Today's saint, Therese of Lisieux, is almost always portrayed, whether in icons or statues, holding two things: a large crucifix, and an equ...

Do you recognise this woman?! If you do, and maybe chuckled at first sight, then the artist did his job well. This portrait was drawn recent...

Last night more than 80,000 young people gathered in the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, just north of Paris, for a prayer vigil with Pope Leo.The evening began with a festive programme of tes...

A few days ago I marked a double anniversary. The 16th September is a significant date in my story - twice over. Thirty-five years ago, a do...

Saturday's wedding in my parish church meant that on Sunday we still had a sanctuary bedecked with flowers, and floral wreaths and veiling a...

The other day a friend and I walked around St Ignatius church in Stamford Hill, in London. Built about 120 years ago by the Jesuits, who sti...

Bernie Porter RSCJ celebrates 50 years of vows

We've somehow reached the mid-point of August, at the end of a week which contained an astonishing solar eclipse and the fifth heatwave of t...

YouTube video by TheSwammie

I hope I won't inadvertently jinx anything if I say that this year, for the first time ever, I am on the brink of growing some sunflowers. H...

Uphold me, Lord, according to your word, and do not disappoint me in my hope. This is the Suscipe, full of faith and trust in God's fidelity...

The house of Bethany was the delight of Jesus when he was on earth; it was his favourite dwelling. There he was intimately known by Lazarus,...

I smiled when I saw this Sunday's Gospel, in which a landowner, faced with weeds among his wheat, tells his servants  Let both grow together...

As we approach our great Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the Prioress, Sister Nicola, shares a reflection with the community on how Mary shows us the way

After hearing the news of Bonnie Tyler's death during the week, I turned to YouTube for some of her ballads, begining with Total Eclipse of ...

This week the weather has blessedly been as it should be at the height of an English summer: the right amount of sunshine, a cooling breeze,...

One of the many unexpected blessings of being an RSCJ is the people I know, and the networks I belong to, simply because I am a sister. I wa...

In a video message to the 50th Steubenville Summer Youth Conference, Pope Leo XIV reveals 'the secret' to being able to face challenging circumstances ...

Sacred Heart of Jesus, Give us a heart that is one with your own... A humble heart that knows and loves its nothingness A gentle heart that ...

Feast of the Sacred Heart 2026

The civilisation of love will not arise from a single or spectacular gesture, but from the sum total of small and steadfast acts of fidelity...

The civilisation of love will not arise from a single or spectacular gesture, but from the sum total of small and steadfast acts of fidelity...

Hot on the heels of the great feast of Pentecost, today those of us in any way interested in Catholic Social Teaching began the day followin...

Uniting the feasts of Pentecost and St Madeleine Sophie

Come, Holy Spirit come and fill us. Come and fill us from your abundance. Pour out your grace on our hopes and dreams. ~ Prayer from a Pente...

At the Regina Caeli, the Pope urged everyone to invoke the Holy Spirit, who opens the doors to faith and encourages the Church to be “welcoming and ...

Can't remember what or when Pentecost is? If you want a little more info on this celebration of the Holy Spirit, take a look at our two-minute video.

A few days ago we celebrated the Ascension, when Jesus' parting words to his disciples sent them forth, to be his witnesses to the ends of t...

YouTube video by Vatican News

Celebrating Vocations Sunday and the London Marathon!

As the Church recalls Pope Francis on the first anniversary of his death, Vatican News releases a new documentary that looks back over the life and ...

Pax Christi International writes: Through an open letter published on our channels, we have addressed Pope Leo XIV directly, who in recent days has been at the centre of a situation of growing tension...

With the exception of a tub of purple asters and an acer, I did not plant anything in this gloriously colourful garden. No; it was all waiti...

Our world feels increasingly dark, and broken; our news dominated by the devastation and destruction of war, and a seemingly endless, increa...

Love is in the air Everywhere I look around Love is in the air Every sight and every sound... John Paul Young's cheery lyrics were the first...

In my parish, we end Good Friday in the evening, with a quiet, simple time of prayer and reflection on the mystery of the Cross. In the stil...

‘There are so many silences that run through the great narrative of Holy Week and they all flow into the long silence of the Father from Gethsemane to Easter morning’, writes James Hanvey SJ.

Today, we have had the joy of a young sister professing her first vows. Zsófi has made her vows , and begins her life as an RSCJ, on the eve...

Zsófia Trásy makes her First Vows in Budapest