Lay preaching

Lay preaching

A symposium of preachers and theologians hosted by the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St Louis USA in March 2024, has made a formal submission to the Synod seeking a change in canon law to allow suitably qualified lay people to preach at Mass. The Church’s law...
Composers Group

Composers Group

The Composers’ Group next meets online on Saturday 20th April at 2pm.  All involved in writing music or texts for the liturgy, from beginners to advanced, are welcome.  The session lasts 2 hours.  Please contact Alan Smith for the Zoom link and to submit any...
Believing not belonging

Believing not belonging

This research paper from the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge was commissioned by the Diocese of Brentwood and explores the reasons Catholics have become alienated from the Church.  In the summer of 2023, Bishop Alan Williams sm issued a personal...
Gestis verbisque

Gestis verbisque

This Note from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (3 February 2024) comes in response to several situations where the words and gestures used in celebrating the sacraments have been substantially changed by the minister from those set out in the liturgically...
Responding to the Psalms

Responding to the Psalms

Responding to the Psalms January - May 2021 A project of the Spirituality Committee of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales The Responsorial Psalm is an integral part of the Liturgy of the Word. You could reflect on a verse for one or two days, and then move...