The New Lectionary (with Liz Dodd, Home News Editor at the Tablet)
The Bishops’ Conferences of England and Wales and Scotland have chosen a new Bible translation for use at Mass that translates women out of Scripture. Does this matter, and how…
BLACK LIVES MATTER
“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 …]…
“PLEASE I CANNOT BREATHE”
‘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…
Living in a time out of shape
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…
“Nursing the world to health” – 12 May 2020
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…
Community memories of V.E. Day
“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…
We don’t know why so few cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Africa
“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…
Praying at Home
Holy Week and Easter celebrations during lockdown No access to our usual places of worship, no gathering with our Parish Community, no direct contact with our Parish Priest, except through…
Are female leaders more sucessful at managing the Coronavirus crisis?
You may be interested to read this article which appeared in Saturday’s Guardian (25th April). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/25/why-do-female-leaders-seem-to-be-more-successful-at-managing-the-coronavirus-crisis
As social distancing begins
And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And…