Based on the Salve Regina  For any Feast or Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary   Holy Mary, Queen of Heaven, Hail our sweetness, hope and life. Full of Grace and ever praying, Mother of mercy, quench our strife. We, [...]

HOLY TRINITY, MINSTERLEY, SALOP   We do not associate the Western Marches with industry, but the Stiperstones area around Minsterley, southwest of Shrewsbury, had rich lead deposits, with mining going back to the early Roman settlement, and mining continued for [...]

Emotions   Andy Hawes    Emotional experience can play a huge and powerful role in Christian discipleship. For some individuals their prayer life, witness and service as a Christian are powered by emotion. People can remark ‘I felt this was [...]

Arthur Middleton on the meaning of the incarnation   The antiphon to the Benedictus for the Circumcision in The English Office is a succinct exposition of the incarnation. It reads:   A great and wondrous mystery is made known to [...]

John Gayford considers the beautiful symbolism of this feast   Candlemas is the popular name for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, which had several names, until 1969 called The Purification of Mary. It celebrates [...]

We suggest you use this guided meditation before the Blessed Sacrament, praying for the life and work of the Church.   God is everywhere, there is no spot in heaven or on earth where he is not present. From the [...]

David Wilson goes on Pilgrimage to The Holy Land with Bishop Norman of Richborough   As we weaved through the burning tyres, a loud thwack unnerved the shocked pilgrims at the back of the bus. One of the kufiyah-muffled teenagers, [...]

Thurifer takes the air   In the depths of winter, some look forward to summer sun. Refreshment and reinvigoration were part of the attraction of Spa towns where many would flock ‘to take the waters.’ If that attracts you, why [...]

Art   George IV: Art and Spectacle Queen’s Gallery until 3rd May, 2020   George IV anticipated all the recent scandals of the House of Windsor, with the exception of those of the Duke of York. He had a very [...]

Christopher Smith decides not to relocate to Canada   It has been mild but wet in London recently, and, in the words of the song, nothing falls like London rain.  Who wouldn’t rather be somewhere less rheumatic, like Lisbon or [...]