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Fr Dominic Allain

The betrayal of underground Christians
November 01, 2018
A friend of mine recently spoke to a Religious who worked in the underground Church in China. This Religious says he has received reports of the total demoralisation of his confrères there at the agreement between the Holy See and Beijing. He was less dismayed before by the real prospect of martyrdom than he is
What do young people want? My recent choir tour might provide an answer
October 27, 2018
It is impossible not to contrast the magnificent architecture of the cathedrals of northern Spain with the banal liturgy which inhabits them
What makes young people cringe
October 25, 2018
A tour of Spain with the wonderful Schola Cantorum of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School affords a brief break from news media. No internet means a break from the abuse scandals and the deliberations of the youth synod. But both are in the back of my mind, inevitably, when travelling with a group of young
JK Rowling’s lesson for the Church
October 18, 2018
The year finally slips the hand of summer and sets its face for winter. It’s not the debris of fallen leaves or the vagaries of temperature so much as the drawing in of the nights and the sluggish dawn which announce that our hemisphere is turning from the sun. In a beautiful hymn, St Paul
Learning from a layman about the priesthood
October 11, 2018
It is Sunday evening and I have a melancholic feeling of not wanting the Sabbath to end, especially as it’s going to be (another) very busy week and I am recovering from jet lag. Time abroad, particularly the long hours in mid-air which so strangely ushers it in and out, affords an opportunity for a
Hope is already emerging in the US Church
October 04, 2018
I promised myself I wouldn’t write about the abuse crisis again this week. But if you are in the United States, as I am, there’s no escaping it. It’s all anybody in the Church is talking about, including Pennsylvania’s bishops who met last week not far from the conference I was attending. I spoke to
Jesus, the wounded surgeon
September 27, 2018
I have come to Pennsylvania for a conference of some 200 people who are involved in the ministries of Rachel’s Vineyard and Grief to Grace. More than 200 delegates from all over the world are here in one of the epicentres of the abuse scandal. In both these ministries we have for many years been
The Church is as healthy as its secrets
September 20, 2018
The abuse crisis deepens. Chile is awash with revelations of the abuse of minors. Now Germany and the Netherlands have reports emerging of widespread abuse. Six more grand jury investigations are pending in the United States. Meanwhile, some in authority continue to treat the revelation that a cardinal of the Holy Roman Church spent an
Fr Dominic Allain: The men who knew McCarrick
September 13, 2018
I had hoped not to write about the abuse crisis again, but actually everything I do reminds me of it. School and seminary have begun again, and seeing the faces in the congregation I am acutely aware of how people just like these have been harmed by those who share the same priesthood as I
Fr Dominic Allain: My plea to the Holy Father
September 06, 2018
I was in Assisi last week when news of Archbishop Viganò’s dossier broke, swelling the tsunami of scandal that raged all summer. The geography alone was fortuitous because it meant I could go and pray before the San Damiano Crucifix. This is not really a crucifix but an icon dating from the early 12th century
A quiet moment with Mary as Paris erupts
July 19, 2018
As France headed towards a resounding victory in the World Cup final on Sunday night I was in the chapel of the Miraculous Medal at the Rue du Bac in Paris. We had rushed there in time for Vespers after a gruelling journey from out of town, caught up in the traffic heading home for
The Greyfriars are returning to Walsingham for the first time since the Reformation
July 13, 2018
The Conventual Franciscans are experiencing a revival in England
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