Today we give thanks for the 175 years in which the Sisters of Mercy have worked and ministered in this Diocese of Westminster, based first in Queen Square, in Bloomsbury, and then, since 1851, here at St Edward's Convent.
Back in 2006, on 11...
St Peter Damian was born to a poor family in Ravenna, Italy in 1007. He lost his parents early in his childhood. An older brother took him into his household but treated him poorly. Seeing Peter's remarkable piety and intellectual gifts, another...
Fr Bob Barry died peacefully on Saturday 15 December, at Northwick Park Hospital with members of his family at his bedside. Fr Bob was visited by Bishop John Sherrington shortly before he died.Â
Fr Bob was born in January 1945 and Ordained to ...
To begin the new year of 2019, Pope Francis has chosen this intention and now offers it to us to pray with him: 'that young people, especially in Latin America, follow the example of Mary and respond to the call of the Lord to communicate the jo...
Each day this week we have been presented with an example of radical discipleship. During the week there has been a wonderful parade of saints from the first to the seventeenth centuries: St Luke, St Ignatius of Antioch, St Teresa of Avila, St Joh...