I wish to share with you all this additional and very special guest blog (see below). It comes from the pen and heart and soul of a daughter of a […]

In September 2015 I was privileged to meet the Maronite Archbishop of Damascus Samir Nassar during the World Meeting of Families. I was deeply moved by his accounts of the […]

These thoughts come to you on the eve of his solemnity the 19th March. Last year I had a few ideas about how this great Saint can and must play […]

This evening after first vespers of the fifth Sunday of Lent we enter the beautiful but solemn season of Passiontide. And since the great events of Holy Week are always […]

This week I’ve been assisting with the facilitation of the annual academies and schools conference for the Diocese of Portsmouth. It was a great privilege to be among over 140 […]

I can recall how as an infant my older sisters, whilst reading me bedtime stories, would reassure me on moonlight nights about “the man in the moon” as if to […]

In these days of ongoing reflection after Christmas and Epiphany, I can’t help wondering about what life must have been like for the Holy Family after the departure of the […]

A very blessed, holy and peace-filled celebration of the Solemnity of the Epiphany to you this weekend. In the last few days, I have been contemplating on how best to […]

Marriage is the only school where you get the certificate before you start. It’s also a school where you will never graduate. It’s a school without a break or a […]

You’re probably thinking what on earth do the letters above mean? Is it a typo? I heard this on the news on the radio this morning. It is the working […]