Fittingly, Canon Bob Hamill, parish priest at St Michael’s in East Ham who regularly takes disabled and disadvantaged children and young people to Lourdes with HCPT, celebrated his golden jubilee on 20 July at the pilgrimage centre, where he is part of the annual Diocesan Pilgrimage. Fr Dominic Howarth reports that ‘Fr Bob’ received many
The Vatican made the decision based on the historic importance of the shrine for the Church in England and Wales and the growing devotion to Our Lady of Walsingham.
A recent event celebrated the community organising successes of young people at Catholic schools in collaboration with Citizens UK – and marked the launch of a Catholic Social Teaching toolkit to help other schools and colleges get involved.
The Catholic Union welcomed a team of cricket players from the Vatican to Parliament this week. The team, known as St Peter’s First XI, are on a visit to the UK for their “Light of Faith” tour which has seen them play matches across the country as well as visit Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Abbey.
Bishop Alex, who was addressing the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, asked for support from Catholics in England and Wales, appealing for advocacy and financial assistance.
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Mini Vinnies and Youth SVP groups travelled in pilgrimage from Dioceses of Arundel & Brighton, Brentwood, Southwark and Westminster for the gathering in Southwark.
