The theme for World Youth Sunday challenges young people to reflect on how they can embody Christ’s love, justice, and peace in their daily lives, and how they can be instruments of God’s will in a world that is in dire need of hope and renewal.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has renewed its call for the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap on Universal Credit payments and is asking Catholics to contact their local MPs to make their feelings known. The policy is currently under review by the Government’s Child Poverty Taskforce and the Bishops’ Conference
Find out about a publication that deserves to read widely, especially by the legislators and policy experts who will be involved in upcoming debates in Holyrood and Westminster about whether or not to legalise assisted suicide.
While the Adoremus Festival is taking place at Oscott College, Birmingham on Saturday, 14 September, parishes across the country have been asked to arrange a Holy Hour at some point during the weekend so that parishioners are in prayerful solidarity with the Bishops and representatives gathered in Birmingham. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference has produced a
The installation of a solar panel and battery system will provide electricity across the parish hall, presbytery and church – and importantly reduce CO2 emissions by two tonnes annually.
For the first time since 2019 youngsters from across the Diocese had the opportunity to enjoy a week of activities at the Bosco Camp this summer, thanks to Caritas Diocese of Brentwood and a team of volunteers.
Few of us probably ever think about seafarers. Yet it’s thanks to them that we have so many of the goods we rely on each day. Those sailing the ships which bring those goods to us are being increasingly threatened by incidents of piracy and armed robbery. Please support the Stella Maris Harvest Appeal to support seafarers and fishers working in an increasingly dangerous and hostile world.
"We stand in solidarity with all victims of violence, especially with our brothers and sisters seeking asylum, our Muslim brothers and sisters, and indeed with anyone feeling threatened because of who they are or where they are from." Raymond Friel OBE writes.
