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The First Sunday of Advent sees the introduction of a new edition of the Lectionary in England and Wales, based on a different translation of the Bible. Since the reform of the system of readings used in the liturgy in the late 1960s, we have…
God has given you a wonderful patron! John Ruskin described St Hugh as ‘the most beautiful sacerdotal figure known to me in history.’ You are right to celebrate him with full solemnity! He was not the last monk in England to be made a bishop.…
This evening we pray for the seven priests and two deacons of this Diocese who have died in the last twelve months. As we do so we hear the words of the Gospel: 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take for your heritage the kingdom prepared…
This walking-stick was given by Cardinal Edward Manning (1808-92) to London dock-worker Daniel O’Sullivan in recognition of services rendered during the Great Dockers’ strike which began on 14th August 1889 in support of a claim for 6d an…
The assisted suicide bill being brought to Parliament – framed by its supporters as a loving response to the suffering caused by terminal illness – calls into question a fundamental aspect of our faith: the nature and meaning of love. And I…