On a sunny mid-September evening, nearly 20 priests and three transitional deacons received their Sacred Theology Baccalaureates from Mater Ecclesiae College. A further 16 priests, who were unable to attend, were also awarded the degree. Many of...
Bernadette knew what it was like to be accompanied by great crowds too. Indeed it was the crowds she was attracting to herself that made her decide she must leave Lourdes. She had begun to be followed wherever she went. On one occasion, she heard...
After a day of searing heat, it was a pleasant change for the weather in Lourdes to turn somewhat, with a cooler and drizzly day. But the pilgrims did not allow it it dampen their spirits as proved when all gathered for a group photo in the...
On this Feast of St Barnabas, we have listened to the passage from the Acts of the Apostles telling us about his part in the birth of the early Church, along with Saul, shortly to become Paul. They are among the many figures that appear in this...
In this striking image of the meeting of Blind Bartimaeus with Jesus, the Bulgarian artist Julia Stankova provides a sense of expectation and empathy between the two. The able-sighted crowd are the distracted ones. Jesus is the one who listens,...