To coincide with the celebration of Good Shepherd Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, five individuals, each at a different stage in priestly formation, have shared their vocation stories. Two of the interviewees described how they put off the...
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.…
We have knelt in silence, marking the moment of the death of Jesus. We have heard the solemn proclamation of the words: 'It is accomplished'. Now, for us, the cross is no longer simply an instrument of torture but a sign of victory. That...
'What have you given up for Lent?', my friend Molly asked me as she scanned a cucumber through the Sainsbury's self-checkout and placed it in her stripy reusable bag. I felt completely at a loss for an answer and found myself rattling off...
By Fr Mark Vickers
It was my first time on Liverpool's impressive waterfront. We had definitely left summer behind in London; it was a blustery, autumnal day by the Mersey. Yet immediately it felt like home. So many familiar faces, fellow cle...