine Bakhita, the patron of victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, he prays that 'she might intercede on their behalf with the God of Mercy so...Read more