Is it right to fear God? What is the difference between a destructive fear and a “holy trepidation”? An Advent homily by Fr Stephen Wang: Look around you at the chapel walls. Look at the […]
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Taking photos and living a counterfeit spiritual life
I came across a couple of interesting paragraphs in a recent review of an exhibition. The reviewer, Christopher Allen, describes the experience of the first room, in which are exhibited three emblematic pictures of the […]
Sacramental service station?
A little shout-out to all the parishes out there… Come on now, be honest Is your parish a sacramental service station? What do I mean by this? A service station is somewhere we pass through, on the […]
A day exploring religious life for young adults
Free to Follow Christ A Day exploring Religious Life for Young Adults Saturday 28th September The Poor Clares Convent, Crossbush, Arundel “By the profession of the evangelical counsels the characteristic features of Jesus — the […]
The decision not to prosecute gender-specific abortions shortens the path to a eugenic society
The early twentieth-century movement in favour of abortion was led by eugenicists — enlightened, progressive, scientifically-minded people who sought to create a society free from disability, racial inferiority and poverty by means of the selective […]
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Leadership and a sacred heart
Earlier in the summer, The Times newspaper carried a photo of the Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband, carrying a pile of books. His holiday reading. One of the books was Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the […]
The downside of living together before you get married
It seems so obvious: you love someone, marriage is a possibility, you are not 100% sure or 100% ready, so you move in together to test the water and test each other. It will help […]
How to read great texts with a spirit of curiosity, wonder and humility
This reading from St Ephraem comes up in the Liturgy of the Hours every year. It’s about how to approach the Sacred Scriptures, but it can be applied to any great text. It’s about the […]
Does God have a plan for you?
I gave a talk recently about providence. Is it true that God has a plan for us? Is it true that he guides all that happens within creation, and all that happens within our own […]
The perfect size for a community is…
The perfect size for a community (whether a village, a religious congregation, or a military unit) is… 150. How do we know? Primates live in groups, which allows them to solve problems together and reduce the […]
Friendship and marriage
Two friends got married recently. For the first reading, they chose this passage about friendship from Ecclesiasticus (6:14-17): Faithful friends are a sturdy shelter: whoever finds one has found a treasure. Faithful friends are beyond […]
On getting out of your head and learning to be unserious for a while
Henry Porter writes a lovely reflection about the importance of being unserious every now and then. There is no case of seriousness in the adult male that cannot be treated by a fortnight with a magnifying glass, […]
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
I am trying to work out if my friend is an extrovert or an introvert. According to Susan Cain’s book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking: “We live with a […]
Praying with St Maximilian Kolbe, 27 September
Praying with St Maximilian Kolbe Friday 27th September, 7pm-10pm Notre Dame de France, Leicester Square WC2H 7BX As part of the programme in the Year of Faith and preparing for the theatre production of ‘Kolbe’s […]
Social networking aside, how many close friends do you have?
Another article about the nature of friendship, this time by Zoe Williams. She looks at a study from twenty-five years ago by Time Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS) that defined friends as close confidantes, […]
Using the YouCat
I gave a talk about the YouCat recently. It was not so much about the history or content of the book, but more about Pope Benedict’s short letter to young Catholics that’s printed at the […]
EU’s religious freedom guidelines need improving in key areas
Among the bodies welcoming the publication of the EU’s new religious freedom guidelines are COMECE, the Catholic Church’ Brussels lobby (its statement is here), and the campaign group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW; its statement is here). Both recognise that the […]
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Welcome to the Jericho Tree website. The site is under construction, and we hope to launch properly in September. Do post any comments or suggestions on the feedback page here. They may not be posted […]
Soldier to Saint: the tour has started and tickets still available
This is from the RISE Theatre site: After a successful London run in 2011, RISE Theatre is reviving its ground-breaking one-act play Soldier to Saint, bringing this challenging & thought-provoking drama to the very heart […]
