A short podcast, part of BBC Radio 4’s Rethink series, Carlo Ravelli a leading physicist, reflects on how this crisis has been a lesson in humility, has revealed our fragility and has forced us to think about our own mortality. He suggests that the future depends on how we react to the fear and disruptions…
At the beginning of June, Dr Cormac Begadon, of Durham University, gave an update on his research to the Community, via a ‘Zoom’ meeting. The path his research is following concerns the Community’s role in the Catholic Enlightenment. Dr Begadon will be exploring the suggestion that Christina Dennett inspired the Jesuits (not the other…
“Too many people think they can use their power to crush people rather than lift people. So we must make sure that this moment [of attention on systemic racism …] is not wasted. That’s the way forward.” What are the ways that you are working to lift people in order that we might all move…
‘If you have been following the news in the United States recently, you probably know, by now, that there is a terrible crisis that has been triggered by the four-word sentence that I have used as the title for this homily… “Please I cannot breathe!”’ TO HEAR MORE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING…
GARDEN PARTY FOR AFRICA JULY 5th 2020 is sadly postponed until 2021 BUT………….. would you like an alternative to be delivered to your door (or as a gift to a friend) on that same afternoon? A Tea Box For Two containing: Finger sandwiches selection (smoked salmon & cream cheese, mature cheddar and tomato,…
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Anna Rowlands (CCS St Hilda Chair in Catholic Social Thought and Practice) questions “What does it mean to spend time well, and how might our collective experience of the current restrictions affect the way we impose them on others in future?”: If you are finding yourself more aware of time than ever at the…
Today, we’re saying thank you to nursing staff everywhere for the remarkable contribution they make to the lives of millions of people. Each year, the ICN leads the global celebrations on International Nurses Day, which is traditionally held on 12 May, the anniversary of the birth of nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale. This year it…
“All I can remember is having a good lunch al fresco prepared by the lay sisters who enjoyed it as much as we did. Then an enormous bonfire in front of the house which as it got darker was illuminated by all the lights being turned on for the first time most of us could…
“Experts still don’t know why so few cases of the new coronavirus have been reported in Africa, despite China – where the virus originated – being the continent’s top trading partner and the continent having a population of 1.3 billion people.” To Read more see this article which appeared in the March edition of the New…