Today marks a year since I arrived in Thame, and out of all five parishes I have been in as a priest, it is probably the most rural. Some...

One of the classic songs by Frank Sinatra goes like this: “Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage....

Some of you may have seen the famous sketch involving John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett about the class system, with Ronnie B...

Why all this fuss then about washing hands? Back during the pandemic, there was quite a focus on good hand hygiene. Initially some...

A few years ago, the American bishops were shocked, dismayed and perhaps a bit depressed by the result of a survey, which had shown that...

It’s good to be back. It seems quite a while ago now since I last preached here, and you’ve probably forgotten what I said, just as I had...

Today we celebrate a great feast day of Our Lady. Today we celebrate the perfection of God’s work in a sinless human being. And today we...

For those of you who are eagle-eyed and eagle-eared, you have probably spotted that we have changed Gospels. Year B is of course the year...

In a week or two’s time, all over the country, schools will be winding down for the summer holidays. No more school until September....

It is sometimes said that the Church more carefully defines her teaching when it is under threat. In the early years of the Church when...

Many years ago, I remember seeing a programme about the life of the comedian Les Dawson. He was a northern comedian who was famous for...

From Monday to Friday I was up in Leeds for a priests’ retreat led by Sr Briege McKenna. On the Monday evening she put to us a series of...