John Twisleton examines the mystery of the Resurrection There is no proof of Christ’s resurrection, only strong evidence. That is the case for any past event. Belief in the resurrection of Jesus stems from the faith of the church [...]
A priest raises some serious concerns Specifically, we need to ask: who guards the Safeguarders? And who oversees the Overseers (i.e. bishops)? The cases of George Carey and the Bishop of Lincoln are public knowledge. Let me highlight three [...]
Philip North introduces an exciting new role A couple of years ago The Society launched, ‘Forming Missionary Disciples,’ which challenged our parishes to discover afresh the Catholic call to making new disciples for Jesus Christ. It set before our [...]
EDMUND, SOUTHWOLD, SUFFOLK The later Middle Ages saw the small coastal ports of East Suffolk experience a degree of relative prosperity that they would not see again until they were ‘discovered’ by London emigrés in the 1980s. Their communities [...]
A Holy Week Festival online from London A group of young musicians from the See of Fulham have drawn up exciting plans for an online celebration of Holy Week using choirs, instrumentalists and churches from across London and Southwark [...]
John Gayford on the use of incense in church The statement the use of incense has been discussed in the Anglican Church with considerably more fervour than knowledge is as true today as it was over 100 years ago. [...]
Daniel Turner on an important anniversary for the Cathedral of North London St Augustine’s Church in Kilburn has long been famed as one of the grandest monuments to Anglo-Catholic worship and one of the finest churches to be built [...]
Harri Williams remembers the faithful example of Sister Mary Teresa SSM There are many people gathered in this Church who will know far more about Sr Teresa than I will. Having met her but briefly on several pilgrimages during [...]
Thurifer realizes that not much changes A problem of public discourse, highlighted and exacerbated during the pandemic and its febrile atmosphere was that reasoned disagreement was downed out by the mindless braying of slogans and clapped-out cliché. Being offended [...]
Nathan Mulcock examines the links between chess and the Catholic Church In an imagined meeting between Vladimir Lenin and Pope S John Paul II, I suspect common ground would be in meagre supply. However, they did both share a [...]