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On Michaelmas Day, 1568, Douai College was founded in northern France. The College commenced in a hired house near to the theological schools in that small town and received papal approval on that same day. Cardinal William Allen, who inspired…
Do you remember watching European football on television in the 1990s? There was often someone to be seen in the crowd behind the goal with a placard. It read invariably, “John 3, 16”. Just that: “John 3, 16”. “God so loved the world…
What happened in Lourdes? Bernadette was born to François and Louise Soubirous in the Boly Mill on 7 January 1844, the eldest of nine children. She was baptised Marie Bernarde in the parish church, St Pierre’s, on 9 January 1844. The original…
On 17 On Saturday 17 On Sunday 18 In his homily Bishop John remarked that ‘it is important to remember our beginnings, our history and those men and women whose generosity has provided the Church and buildings which we enjoy today.’ There has…
The evening sun was radiant last Wednesday 31 All were present to celebrate with Kate Griffin the Holy Father, Pope Francis’ decision to confer upon her the Damehood of the Pontifical Order of Saint Gregory the Great and this was her Mass of…