Fixing the Date of Easter
The earliest believers in the church of Asia Minor wished to keep the observance of Easter in correlation to the …
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Do Not Be Afraid
The phrase ‘do not be afraid’ or variations of it, appear many times in Scripture. In Deuteronomy we are told …
Catholic Teaching Vacancies – Hereford UK
A number of Catholic Teaching Vacancies are available for September 2015 at St Francis Xavier’s RC Primary School in Hereford …
An Opportunity for Mission
Don’t be devastated or depressed about the election results in the UK today. There have already been a number of …
What is the Catechism of the Catholic Church?
On January 25, 1995 Pope Saint John Paul II convoked an extraordinary assembly of the Synod of Bishops. The Synod …
Sharing Our Faith
It has been said that the Catholic Church in England and Wales has at best been in maintenance mode and …
Running for Sion
Matt Corrigan is a member of Belmont Abbey Parish in Hereford and is currently a volunteer with the Sion Catholic Community …
Divorced Catholics and Holy Communion
German Bishops, according to the National Catholic Reporter, are seeking “to allow remarried Catholics to make a “responsible decision in …
Why God? Why Jesus? Why Church? Why Catholic Schools?
At 9.30 am on Monday January 5, Professor Anthony Towey will be giving the first of two talks at St …
Joy of Muslim Women
“20 years from now, I will be in Heaven –bye”… This article was written by a woman born in Egypt as …
Tradition – Which Tradition?
The word tradition means simply a belief or behaviour in a society or culture which has symbolic meaning with its …
Sowing Seeds
Ite, ad Evangelium Domini annuntiandum. Thus we are commissioned at the end of every Mass having been nourished with the …
The Heresy That Is Islam
Continuing on the theme of my last post which quoted St Thomas Aqinas, St John of Damascus also wrote of Islam …
The Holy Rosary
As October is the month of the Holy Rosary, I thought I would share with you this PowerPoint that has …
Is Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) in Decline?
Now isn’t that an interesting question! It begs another: how do we measure growth or decline in any movement, let …
The House of Lords Debate on the Assisted Dying Bill
About 125 members of the House of Lords spoke during a ten-hour debate on the Assisted Dying Bill on Friday …
Assisted Dying Bill
This week, the Assisted Dying Bill (UK) is to be debated in the House of Lords. Anglican churchmen like Lord …
Forming Intentional Disciples: Sherry Weddell
Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path to Knowing and Following Jesus by Sherry A. Weddell is a very popular book and has …
Jesus is the Good Shepherd – Follow Him
In the Gospel of Matthew we read: ‘Beware of false prophets who come to you disguised as sheep but underneath …
The Authenticity of Catholic Charismatic Renewal
On the afternoon of 1st June 2014, Pope Francis attended Rome’s Olympic Stadium to meet with the participants in the …
