Last year saw parishioners returning to parishes in even greater numbers. Our estimates suggest Mass attendance has returned to about 80% of pre-Covid numbers, with a number of parishes exceeding their pre-pandemic Mass attendance.…
We have knelt in silence, marking the moment of the death of Jesus. We have heard the solemn proclamation of the words: ‘It is accomplished’. Now, for us, the cross is no longer simply an instrument of torture but a sign of victory. That…
‘What have you given up for Lent?’, my friend Molly asked me as she scanned a cucumber through the Sainsbury’s self-checkout and placed it in her stripy reusable bag. I felt completely at a loss for an answer and found myself rattling off…
By Fr Mark Vickers
It was my first time on Liverpool’s impressive waterfront. We had definitely left summer behind in London; it was a blustery, autumnal day by the Mersey. Yet immediately it felt like home. So many familiar faces, fellow cle...
Young people across the diocese are ‘giving up’ their time and money to help others.
This Lent, CAFOD is working to combat malnutrition in Zimbabwe by providing seeds and farming training for families and communities so that everyone in the...