The Bishops said the document arising from the Youth Synod is “a great invitation from Pope Francis asking all of us to reflect on so many aspects of our world today, a world in which hunger, homelessness, violence, cruelty and exploitation touch and diminish the lives of so many young people”.
Joe Beattie, manager at Walsingham House at Abbotswick, is preparing to stay siLent for 24 hours to raise money for young people’s charity, Million Minutes. Please support Joe if you can.
Thirty five people from our Diocese, including a number from the Brentwood Catholic Youth Service, travelled earlier this year to World Youth Day in Panama and Costa Rica. Here, some young pilgrims tell their stories.
Steven Webb is to join others from across the diocese in spending a night outside at Abbotswick, raising funds and awareness of homelessness and the housing crisis.
In the wake of the terror attacks on Muslims in New Zealand, Bishop Alan has asked people in the diocese to pray for the victims this Friday and Sunday.
A series of Passion paintings by Andrew White will be on show at Brentwood Cathedral during Lent. Fr Martin Boland will be reflecting on each painting on successive Sundays on BBC Essex. You can listen to his reflections here.