The Bishops’ Conference is urging Catholics to pray for the people of Afghanistan.
‘Local’ Lourdes brings grace and healing across Diocese
A total of over 800 attended in person at Masses celebrated in Leigh on Sea, Clacton, Canning Town, Wanstead and the Cathedral during the pilgrimage week and after each Mass the parish hall, school or garden was filled with joyful encounter and conversation.
Priest pedals through the pandemic to raise funds for charity
Can you support Fr Dominic’s charity bike ride?
Unrest in South Africa
Fr Gerald Gostling, who worked with orphaned children and vulnerable people in our twinned Diocese of Dundee for many years, recently returned to the UK. Here he gives his view on what is happening in South Africa.
Diocese celebrates a month of ordinations
Many prayers and blessings for Callum Young, Joseph Bailham, Michael Barwick, Damien Wade, Anthony Grant and Anthony Rowley.
Bishop Alan launches bccs Relay 100
The Relay 100 event aims to link up every parish church and mass centre in the Brentwood Diocese by recruiting individual supporters to walk, run or cycle one of 100 routes, raising much-needed funds through sponsorship.
Find out more about the Gospel of Mark
New video presentations from Fr Adrian Graffy demonstrate the skill with which Mark put his gospel together and how others built on it.
Stella Maris needs your support this Sea Sunday
As a global maritime charity, Stella Maris has been playing a crucial role in supporting seafarers and fishers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is continuing to offer spiritual and practical help to those most in need.
Support the Newham Deanery Seven as they run for the homeless
The Newham team are raising funds for charity Caritas Anchor House, which is anticipating a huge surge in homelessness this summer, as the furlough scheme draws to a close.
Abbot encourages Colchester to make more of its monastic legacy
Abbot Geoffrey, who lectures in Church History at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, said Colchester should enhance its status in the same way as Reading has with its ‘Abbey Quarter’.