A homily by the Abbot of Farnborough on St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne   Each year, in early September, parishes of the Society in the Diocese of Durham organise a festival Mass in honour of the Translation of the Relics of [...]

Sr Mary Julian CHC on fighting the fight alongside St George and St Benedict   ‘My choice withdrew you from the world.’ (John 15.19) ‘In every place it is the same Lord who is served, the same King for whom [...]

The Editorship of New Directions   This issue marks a transition in the editorship of the magazine. When Fr Philip Corbett stepped down as Editor in September 2014, the Bishop of Fulham (then Chairman of Forward in Faith) took on [...]

Julian Browning finds some hope among the naysayers and doom-mongers   So; it’s all over. At the end of May the National Press, led by The Guardian and The Spectator, with a host of online commentators, declared that Christianity was [...]

The Archbishop of Canterbury reflects on the relics of one of his predecessors   The ownership of Thomas of Canterbury was claimed by Rome and was then rejected at the Reformation by Henry VIII. Thomas Becket was held up as [...]