In 2019, Pope Francis addressed 6,000 members of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network in Rome, telling us that 'the heart of the church's mission is prayer'. When he invites us all, each month, to pray with him for a specific intention, he...
February brings us Ash Wednesday and begins our Lenten repentance and renewal. It brings us a new prayer intention from Pope Francis, a prayer from his own heart that he'd like us to take into our hearts and our own prayer. The Pope encourages...
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One of the first things you're told when you begin your studies at the Venerabile is, 'We've been neighbours of St Bridget's for six-and-a-half centuries!'
Very soon you discove...
A few weeks ago, I was invited out to dinner by a small group of women, living together in London, but coming from seven different countries. They provided food that was varied and delicious, as each had contributed to the meal from their own trad...
Today is rich in gifts: given and received.Â
The first gift in view is that of five new priests, five willing today to give their lives to the Lord in this new and radical way, Bill Bowder, David Burke, Cyril Chiaha, Daniel Humphreys and David...