Simon Walsh remembers Sylvia Hearn : 23 December 1933-20 August 2020 “You can see her vocation, I’m wearing it now,” said Fr James Elston SSC at the requiem mass of Sylvia Hearn in September as he held out his [...]
Stephen Parkinson remembers a colleague and friend In order to amuse myself during lockdown, I’ve been posting a photograph on Facebook each morning. A subject matter would last for a week, and then a new topic would appear: pubs, [...]
Thurifer amuses himself during Lockdown A tip of the Oxford cap (mortarboard) to Dr Serenhedd James for pointing me to a recording from 1950 of the 400th Anniversary of the Foundation of Sherborne School. The voices, enunciation, crisp articulation, [...]
Seeking Gifts Andy Hawes When our children were little the family made an annual pilgrimage to the Sisters of the Precious Blood to visit their Crib. After suitable refreshments the sisters invited grown ups and children to pick [...]
Paul Thomas reflects on the catholic life of the parish Every crisis brings forth the worst and the best in us; suffering heightens the good and magnifies the ill, which is why the season of the coronavirus has visited [...]
William Allen considers the witness of the spiritually disorganised in Fitzgerald’s Benediction We are often too used to apologising and catechising to remember the adage that books cannot be judged by their covers—and neither can authors. As such, we [...]
Peter Dutton writes in defence of Marie-Antoinette I normally avoid American politics, especially during Presidential elections. Their conservatives never seem especially conservative, and their liberals anything but liberal. Everything seems upside down, as is best summed up by the [...]
Jack Nicholson reflects on his experiences of lockdown at the House. All views expressed are his own The contrast between High Mass on All Saints’ Day, Sunday 1 November, and on the following Remembrance Sunday at Pusey House could [...]
We did of course miss not being able to gather for our National Assembly this year as a result of the restrictions placed on us by the pandemic. I am delighted, however, that we managed to issue just over an [...]
The Bishop of Fulham offers a devotion at this difficult time Normally at this time of year we would be gathering for the National Assembly of Forward in Faith. We would be celebrating the Mass together and then having [...]