When lockdown came into place in March, many people were acutely aware of the sudden increase in need these measures would cause. Catholics in the Diocese of Westminster responded with generosity by re-organising themselves, building on existing...
By the time of George Spencer's birth on 21 From an early age Spencer felt called to ministry in the Church of England, finally being ordained as an Anglican priest in 1824. In the parish of the family estate at Althorp he was tireless in his...
Shortly it will be Ash Wednesday, a day rich in associations and symbolism. It marks the beginning a Lent, a time for turning again to the practice of our faith, in prayer, self-denial (fasting) and practical generosity (almsgiving). Ash...
With sadness we announce the death, on 23 of Fr Bernard McCumiskey . Fr Bernard died at Redesdale Court Care Home in North Shields close to where he had been living in retirement in Whitley Bay until his needs required more care. Fr Bernard was...
Celebrating Mass at Westminster Cathedral for the feast of St Josephine Bakhita, 8 homily that the COVID-19 pandemic has created an order of people in distress, poverty, isolation and anxiety, something that ruthless traffickers are quick to...