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...
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Centering Prayer Day at St Bernadette’s
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...
Come to our Laudato Deum study day
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...
‘End poverty in all its forms, everywhere’
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...
Catholic charity announces new award as part of #RedWednesday
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...
Conference examines Church’s future
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? ...
CAFOD Israeli-Palestinian Crisis Appeal
Donate to CAFOD’s Israeli-Palestinian Crisis Appeal at cafod.org.uk/ipc or call 0303 303 3030 to support those affected and get funds to local trusted experts in Gaza and southern Israel who have been working alongside communities helping those most in need. Your...
Bishop Terry’s November Voice column
On the weekend of November 18/19 we celebrate the Seventh Annual World Day of the Poor and the theme this year is taken from the Book of Tobit. Pope Francis sends us all a message for that day. Here follows an extract from that message, but the whole message can be...
Bishops’ statement on death of Indi Gregory
Following the death of Indi Gregory on Monday morning (November 13), Bishop Patrick McKinney, Bishop of Nottingham, and Bishop John Sherrington, pictured, lead bishop for life issues, have issued a statement:“With deep sadness we express our condolences to Dean and...








