Maybe you are a couple who have been dating for a while but need more time to reflect and to really understand better just what Christian marriage really means before you can commit the rest of your lives to each other. Or maybe you are currently single seeking your "other half" but perhaps not 100% sure that this is indeed God's will for you. Wherever you are on your journey, if you feel that God is calling you sooner or later to marriage and want to know more, then you are warmly invited to a special retreat day on Saturday December 1st at the Carmelite priory in Kensington.
by Fr Nicholas Schofield
Last time I wrote about Cardinal Manning's wife, Caroline, and, as a result, was inspired to visit Lavington, the little village in West Sussex where they spent their married life and where he served as Rector for seven...
by Fr Lawrence Lew OP
Almost a decade ago, when I was in Rome for a General Chapter of the Dominican Order, I was invited to visit the Dominican nuns in their monastery on Monte Mario, close to the Vatican. I had little idea of the treasures safe...
The opposite of love, said Pope St John Paul II, is not hate, but indifference or to use somebody. This is a very important point for us as Christians to call to mind on this weekend of St. Valentine with all its hyper-sexualised commercialisation...
In November, the month of the Holy Souls, the Bishops' Conference launched a new website, called
'There is evidence that many people want to engage in a conversation about death and dying,' explained Bishop John Sherrington. 'The Parlia...