On Saturday 1 September Bishop Alan officially opened Walsingham House at Abbotswick, a new retreat centre for visitors of all ages.
‘Act justly, love tenderly, walk humbly with God’
Watch live transmission of Eucharistic Congress
Coverage of events from Liverpool will be broadcast by Shalom World, a Catholic family-friendly television channel.
Priest to host BBC Essex Sunday Breakfast
Tune in to Fr Dominic Howarth, who works with young people across the diocese, for two weeks in September.
BCYS celebrates 40th anniversary Lourdes pilgrimage
“The story of a little, poor, ill girl here in 1858 shows us that even those who think themselves weak, excluded, written off, even they – and especially they – can find themselves planted in rich soil.”
Bishop ordains Fr Rick Fernandez at Dagenham
The ordination of Fr Hector ‘Rick’ Fernandez took place at Holy Family, Dagenham at the end of June.
“Use this pilgrimage to link heaven and earth inside yourself”
You can follow the 40th Brentwood Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes virtually thanks to the work of Brenden Thompson and some Y13 members of BCYS,
Scholar commemorates a wartime letter of hope from Pius XII
The encyclical Divino Afflante Spiritu, the ‘magna carta’ of biblical studies, was published by Pope Pius XII 75 years ago in the middle of WWII. Hungarian scholar Fr Levente Martos Balazs visited the UK recently to mark its anniversary.
Turn controversy into opportunity with Reframe
There are a few spaces left on this free Reframe workshop in Hornchurch, which aims to enable Catholics to be confident witnesses to their faith, sharing the Church’s teaching in a spirit of understanding.
Celebrating ‘a gift in time of war’
Come and find out about a hugely influential document issued by Pope Pius XII as the second world war raged – and the effect it had on biblical studies.
Confirmation candidates hear nun’s inspirational story
At the Rite of Acceptance nearly 700 young people heard from an Olympic speed skater who became a nun working with the poor in Leeds.