We have received this message from Fr. Willem Klaver, MHM, who would like to share an interesting and insightful resource. “Here you find a wonderful and insightful input on ‘Catholic Social Teaching: Life and Dignity of the Human Person’ by our Parish Associate and good friend, Fr Bryan Massingale. It is the first session on […]
Yesterday, September 3, 2026, the Missionary Sisters of the Lord’s Table, also known as the Mensa Domini Sisters, celebrate their 64th Founding Anniversary. For sixty-four years, the congregation has journeyed with the Church in serving God’s people, particularly those who are poor and powerless, beginning in Antique and eventually extending its missionary presence beyond the […]
The following is the Homily given by Fr. Fred Franklin during the Eucharistic Celebration on the Solemnity of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. There’s a very tenuous personal link between John, myself and our Founder Herbert Vauighan. When we came to St Joseph’s College, Mill Hill, in September 1962, it was the custom for […]
As the month of September begins, Pope Leo XIV is inviting everyone around the world to pray for the just and sustainable management of water, recognising it as a vital resource and a basic need for every human person. In many parts of the world, our brothers and sisters have little or no reliable access […]
This is a video of a recently well done released Australian documentary about the Sisters of Charity here in New York. Their headquarters is in the parish of St Margaret of Cortona in Riverdale; this was my first parish where I served for three years as a Parochial Vicar. Willem Klaver The Sisters of Charity […]
A Personal Reflection on Magnifica Humanitas and the Mill Hill Charism, read in the light of Chapter 2027: Listening Together, Walking Together, Sent Together Why I Read This Encyclical the Way I Did I did not come to Magnifica Humanitas as a neutral reader. I came to it in the middle of a season in […]
Pope Leo reminded those present that the Church’s mission is to bring people together through genuine human connection, saying that the world is filled with suffering and that the Church must offer hope, welcome and communion. Pope Leo XIV opened the Extraordinary Consistory on Friday, 26 June, with 178 cardinals gathering in Rome to talk […]
Herbert House, Liverpool, UK – Friday, 12 June 2026: As we celebrate the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus today, we entrust all our missionaries to his meek and humble heart. We also joyfully celebrate the jubilees of four missionaries from the British Region: Fr Bernard Fox, marking 50 years of missionary service; Fr […]
Who was to know that I would ever put my foot firmly on Africa’s soil? Isay firmly because in 1964, I fleetingly touched Arica when going through the Suez Canal from Suez to Aden with a freighter on my way to Sarawak. It happened like this: Fr Philip and Fr Mathews, who had been serving […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV met the Board of the Vatican Observatory Foundation lastweek and said the Church supports true science as a way of understanding God’s creation. He warned that both faith and science are being challenged by people who deny objective truth, and he called for greater care for the planet and […]
Pope Francis has repeatedly described food waste as a moral issue rather than simply an environmental or economic concern, linking it to charity, solidarity and human dignity. The Pope warned that a growing “culture of waste” can weaken society’s respect for vulnerable people, including the poor, the elderly and the disabled, while also making people […]
In this interview, Fr. Frans Baartmans reflects on nearly forty years spent in India, where he chose to live among low-caste communities in the slums. He speaks about learning their language, understanding their history, and sharing in both their struggles and their hopes for a better future. Living simply alongside them, he became part of […]
