In our church we have a fine stained glass window of Christ the King on the east wall behind the altar, but I don’t have an image of it; because the feast day was only established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 many churches built after then have windows reflecting
Continue readingOur Bishops Conference has been meeting this week (as it does every year in November) and you can find details of… Posted by St Edmund’s Church, Beckenham on Friday, November 20, 2020
Continue readingAs I have indicated in homilies the Holy Father’s reflections at his general audiences on Wednesdays, and at the Angelus… Posted by St Edmund’s Church, Beckenham on Thursday, November 19, 2020
Continue readingAID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED’S PILGRIMAGE STATIONS OF THE CROSS—LIVE STREAMED ACN invites you to join them in prayer on Thursday the 19th November at 5.00 pm, as Father Dominic Robinson SJ, ACN UK’s National Ecclesiastical Assistant, will lead the Stations of The Cross livestreamed from his parish in
Continue readingThis Monday is the feast day of our patron, St Edmund of Canterbury. We know him by this title because he was indeed the Archbishop of Canterbury (1233-1240). He is also known as Edmund of Abingdon (then in Berkshire, now in Oxfordshire), and St Edmund of Rich after his father
Continue readingThis Sunday, the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, is the fourth World Day of the Poor. The Holy Father’s message for today, from the website of the Irish Bishops Conference, is here. The gospel for today is the parable of the talents, Matthew 25: 14-30. God bless and take care Fr
Continue readingIn addition to our livestreamed Masses at 10am and 6pm today, there will be a Mass at 115pm livestreamed to the Diaconate formation community for most of the dioceses in SE England and Wales, of which I am Dean of Studies. Originally we would have been away in Hertfordshire for
Continue readingToday is the feast of St Frances Xavier Cabrini, declared to be patron saint of migrants by Pope Pius XII seventy years ago in 1950. A great saint in the United States, where there are many shrines to her (she is buried in New York); there is also now a
Continue readingRabbi Jonathan Sacks, who has died, was a fine religious leader and a good friend of several Catholic leaders, including Cardinal Nichols. May he rest in peace. I recently reviewed his last book, Morality, in the July issue of The Pastoral Review. You can read the review below; the book
Continue readingOur dear Fr Simplicio has finally left us. Having returned to us at St Edmund’s to assist during the first lockdown, rather than remain on his sabbatical, he has now been appointed Priest in Charge at St Dominic’s, Waddon. We shall miss his quiet calm presence and his ability to
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