ANSWERING THE PERENNIAL QUESTION WITH A RHETORICAL QUESTION WHO IS JESUS? WHY ASK ME? It took me by surprise that a Church prayer and action Group, Handmaids of the Lord, asked me to give them an online talk on WHO IS JESUS. Why ask me, was my immediate impulse – one, because I am no…
A PERPETUAL OATH – TO LOVE AND TO SERVE. In the reactions to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a remarkable lady, I have been touched by the attention given to her life-long commitment. She adopted the noble motto of her ancestors: “I serve”, dedicating her whole life, long or short; and asking God’s help…
It is with regret that we inform you of the death on the 16th day of September, 2022 in Southport Hospital, Merseyside, aged 94 of Father Frederick Heptonstall Mill Hill Missionary May he rest in peace Fred, as we affectionately called him in Mill Hill circles, was born on the 2nd of July, 1928 in…
OUT OF CURIOSITY – FAITH SEEKING UNDERSTANDING (Mimesis and Atonement in the Doctrine of Salvation – ideology or theology?) Perhaps this is what I wish I had heard more from our colleague, late Fr Tom O’Brien MHM, who always came alive and spoke profoundly with untold inner joy, conviction and passion about René Girard or…
Your prayers are requested for the repose of the soul of SISTER JUDITH EGAN who died at the Convent of St Francis, Cork on Monday 12th September 2022 Mary Egan was born on 2nd June 1926 in Kilkenny, Ireland, one of five children of Joseph and Mary Egan. She is predeceased by her parents and…
Let us fly, let us cry – for peace! Let us scream, let us screen – for the environment! Let’s spy, let’s dry tears – for the poor! Look around you, can you see, times are troubled, people grieve, see the violence, feel the hardness! Let us love and boast with and for the poor!…
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Margaret McGrath, FMSJ who died peacefully on 27 August 2022. Catherine McGrath was born in Glasgow on 4th August 1940, the fourth child of Daniel and Catherine McGrath. She is predeceased by her sister, Margaret, and survived by her brothers Thomas and Daniel. Catherine entered…
A Catholic charity is appealing for help to feed people in Karamoja, an arid region of Uganda, badly affected by drought in East Africa. Jean Johnson, a parishioner from Ipswich, who volunteers with SPICMA, (Special Projects in Christian Missionary Areas) has been to this area many times and gathered some of the information that has…
On a positive note, Saturday 27th of August, will be a day of joy for Dalits around the world as they see one of their own, be made a cardinal. Yet this shift has not been without its struggles. For many years, Dalit organisations and supporters have been championing this cause including the UK based…
THE JOY OF MISSION APPEALS: Resonance with South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Bamenda….. Like many, I always begin my Mission appeals with self introduction of where I come from, where I studied and where I am based. I always wish I had time to say not just my geographical and external voyage which unintentionally may evoke…
Next Saturday 6th August is the anniversary of dropping the first atomic bomb in 1945, killing a quarter of the million people in Hiroshima, devastating the city and leaving a legacy of radiation-induced cancers and disability. Join Pax Christi England and Wales outside Westminster Cathedral from 11am to 1.00pm on 6th August in prayers, readings…
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