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Pastor Iuventus

Pastor Iuventus
July 14, 2016
To Rome, where the night-time minimum temperature is hotter than the daytime maximum in England. This is something of a shock to the system, though a pleasant one providing you have a change of shirts. Once again it is work of a kind that has brought me to the Eternal City for the third time
Pastor Iuventus
July 07, 2016
‘Mindfulness’ isn’t a secular invention As the end of June brings more rain and grey skies to England, I escape for a few days to the Benedictine monastery of St Pierre de Solesmes, near Angers. I arrive in time for the midday office of Sext. At its conclusion the guests are led from the abbey
Pastor Iuventus
June 30, 2016
Brexit: the view from France In the days immediately following Brexit I am in France, in the valley of the Sarthe river, near Le Mans, whence the Plantagenets hailed. The long march of history and the lack of any hysteria in France comparable to that on English media reveals a sober truth, which is that
Pastor Iuventus
June 23, 2016
Canon law is actually on the side of mercy A stone’s throw from the vibrant street market in Campo de’ Fiori stands the magnificent Palace of the Cancelleria. Designed by Bramante, it was the first Renaissance palace in Rome, begun in 1489 and finished a quarter of a century later for Cardinal Raffaele Riario, who,
Pastor Iuventus
June 16, 2016
In praise of the Vatican’s Sir Humphreys While in Rome recently I had my first encounter with the might of the Roman Curia. Like all bureaucracies, it gets a bad press. This must, in part, be due to the perception prevalent in most cultures that civil servants are self-serving; procedural norms create their own necessity
Pastor Iuventus
June 09, 2016
The chapel where I wrestled with my vocation I have been in Rome for a conference, which happened to coincide with the Jubilee for Priests, the feast of the Sacred Heart, and a stay in my alma mater. It was the first time I had stayed there in 17 years, the first time, in fact,
Pastor Iuventus
June 02, 2016
Meddling with the calendar undermines the faith I continue to mourn the fragmentation of the Christian year, as Corpus Christi is celebrated on different days even within the same country. On Thursday Pope Francis described the Most Holy Eucharist as the centre and pattern of Church life, yet this affirmation was powerfully contradicted by the
Pastor Iuventus
May 26, 2016
The comfort of a good priest’s funeral The rain that was lashing down beforehand has eased enough for the long procession to make its way out of Worth Abbey as the funeral ends. The sounds of Be Thou My Vision fade behind us, and the 100 or more priests stand on either side of the
Pastor Iuventus
May 19, 2016
What the Catholic imagination sees in nature May is Mary’s month, and I couldn’t help thinking of Gerard Manley Hopkins as I made a trip to Walsingham to honour her this week. He describes May as the time of year “When drop-of-blood-and-foam dapple/ Bloom lights the orchard-apple/ And thicket and thorp are merry/ With silver-surféd cherry”. As
Pastor Iuventus
May 12, 2016
The mentor who showed me how to be a priest I knew a rather egocentric girl at university who, when the conversation flagged or wasn’t to her liking, would utter the conversational gambit: “Anyway, getting back to me …” It has become a sort of family code we use to indicate that you are being self-absorbed
Pastor Iuventus
May 05, 2016
I’m still not convinced by Medjugorje I continue to reflect on my experience of Medjugorje and my impression is that the focus there is less on Our Lady than on the visionaries and phenomena. It’s a slightly painful reflection, because I know many people whose spirituality I admire who have had profound religious experiences there.
Pastor Iuventus
April 28, 2016
Fear and discomfort in Medjugorje I want to share my experience of my first visit to Medjugorje. As the Holy See hasn’t yet pronounced on the authenticity of the apparitions, I certainly can’t, but I went with an open mind, happy to pray and celebrate the sacraments there, open to whatever graces these would bestow in
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