Dear Sisters and Brothers, The vast majority of our churches at this time of the year have an Advent wreath. In fact, I half suspect that at some point towards the beginning of this mass either the second candle was ceremoniously lighted or was already burning when...
There was no Christmas tree or traditional festivities in the place of Jesus Christ’s birth this year in response to the thousands killed in the conflict in the Holy Land.Instead, the focus in the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square in Bethlehem will be on...
They’ve sung for three popes, two queens and a king – and now they’re coming to sing for us at St Mary’s Cathedral in Middlesbrough!Award-winning classical singing group The Priests – Northern Ireland brothers Father Eugene and Father Martin O’Hagan and their lifelong...
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...
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 than...
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 Laudato...
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...
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...
How can the Catholic Church understand and respond to the post-Christian era? What is the future of our Catholic parishes, schools and homes? How, in a world of competing social agendas, can the Church reclaim the narrative for true justice in the world? ...
