Letter from the Chairman, Ted Fawcett  (27th September 2015)

I have been asked by St Joseph’s and Our Lady’s parish to outline to you the kind of environment in which the charity EVC Uganda operates.

Our work is based near the city of Masaka, 140km south of Kampala. This town was ravaged during the regimes of past Presidents Idi Amin and Milton Obote and is the area in which the AIDS epidemic began. From here, one hour’s driving deep into the Ugandan countryside brings you to the Project where Father Boniface works. [Read more…] about EVC Uganda – Education is our future

by Marguerite Cook

The Messiah enters Jerusalem

“Great crowds of people spread their cloaks on the road, while others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in His path. The crowds who went in front of Him, and those who followed, were all shouting: Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is He who is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heavens!
(Matthew 21, 8-10)

[Read more…] about Our Lady, Queen of Processions

Pope Adrian IV, the Pope from England 1100-1159

by Marguerite Cook

Jesus said to Peter, “Do you love me?”
Peter replied, “Lord you know everything; you know I love you.” (John 21:15-17)

By the M1 motorway in Hertfordshire stands a large modern office block called Breakspear Park, and the road the office block stands on is called Breakspear Way. This is the area in England where Nicholas Breakspear was born and spent his childhood. [Read more…] about In The Footsteps Of Nicholas Breakspear

by Marguerite Cook

In November 2014, I attended a Catholic Mass in the Palace of Westminster with my husband. For over four years Catholic Mass has been celebrated on Wednesdays, when Parliament is sitting, in the chapel of St. Mary Undercroft. I wanted to attend Mass as an English Catholic who enjoys looking at our complex church history. My husband has always had an interest in politics and enjoys reading about political matters; and as we walked the wonderful corridors of the Houses of Parliament he identified the MP’s, and the members of the House of Lords with great pride. [Read more…] about Mass In St. Mary Undercroft, in the Palace of Westminster

by Marguerite Cook

Bedford Cemetery has become one of the prettiest cemeteries in England, and is beautifully cared for by the ground-staff and the Friends of Bedford Cemetery. It was opened in June 1855 by the Victorians of Bedford who loved to walk among its beautiful woodland trees. The cemetery is set on a sloping hillside with views over the adjoining Bedford Park and Great Ouse Valley.

In Bedford Cemetery are buried six Catholic priests. These priests lie in pairs in the cemetery. [Read more…] about The Six Catholic Priests Buried In Bedford Cemetery