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Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
Visitor from mission in Turkana
Fr Steven Ochieng, a parish priest working in Turkana, northern Kenya, on the remote desert borders between Sudan and Ethiopia, has been visiting parishes around the UK for the last two weeks. Fr Steven's parish of Our Lady Queen of Peace in Todonyang is twinned with Holy Apostles in Pimlico, central London. Read More ...
Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:15 am |
London: Providence Row marks 150 years of volunteering
Providence Row celebrated 150 years of volunteering on Monday with an Afternoon Tea at the historic Cutlers’ Hall. Providence Row was founded in 1860 by Father Daniel Gilbert and the Sisters of Mercy and was the first non-sectarian shelter in London. Since then the East End has changed dramatically but the charity’s mission Read More ...
Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:04 am |
Notes from Zimbabwe
The mountains of rubbish are growing. Pazarangu Street which runs past Stoddart Hall, a national monument, is at one point half covered with stinking refuse making it difficult for cars and people to pass; now the other lane is beginning to be covered as well. Our young people were organized into a cleaning brigade and began, dressed in new T-shirts Read More ...
Oskar Wermter SJ - Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:57 pm |
Irish Bishops statement after Spring meeting
The Pope's recent letter concerning the recent sexual abuse scandals in Ireland and Europe and safeguarding children were top of the agenda at the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference Spring Meeting which has just concluded. Read More ...
Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:10 pm |
Mass of Thanksgiving for two comedy legends
A Mass of Thanksgiving for the life of comedian and singer Danny la Rue, and comedy writer Vincent Powell. will take place at noon in Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, on Thursday, 29 April. The service is being organised by the Catholic Association of Performing Arts. Read More ...
Jo Siedlecka - Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:31 pm |
Archbishop Nichols to deliver annual UCL lecture
Archbishop Vincent Nichols, will deliver this year’s University Catholic Lecture, at University College London on Tuesday 23 March. The title of the lecture will be Faith in the Academy, and will consider some aspects of Newman’s Idea of a University. The Archbishop has been invited by UCLU Catholic Society. Read More ...
Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:40 pm |
West Country vets in Atlantic challenge
While most people in England have been doing their best to keep warm this winter - one parishioner from the West Country has been in an open boat rowing across the Atlantic Ocean for charity. Parishioners at Corpus Christi church in Weston-super-Mare are praying for Paul Milnthorpe,
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Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:54 pm |
Thinking Faith reviews A Single Man
Director Tom Ford's first film stars Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult. ‘I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.’ So CS Lewis described his mourning of his beloved wife, Helen, in A Grief Observed. Read More ...
Frances Murphy - Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:34 am |
Easter appeal to save 'Christian origins' in Holy Land
The Holy See has launched this year's Easter appeal for the support of Christians in the Holy Land, calling for support to preserve the 'Christian origins' of the region. The prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, called for the collaboration of priests around the world. Read More ...
Posted: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 11:32 pm |
Catholic price comparison website launched
A price comparison website with a difference has been launched this week. All profits net of running costs made through the website will be donated to UK charities who support the dignity of human life from conception to natural death. Read More ...
Posted: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 11:01 pm |
Zimbabwe: outbreak of measles hits half country
An outbreak of measles has hit 28 of the 62 districts of Zimbabwe and is still spreading. The illness is more serious in a population where many are suffering from malnutrition, HIV and other conditions. According to the latest Epidemiological Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO), Read More ...
Posted: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 10:06 pm |
Vatican statement on sexual abuse of minors
Fr Federico Lombardi SJ director of the Holy see press office, issued the following statement today, concerning the situation in Ireland, and also cases of sexual abuse of minors Germany, Austria and Holland: Read More ...
Posted: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6:01 pm |
Olympics bring greater unity to Vancouver churches
Following their involvement with the Winter Olympics, the churches of Vancouver and beyond are more united. That is the assessment of a delegation from the UK's More Than Gold initiative that will help churches make the most of London's 2012 Games. Read More ...
