Pope Francis will canonise Blessed John Henry Newman in St Peter’s Square next Sunday 13 October. This will make Newman the first English person who has lived after the 17th century to be officially recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church. John Henry Newman (1801 – 1890) was ordained as a Church of England…

Friday was the feast day of St Vincent de Paul, whose name lives on in many of our Parishes through the work of the St Vincent De Paul Society (SVP). He did not actually found the organization which bears his name, but a brief look at his life and work should explain why the Society…

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Our group of September Pilgrims arrived back safely in St Brigid’s car park in the dark at about 12.45am early on Tuesday morning. We were all tired after a long journey from Chartres (where we celebrated Mass at 9.00am) via the Caen-Portsmouth ferry. Once again, it was a wonderful pilgrimage/hopliday, this time visiting various shrines…

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I don’t know about you, but I love people-watching. On holiday in York a few weeks ago I was one of thousands visiting that beautiful city. Fascinating to watch how our different cultures affect our behavior, wonderful young mums or dads trying to handle their offspring, and so on. On Wednesday I spent a while…