by Michael McG | Nov 29, 2023 | Courses, Adult Formation, Diocese, Evangelisation
Applications are now open for Durham University’s Centre of Catholic Studies’ distance learning programmes in Catholic Theology for October 2024. The programme, led by the Centre for Catholic Studies (CCS) and the university’s world-leading Department of...
by Michael McG | Nov 24, 2023 | Appeals and Special Events, Talks, Retreats and Lectures, Evangelisation
Centering Prayer is a simple but profound method of silent prayer. It is part of the long tradition of silent prayer within the Christian tradition.In Centering Prayer, we experience God’s presence within us, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer...
by Michael McG | Nov 16, 2023 | Study Days, Diocese
Eight years after Lauadato Si’, the Holy Father recently released Laudato Deum, a resource to get us thinking about Cop28, which takes place in December. In this letter, Pope Francis goes to great pains to stress that not enough has been done in the wake of...
by Michael McG | Nov 15, 2023 | Appeals and Special Events, World Day of the Poor, National Board of Catholic Women, Organisations
World Day of the Poor takes place on Sunday November 19 and aims to raise awareness about people living in poverty, writes MARGARET CLARKE. According to the World Bank, the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 pushed between 88m and 115m people into poverty, “with the...
by Michael McG | Nov 15, 2023 | Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Organisations
Aid to the Church in Need (CAN) has unveiled plans to launch a new award recognising fortitude and faith in the face of persecution, to be presented by the papal ambassador to Great Britain. As part of ACN’s #RedWednesday 2023 celebrations on November 22 – which are...