James Parker - Posted: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 3:12 pm |
Film: Thinking Faith reviews the Oscar-winning Hurt Locker
The central insight of The Hurt Locker is the fact that for many soldiers, a motivation to fight is simply the alleviation of boredom. This insight comes with some compassionate and compelling realism. The film explores this through the story of the last few days of a bomb-disposal team's tour of Iraq. Read More ...
Ambrose Hogan - Posted: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 1:10 pm |
London parish holds Day for Dads
A central London parish held their first-ever 'Day for Dads' recently. Twenty-seven fathers from Holy Apostles, Pimlico, turned up for the event. This was far in excess of expectations, and went some way to nailing the myth that modern-day fathers - at least those in our parish - tend to take a back-seat role in the upbringing of their children. Read More ...
Michael Dynes - Posted: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 10:30 am |
Campaigners demand enquiry over refugee family suicide
Prayers have been said in Glasgow following the news of the tragic suicide of three asylum seekers on Sunday. Campaigners believe the three were a father, mother and son, from the former Soviet Union, who may have been refused permission to stay in this country and had also just been told Read More ...
Posted: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 12:28 am |
Nigeria: more than 500 killed in tribal clashes
More than 500 people, including women and children, from the Berom tribe were killed with machetes, in three Christian villages in Nigeria close to the city of Jos on Sunday. A mainly Muslim clan known as the Fulani have been blamed for the attacks. Homes and churches were also burned.
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Posted: Monday, March 8, 2010 11:39 pm |
Bilingual school opens in London
Free bilingual state education in French and English will be available to 56 primary school pupils in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham from September this year. The scheme, involving Holy Cross Catholic Primary School and L'école Marie d'Orliac was confirmed by the signing of a formal declaration Read More ...
Posted: Monday, March 8, 2010 10:50 pm |
Divine Mercy Day at Westminster Cathedral
On Saturday, a Lenten Divine Mercy Day of Prayer was held in Westminster Cathedral with the theme: 'God’s Mercy the only remedy for the World'. The day included a Eucharistic healing service, procession of the Image of Divine Mercy and praying of the Chaplet of Mercy and Rosary before Mass. Read More ...
Posted: Monday, March 8, 2010 10:38 pm |
Zimbabwe: Archbishop makes Lenten appeal for prisoners
Archbishop Robert C Ndlovu of Harare has made an new appeal on behalf of prisoners in Zimbabwe who are being incarcerated in appalling conditions. He added that many Zimbabweans throughout the country are living in severe poverty and receive no healthcare, and warned that there may be another drought, bringing a poor harvest. Read More ...
Posted: Monday, March 8, 2010 1:01 pm |
Premier Christian radio launches iPhone 'prayer beads'
Premier Christian media today announced the launch of a digital set of 'Prayer Beads' in time for Easter. The wooden beads can be individually rotated or moved around the string. While the Prayer Beads App will in the iTunes Apps store for Easter, the evangelising Christian company say they have commissioned the digital prayer tool "with a future customer in mind".
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Posted: Monday, March 8, 2010 11:42 am |
Election briefing on peace and security issues
The Network of Christian Peace Organisations, of which Pax Christi is one of 25 members, has produced a briefing for Christians to use in preparation for the forthcoming General Election. It covers four areas: The Middle East, the Arms Trade, Nuclear Proliferation and Military Spending. Read More ...
Posted: Monday, March 8, 2010 11:23 am |
Holy Land: Three children detained while gathering herbs
On Saturday, Israeli soldiers detained three Palestinian boys in At-Tuwani Village in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank. The boys, aged 13 and 14, were gathering herbs above al-Khelli Valley, 300 metres from the Israeli settlement of Ma'on, on land owned by the eldest child's family. Read More ...
Posted: Sunday, March 7, 2010 8:44 pm |
World day of prayer for Burma
Thousands of Christians worldwide will unite in prayer for Burma this week. Christian Solidarity Wordwide is hosting a global day of prayer with Karen Aid and Partners Relief & Development, at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster on Saturday 13 March. Read More ...
Posted: Sunday, March 7, 2010 8:26 pm |
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