Please pray for Brentwood’s newest priest as he is ordained in Colchester.
Brentwood celebrates priestly ordination of Rev Adrian Lowe
A reflection on reopening for private prayer…
“We can’t step away from the world altogether but sometimes, even every day, we need to step back from the world into that space within us where God sits quietly, to see things as they are, to get perspective and to approach the world anew.”
Experience ‘Lourdes in your Living Room’
Organised by BCYS, a full week of virtual pilgrimage with Bishop Alan will include daily Mass, Rosary, Angelus, Morning and Night Prayer, daily reflections … and a talent show.
Retiring Grays priest launches 54-day Rosary Novena
Canon Brian O’Shea has launched a last project as he prepares to leave his Grays parish.
ACC offers crisis counselling for NHS staff and the bereaved
This free service is available to NHS medical and ancillary staff who have been impacted by caring for those with Covid-19 or those who have been bereaved.
Metropolitan Archbishops write on resumption of communal worship
The Archbishops warn that we cannot return immediately to our customary practices and there will be a limit on the number of people who can attend Mass in our churches.
Join a webinar on Leading Worship Online
Around 250 have already signed up… but we’ve definitely space for more! Join us!
Bishops call on Government to help prevent annexation of West Bank
Local Christian leaders have warned that annexation would “bring about the loss of any remaining hope for success of the peace process”.
Windrush Day: Learn lessons from history to bring about racial justice, says Bishop
Bishop says: “This Windrush Day we should unite in prayer and reflection, with a shared commitment to properly recognise the profound importance and value of the UK’s migrant and ethnic minority communities.”
A new deacon is ordained
We give thanks for the ordination of Deacon Tony Grant.