Jesus’ Call For the Extra Mile
Lent encourages us all to reflect on areas of sin and commit to a “firm desire of amendment”. We might turn to the Ten Commandments or other...
Dr Raymond Perrier
Why Artists are God’s Gift
This month’s Jubilee of Artists offers us a good opportunity to reflect on the rich artistic heritage we have as Catholics — but also to ask ourselves...
The Great Pilgrimage of Hope
The Jubilee theme “Pilgrims of Hope” offers many avenues to explore. A provocatively entitled book by English Dominican Timothy Radcliffe, who was made a cardinal in recognition...
Christmas Carols: More than Words
Every year in the weeks before Christmas, a vicar in London would set off and visit the pubs in his parish. That was not an extended Yuletide...
Why We Must Say: ‘Father Forgive’
The wars in Palestine and Ukraine drag on, and their brutality and pointlessness seem to show no signs of relenting. Meanwhile, other conflicts continue around the world,...
Are You Ready For Mission?
October is designated Mission Month, but surely mission is what the Church is about all the time. After all, we don’t have a special month dedicated to...
When It’s Time To Say Goodbye
The withdrawal by Joe Biden from the US presidential election campaign in late July was met with relief by many of his supporters, and probably by his...
The Gains of Women In Society
‘The hour is coming, in fact it has come, when the vocation of women is being fully recognised, the hour in which women acquire in the world...
Catholic Schools: A Place to Wonder and to Worry
The headline above — “A place to wonder and to worry” — might seem an odd way of describing a Catholic school but it is a phrase...
The Hurdles of Bureaucracy
Newspapers and online newsfeeds over the past few weeks have been rightly filled with joyous photographs and stories of people graduating from universities across the country. When...
