In a piece first published on the ICN website, our own Fr Paschal reflects on his encounter with Pope Benedict XVI as a member of Brentwood Catholic Youth Service tasked with welcoming him to the UK.
The children of St Antony's Primary in Forest Gate are committed to Catholic Social Teaching and the school has been successfully campaigning with Citizens UK and the Living Wage Foundation to get local employers to pay the real living wage for many years.
In his New Year message, first broadcast on BBC Essex, Bishop Alan recalls the symbolism of the lump of coal and a loaf of bread he would be tasked to bring into his home at midnight.
Bishop Hudson celebrated a Requiem Mass in Westminster Cathedral for the repose of the soul of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Saturday, 31 December 2022 at 6pm.
Bishop Alan draws encouragement from the words of Pope Saint John Paul II: "People of today and tomorrow need this enthusiasm if they are to meet and master the crucial challenges which stand before us."
The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales will celebrate Requiem Masses for the repose of the soul of the late Pope Emeritus in their cathedrals. In Brentwood Cathedral Bishop Alan will say Mass on 8 January at 11.30 am.
