Prayerful meditation through the STATIONS OF THE CROSS is a particular devotion during Lent and on Fridays throughout the year, leading...

"Jesus himself was a guest at a wedding in Cana. We've heard it all before. He turned the water into wine. (It's our proof-text against...

Fr Jamie asked me to cover for him after Christmas, which I was happy to do. Below is my address for the Feast of the Holy Family,...

On the 12th December, 1531, a poor, 57-year-old Aztec Indian living five miles outside of Mexico City encountered a miraculous happening...

Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez was born to a large, poor family in a small village in El Salvador in 1917. He was sent to Rome to study...

Dorothy Day (1897 – 1980) …..was an American journalist turned social activist and devout member of the Catholic Church. She became known...

Wilfrid (634-709) is one of the greatest and also one of the most controversial of English Saints. He helped bring the discipline of the...

1. "Our Lady Who Brings Down Walls" - Palestine / Israel Graffiti painted along the Separation wall, near the Emmanuel Monastery in...

TODAY IS THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM. England’s Nazareth Walsingham has been a place of pilgrimage since the Middle Ages —...

First celebrated in 1982, The International Day of Peace is a United Nations-sanctioned observance on September 21, dedicated to world...

It was my privilege to celebrate Holy Communion at St Cross (Winchester) today. Straight from the Book of Common Prayer, words resonating...

Birth Name: Nathanael or Bartholomew ( he seems to answer to both) Patron Saint of: Armenia, tanners, plasterers, cheese merchants, those...

....I promise you that this post has nothing to do with Lionesses! I'll begin with a prayer by Thomas Merton, who has featured in two...

The 15th August is one of the most important days in the Catholic and Orthodox Calendars. It is a celebration of Mary, Mother of Jesus,...

Merton realized that so many people are weighed down by deep hurts, anger, resentment, lost loves, broken relationships, desperately...

... has become over the years a favourite "read" of mine - a saint without the handle of "saint", a Christian who tried to live the best...

Time is our most precious commodity. Our clocks run from birth to death, during times of joy and sorrow, work and play: business and...

Last Sunday, Trinity Sunday, at Holy Trinity Winchester, we looked in detail at the world-famous Trinity icon, written by Andrei Rublev,...

“GOD’S SELFIE” is how someone described Andrei Rublev’s “Trinity”. It’s one of the most-viewed icons, with a Trinitarian interpretation...

TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE VISITATION OF MARY TO ELIZABETH MAGNIFICAT 1 Our souls magnify the Lord, and our spirits rejoice in God our...