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 do we respond? In a 25 minute talk, Liz Dodd (Home News Editor at the Tablet) guided us through all the issues surrounding the New…
“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…
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…
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 virtual links. How were we to celebrate this most holy season of Holy Week and Easter? Here at Howe Close we were blessed with being…
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
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 listened more deeply. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. And the people healed. And in the absence of people living…
Take part in UCL’s Big Compost Experiment! Launched back in November, the team at UCL asked members of the public to fill in an online questionnaire about their composting and recycling habits. With special reference to plastic packaging labelled as ‘compostable’, they want you to see whether your compost bin at home can break down…
With the upcoming General Election only a couple of weeks away, we share below an extract from an article which caught our attention on CAFOD’s website What should I ask election candidates in my area? Along with our sister charity Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), we (CAFOD) have produced a list of actions you can…
