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St Romuald was born at Ravenna, Italy in 951 AD. Born to an aristocratic family, Romuald grew up with riches and was known to have a wild youth. Devotion to prayer or the call to holy Life was never taught or spoken of within the family setting. U...
The year was 1997. My time at the Catholic Missionary Society was drawing to a close, and I took the bold step of asking Cardinal Hume if I could go to Jamaica for a year. He agreed, which surprised me considering he had said he wanted me 'nearb...
by Fr David Stewart SJ As we move into Mary's month, and the beginning of the northern-hemisphere summer, our Holy Father points to the mission that we all share as baptised followers of the Risen Christ, the Mission of the Laity. Pope Franci...
The Cross we contemplate this afternoon is indeed wondrous beyond words. As the Cross is lifted before us, in the words we have heard and in the actions that follow, we can but be filled with wonder. Isaiah said so in that first reading: 'The c...
Christ is our Light in every darkness. This evening we seek to renew our life in him. This we do together, for faith in Jesus cannot be lived as a solitary individual; he calls us into the Church. This evening we stand alongside those who, very sh...