A few days ago, I was looking through the various different readings for Christmas, for the Vigil Mass, the Mass During the Night, the...

I’m sure it still happens today, but when I was at school, there were some teachers that people used to do voice impersonations of and...

You may have heard the message “A dog is for life, not just for Christmas”. Well, we can say the opposite with the assembly of candles...

You may remember last week that at the end of Mass I mentioned that this coming Thursday there will be a Reconciliation Service, which...

Back when I was training for the priesthood, I discovered at one point that one of the lecturers had reported me to the other members of...

This Sunday we celebrate the fact that Christ is King, not just of Thame, or Oxfordshire, or even of the UK, or even of the whole world,...

Back when I was a child, that’s right, five years ago, in my home parish, at the back of the church there were four wall safes where you...

In days gone by, the role of a layperson in the Church was considered quite simple: you went to confession on Saturdays and Mass on...

It was Advent 2007. I was on placement in a parish in Birmingham – a relatively large parish, and with many of the funerals we had, the...

I’m sure you’ve found there are times when people want to challenge your Catholic faith. And sometimes, it seems people are queuing up to...

“Give back to Caesar what belong to Caesar – and to God what belongs to God.” What do you think that means? Well, you might say, it’s...

This week, from Monday to Friday, I was on retreat. Not the kind of retreat where you’re sitting on a nice beach, with beautiful weather...