A Day Trip to Calais, 29 March 2016
John Coleby, Director of Caritas Westminster, recounts his recent trip to the Calais Jungle with Westminster Justice and Peace and St John Vianney Parish.
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John Coleby, Director of Caritas Westminster, recounts his recent trip to the Calais Jungle with Westminster Justice and Peace and St John Vianney Parish.
We went to Calais because we had been moved by the news and images that we have seen about the crisis all over Europe. We spent a month fundraising and making the preparations necessary, but since the Paris attacks happened only the weekend befor...
We began our last full day of the pilgrimage with Mass in the Church of St Catherine which is situated in Manger Square, next to the Church of the Nativity. Referring yesterday's homily on the sacrifice of the Mass, Fr John said that today,...
This morning we travelled to Beit Jala, near Bethlehem, to celebrate Mass with the local parish at the Church of the Annunciation. All the pilgrims were particularly moved by this Mass, seeing the great faith of these people despite the hardships ...
As we drove out of Galilee, Fr John led the group in a reflection, not on the places where Jesus taught, but on what he taught: the mercy of God. He went on to say: 'as we have been gifted with faith in Jesus, let us be men and women of mercy an...