This year's joint Mass with the Dioceses of Southwark and Westminster is being hosted by the Diocese of Brentwood and celebrates the contributions made to faith, life and work in the UK by all those who have come from other countries to make their home here.
Volunteers at Our Lady and All Saints have been honoured after the successful relaunch of the parish's youth ministry with projects like Field of Dreams and Ignite. Although rooted in the Catholic parish community, all of the youth projects are fully open to every young person, regardless of faith, religion, background or belief.
Archbishop’s statement ahead of the House of Lord’s votes on abortion decriminalisation and ‘pills-by-post’ Archbishop John Sherrington, the Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Bishops’ Conference, has issued a statement as peers prepare to vote on the Crime and Policing Bill on Wednesday, 18 March. The voting in the House of Lords could lead
The Archbishop clarifies the Church’s objections to the Assisted Dying Bill and encourages parishes throughout England and Wales to hold local Holy Hours on 19 April to unite with the Bishops in prayer for the promotion of a culture of life.
Flavio Vettese - Director of Education and Maria Shephard - Deputy Director of Education, represented the Diocese of Brentwood at a reception held at the Houses of Parliament.
Throughout this year, St Benedict’s have been running a programme called 'Free and Equal Ambassadors' in partnership with ‘Beyond This’ with Peter Radford.
As numerous men and women gathered in Brentwood Cathedral to renew the vows and promises made in their religious communities, Bishop Alan Williams SM spoke prophetically of the heart of religious which needs to be filled with the presence of God in order to be fruitful and a useful tool in the hands of God and the Church.
