Lent is the liturgical season lasting 40 days and 40 nights in preparation for the celebration of Easter. For many Christians, it can be a challenging period, as it traditionally involves giving up certain comforts or taking on additional spiritual practices in readiness for Easter Sunday, which this year falls on Sunday 5 April and the Easter season that follows. The season begins on Ash Wednesday, which this year falls on Wednesday 18 February. Ash Wednesday is observed as

So once again we enter the Christmas Season. Although truth be told, most of the major retailers have been in Christmas mode since October, and our cities and town councils have followed this haste or should I say heist, by early November with their Christmas Markets and their Christmas lights switch on. Certainly, in most places long before the First Sunday of Advent “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” even if it’s not. And there lies the problem. In rushing into t

On Tuesday 4 November 2025, officers and staff from police forces around the country gathered with serving and retired members of the Guild in Westminster Cathedral to celebrate the 102nd Annual National Police Requiem. Representing HM Government was The Minister Of State for Policing, Sarah Jones MP and also in attendance was The Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Philp MP. The Chief Celebrant was the Guilds' National Chaplain, Fr Barry Lomax. His co-celebrants were RC Priest Cha

Thursday 16 October Ss Margaret Mary Alacoque, Hedwig and Richard Gwyn Following on from previous day : the small matter of meeting His Holiness The Pope and afternoon tea in the UK Ambassadors residence, we resumed our pilgrimage and met once again at Piazza Pia for what was our last full day in The Eternal City. This particular location is at the end of the Via della Concilliazione, the long road that leads away from St Peters Basilica and it is also the starting point for