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Today we celebrate the Feast of St Paul Miki and his companions. They are among the larger group known as the Nagasaki Martyrs who died rather than deny their faith, in Japan, at the end of of the 16th century. Before dying a cruel death, manacled...
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...