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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‘White Rabbit’ National Tour 2015
RISE Theatre, the professional Christian Theatre Company, are touring their brand new original play ‘White Rabbit’ during Lent 2015. ‘White Rabbit’ is a powerful story about two people’s journey to faith – a journey of love, loss and […]
Pure in Heart retreat, 20-22 March
It’s coming… This year’s official Pure in Heart UK retreat! Led by Fr. Alan Sullivan, a Dominican priest from Dublin who has a great passion for the teachings of Theology of the Body – and […]
Lenten reflections by email from Fr Robert Barron
There are many ways to journey through Lent. One practical way is to sign up to these Lenten reflections from Fr Robert Barron at Word on Fire. See the sign-up button on this page here. […]
The Brentwood Stations of the Cross 3: the full programme of events
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The Brentwood Stations of the Cross 2: what the fifteen artists actually did
Each artist was given the title of a Station together with an identical blank twelve inch square aluminium panel. They were completely free to respond to their allocated subject in whatever way they chose. I […]
The Brentwood Stations of the Cross 1: religion and art in dialogue
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Do Catholics need to have a “personal relationship with Jesus Christ”?
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Praying for your future spouse, and not just that you will find them
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The real meaning of hospitality
St Augustine loved to puzzle over the Emmaeus story. Why did the disciples not recognise Jesus when he was explaining the Scriptures to them? Why did he pretend to carry on walking? He went in […]
It is vital that young Catholics involve themselves in politics
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Is God calling you to religious life?
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Day of International Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking
Today marks the first Day of International Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking, which was announced by Pope Francis a few months ago. This afternoon at 3pm, we will host the premiere screening of our […]
Modern slavery
Slavery would have been familiar to Job. It’s not surprising, then, that he uses it as a vivid image of all that brings humans beings to their knees and demeans them. Job asks, Is not […]
Parliament approval of ‘3-parent embryos’ crosses a line, warn critics
The bishop representing the Catholic Church’s opposition to so-called “three-parent embryos” said he hoped there would be alternative means found to treat mitochondrial diseases that did not involve the destruction of human embryos. Bishop John […]
UK Churches speak out against bid to allow ‘three-parent’ embryos
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What if you could discover your vocation today?
A homily by Fr Stephen Wang about the meaning of the Christian vocations and how we discern our own vocation. Sometimes a vocation seems to grow quite naturally out of our life and our desires; […]
Why are we all still single?
Some information about upcoming events linked to the Pure in Heart group and the Theology of the Body: Wednesday February 4th: Why are we all still single?: A look at some of the cultural influences […]
The Gift: a Life in the Spirit course available from CaFE
An inspiring and practical series aimed at people of all ages to help them encounter the Holy Spirit and empower them to share their faith. Presented by well-known international speakers; David Payne, Michelle Moran, Charles […]
Faith report: women stronger than men; Muslims than Christians; Evangelicals than Catholics
This article came out from John Bingham last week, Social Affairs editor at The Telegraph. Women are almost two thirds more likely than men to believe in God, a major study of attitudes among middle […]
The ‘reasonable accommodation’ of faith in the workplace
Many readers will recall the case of Celestina Mba, the Baptist sacked by a London council because she did not want to work on Sundays, which (following the Fourth Commandment) she regarded as exclusively for rest and worship. Mrs Mba was […]
