Christopher Smith   As Christians, we are very alive to the power of language. During Lent, we heard the familiar story of the raising of Lazarus from Saint John’s Gospel, and who can fail to be moved by those words [...]

Thurifer   Wandering around several bookshops in my leafy suburb, there appears to be a large number of spare copies of Spare, the effusions of Prince Henry. There are several reasons for not reading the book but his own words [...]

Will Hazlewood   Passiontide begins with a trip to my old patch in Devon for a funeral, this time tragically of a young mum with two little children. Earlier in the day I had been preaching on the Lazarus gospel. [...]

Catholic Society parishes in action   George’s Kitchen St George the Martyr, Preston Preston is a vibrant city, there is a great deal of redevelopment happening but this can hide some of the stark realities of daily life. St George’s [...]

Steven Haws CR celebrates 125 years of Community life at Mirfield   Carved into the stone above the door of the main entrance of the 19th century Victorian domicile are the words ‘Domus Resurrectionis’ – House of the Resurrection, the [...]

Douglas Dales offers thoughts on marriage, morality and chaste living   The current moral crisis over sexuality affecting all the Western churches has been provoked by the perceived right of many people in modern society to live as they please, [...]

Luke Miller commemorates the death of Sir Christopher Wren 300 years ago and his living heritage in the City of London’s churches   It is said that Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) climbed to the gallery on the Spire of St [...]

Tim Pike and Michael Dixon have led a remarkable pilgrimage to Chevetogne   The rolling farmland of southern Belgium is an unlikely setting for one of the most important centres of ecumenical encounter in Europe. But that would be to [...]

Icons on Ammunition Boxes   A moving set of icons has recently been on display at the parish church of St John’s, Notting Hill, before moving to the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy’s Cathedral of the Holy Family and then to the [...]

John Gayford examines the Passion and Death of the Lord in Catholic history   How does the Church mourn the Crucified in Holy Week on Good Friday? We can enact the anniversary of our Blessed Lord’s death on the Cross. [...]