Fr Mark Swires, the Vocations Promoter in our diocese, has written to all parishes ahead of Good Shepherd Sunday (21 April) to ask them to pray for vocations and for those currently training for the priesthood. Good Shepherd Sunday is also known as the World Day of Prayer for Vocations – and second collections on
The Bishops' Conference says it is important for Christians to proclaim the inherent and unconditional dignity of all human beings, without exception, as being the basis for authentic human rights.
Fr McCollough was a former Anglican clergyman and was ordained as a Catholic on 24 May 1997. He was Assistant Priest at Rayleigh, serving with Fr Andrew Dorricott, from 1997 until 2003 and was then appointed Parish Priest of Becontree from 2003 until his retirement in 2006. He died in Southend Hospital on 29 March
"When we are bewildered, when we are searching, we find meaning in the Easter story." Bishop Alan Williams sm wishes everyone many blessings at Easter.
Bishop Nicholas Hudson, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, (former Rector of the Venerable English College, Rome), was appointed delegate at the Synod last October. He gave the final lecture on synodality on Wednesday 13 March 2024.
Fr Jan focused on why Pope Francis has asked us to be a synodal church, what it means to enter a dialogue and what it means for us in England and Wales, and the mission of the Church here in our parishes.
