Kuriakose Elias Chavara was born on 10th February 1805 to Iko Chavara and Mariam Thoppil at Kainakary, Kerala. From age 5 to 10, he attended the village school to study languages, different dialects, and elementary sciences. Fr Thomas Palackal, th...
On 20th January, during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a memorial to seven Jesuit martyrs was unveiled at the Anglican Church of St-Giles-in-the-Fields following a service of Choral Evensong, attended by members of both Anglican and Catho...
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As we prepare for our diocesan pilgrimage to Walsingham in September, it is good to recall the significance of Our Lady's shrine in pre-Reformation times. Last May, at an Anglican celebration in honour of Our Lady of Walsingham, the statue of...
Police officers and police staff who have died were remembered at Westminster Cathedral on 6
In his written introduction in the order of service, Fr Barry shared the following words:
'Our Mass of Requiem celebrated around this time every year ...
Both during his lifetime and since, Thomas Merton (1915-68) has always evoked a mixed response. Merton was educated at Oakham School, Clare College, Cambridge, and Columbia University whence, after a brief period as a university teacher, he entere...