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Diary: William Cash looks to the future of Catholic Journlism
December 26, 2021
William Cash
After a year in the job, the Herald’s editor goes back to school, where he highlights the importance of religious journalism
On social graces
December 26, 2021
Charlie Hart
Blackbirds might not be social creatures but we are. Life would be vastly improved if, instead of scattering, families kept closer to one another
The genial prince who could stir Rome up
December 02, 2021
John Martin Robinson
RIP Fra' Matthew Festing (1949-2021)
The Christmas Stories
November 29, 2021
Rev Dr Richard J Ounsworth
There are all sorts of reasons why we choose the Mass we usually go to: maybe it’s the music, or the lack of it, or the bells and smells, or the lack of them… On a normal Sunday, whatever Mass we choose and for whatever reasons, we will at least hear the same readings. It
An ode to the Isle of Wight’s intriguing Catholic Churches
November 29, 2021
Michael Hodges
The Second Catholic Relief Act of 1791 marked the start of a century-plus of the building of  a series of interesting Catholic churches on the Isle of Wight. Elizabeth Browne was born on the island in 1734. She was brought up at Sleat Manor, Chillerton and was educated at a Catholic school for girls in Hammersmith.
Loveliest of trees, the chestnut now
November 29, 2021
Charlie Hart
Bare, with branches held aloft as though in prayer, the tree in my garden is a reminder that it is when we are vulnerable that we are receptive to God’s gifts
Diary: Following Francis to Assisi
November 29, 2021
Fr Alexander Sherbrooke
A walk along the Franciscan Way from La Verna to Assisi conjures up thoughts of the wolf of Gubbio and the paradox of il Poverello’s ornate and vast tomb
The Christmas Stories
November 25, 2021
Rev Dr Richard J Ounsworth
How the four Masses of Christmas use different readings from the Gospels to tell the story of Christ’s coming
Nine hundred years of the Norbertines
October 22, 2021
Michael Hodges
Charting the history of the Order which has survived over centuries and is now settled in Chelmsford
The coming King
October 22, 2021
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
As we come to the end of the Church’s liturgical year, we should consider own vanities before the kingdom of Christ
Fireworks and light
October 21, 2021
Charlie Hart
Thanks to evergreens and pyrotechnics, we have all sorts of ways to ignore the bleakness of winter and look forward to dazzling displays that will soon return
Tessa’s Feasts: Two classic apple desserts for St Charles Borromeo
October 21, 2021
Tessa Balfour
This month I have prepared two apple recipes – tarte tatin and an apple Charlotte – for St Charles Borromeo, the patron saint of apple orchards. Tarte tatin was invented by sisters Stéphanie and Caroline Tatin at their hotel in Loir-et-Cher in the late 1880s. While preparing a traditional tart, Stéphanie, knackered after a long
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