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By Canon Stuart Wilson It seems to me that the Diocesan Vocations Promoter has two tasks. Firstly he has to find new men who are willing to offer themselves to the priesthood. This is no easy task in a world which is dominated by a fear of taki...
Dear brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, My mother taught me many things. One was this: that a mother can never forget her child, even if that child is no longer in her presence and care. The bond between them endures. It is written into he...
At Christmas we celebrate God's eternal youth in the child born in Bethlehem. I was touched, on arriving in Krakow for World Youth Day, to hear Pope Francis say to the young pilgrims, 'The world wants to learn from you that the Father's me...
Christmas is a time of miracles. As a parish priest, I often found that the few hours between the incredibly busy and somewhat frenetic Vigil Mass and the Midnight Mass were fairly quiet. It was a time of waiting. One bitterly cold year, I reme...
My dear brothers and sisters, thank you for your very warm welcome and for this opportunity to be with you here in the Parish of the Holy Family today. My journey from London has been very easy and I have come here to bring you the love and the...