Most English churches were rebuilt in the late Middle Ages. Here at Bressingham, in Norfolk, you can see the mark of an earlier roof against the east face of the tower (1), so the tower must have been built first, [...]

H. F. B. Mackay on love of God and love of neighbour In 1928 Fr H. F. B. Mackay, one of the leaders of the Catholic Movement in the 1920s, published Saints and Leaders, which included pen-portraits of six ‘Men [...]

Ash Wednesday in the diocese of Leicester, from the diocesan website and social media pages "On Ash Wednesday, 10th February, the day on which the Christian season of Lent starts, clergy and other staff from the Diocese of Leicester gave [...]

An edited version of the Bishop of London’s address at the Mansion House It is a privilege to second the Archbishop of Canterbury's response to the Lord Mayor. Sydney Smith, the witty nineteenth-century Canon of St Paul's, one remarked that [...]

Serenhedd James accepts an invitation to Hampton Court You know you've hit gold when the Protestant Truth Society shows up with a banner. This time it was at Hampton Court on the afternoon of Shrove Tuesday, and its four representatives [...]

Fr Peter CSWG reflects on the call to the religious life Instructing His disciples at the Last Supper, the Lord gave them this reminder: ‘You did not chose me, but I chose you' (John 15.16). For some whom He calls, [...]

A homily by Jeffrey Gainer on the ministerial priesthood This homily was preached at the mass of thanksgiving for Fr Martin Williams's Golden Jubilee of priesthood at Petertide 2015. We apologise for the delay in publication. A few miles to [...]

The Bishop of Fulham on John Donne and the date of Easter In the year 1608, a remarkable alignment occurred in the Calendar. Easter Day fell early: not quite as early as it possibly might, but early nonetheless, on Sunday [...]