News Archive

Our Lady's welcomed the first black female to become MP and to hold a seat in the House of Commons, Diana Abbott. The student council, sixth form and the Year 9 cohort listened to Diane's incredible speech before having an intimate Q&A session...Read more

On Wednesday 19th October, St Paul's Catholic College in Sunbury hosted a special Liturgy for the staff from schools across the Upper Thames Deanery. The objective was to recognise and celebrate the unique and irreplaceable contribution that ea...Read more

St Gregory's has been recognised in the Schools for Success Awards because last year, its GCSE results placed in the top 10% of schools in the country. Headteacher Andrew Prindiville said, 'We are absolutely delighted to receive another award ...Read more

On 27th September JFK School in Hemel Hempstead, marked the beginning of their Golden Jubilee year with a whole-school Mass, joined by members of the Governing Body and the headteachers of local Catholic primary schools. The Mass was celebrated by...Read more

It is a busy time in the Vocations world, as with some of our seminarians we go out to parishes and schools to see what we can do to help men discern the Lord's call to priesthood. These events are usually focused on the seminarians giving their...Read more

The theme of this year's pilgrimage to Walsingham was 'Lift up the Lowly'. This is to focus our reflection on the first World Day of the Poor on 19 After Mass was lunch, and pilgrims were invited to use the new Pilgrim Hall and eat their lu...Read more

by Mgr Mark Langham There are two incidents in the earlier life of Cardinal Cormac that awakened his interest in ecumenism: the first was meeting his local Anglican clergy in his parish in Portsmouth Diocese and finding out that they were rather ...Read more

The plain coffin, notably tall but bearing no decoration other than a cross, expressed well the dignified, non-fussy character of Cardinal Cormac. Previous Cardinals had lain in caskets lifted on lofty trestles, surrounded by ornate gilded candles...Read more

by Cardinal Vincent Nichols The Funeral Mass for our late Archbishop, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, was an unforgettable experience. Mine was a privileged role and its impact on me will stay with me forever. In particular, I shall never for...Read more

by Melanie McDonagh The last time I saw Cardinal Cormac, it was at the Proms. Last year we'd gone to Verdi's Requiem for the penultimate night; this year he suggested Stephen Hough who was playing Brahms' First Piano Concerto, passing on ...Read more

On 19th September, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States within the Holy See's Secretariat of State, made the following intervention at a High Level Leaders Event at the United Nations. The Holy See's involvement in...Read more

'Process' has been adopted as a new, modern word. Over the past month my niece has been staying a couple of days each week while she searches for a flat in London. It is always a delight to see her. She cooks a meal and the two of us sit down ...Read more

by Fr David Stewart In this month of October, Pope Francis has asked us to pray with him: That all workers may receive respect and protection of their rights, and that the unemployed may receive the opportunity to contribute to the common good. Y...Read more

by Andrew Nicoll On 13th May 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously injured. From that moment, the future saint developed a profound emotional relationship with the appearances of Our Lady to three children in a field close to the village...Read more