When seafarers need a Good Samaritan
When seafarers and fishers arrive in a port, they are strangers in a foreign land, they don’t know the locals and often don’t know who to turn to when they need help.Port chaplains and volunteer ship visitors from Stella Maris (the Catholic Church’s maritime agency...
Alarm expressed over proposed abortion law change
Archbishop John Sherrington, lead bishop for life issues for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, says the Church is “deeply alarmed” after MPs passing an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill on decriminalising abortion.In a statement he...
Pray for a hope-filled future with Mary’s Meals
International school food charity invites people to Pray in May and give hope to hungry children Mary’s Meals is calling on people of faith to unite in prayer and lift up the mission of providing life-changing school meals to children in some of the world’s poorest...
All invited to Stella Maris Holy Island Pilgrimage
Catholic maritime charity Stella Maris will hold its annual Pilgrimage to Holy Island on Saturday May 31.Now in its 21st year, this year’s pilgrimage is held as part of the charity’s activities for the Jubilee Year of Hope and will include special prayers for...
