News for Sunday, 17 August
Dear friends, In November 1950, Pope Pius XII spoke of 'the wonderful harmony and order of those privileges which the most provident God has lavished upon [the Blessed [...]
Dear friends, In November 1950, Pope Pius XII spoke of 'the wonderful harmony and order of those privileges which the most provident God has lavished upon [the Blessed [...]
Dear friends, Greetings from Our Lady's Shrine at Walsingham, where - with nine of our young people (and hundreds more from across the country!) - I am taking part [...]
Dear friends, Tickets (£12.50/£5) remain on sale for our summer barbecue (on Saturday, 16 August), either for cash, by contactless payment or by using this link - if [...]
Dear friends, The late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI wrote of the Lord's Prayer (which we encounter in this Sunday's Gospel reading) that only Christ, the Only-Begotten Son, can [...]
Dear friends, In this Sunday's first reading, Abraham encounters the Lord in mystery in the visit of three strangers. Here in the Old Testament is a vivid foreshadowing [...]
Dear friends, This Sunday's parable of the Good Samaritan provides us with the negative notion of passing by on the other side: we use this turn of phrase to [...]
Dear friends, (Fr Richard remains on annual leave, until Tuesday, 8 July.) Fourteen years ago today, in Southwark Cathedral, I was ordained a deacon: even those who are [...]
Dear friends, This Sunday the Church celebrates the great saints and apostles Peter and Paul, upon whose confident and courageous proclamation of Jesus Christ as Lord the continuing [...]
Dear friends, The Church's calendar moves us swiftly from the transcendence of the Trinity to the visceral immanence of the Body and Blood of Christ, as we prepare [...]
Dear friends, We offer our condolences, and the assurance of our prayers, to those in our local community affected by the Air India 'plane crash in Ahmedabad earlier [...]