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Tom Bennett
2 days ago
The Divine Sophia
from Issue 77, Advent 2024 There are two ways through life: the way of Nature and the way of Grace.’ Thus begins Terrence Malick’s Tree...
Nora Ziegler
5 days ago
Obituary: Edwin Kalerwa
from Issue 77, Advent 2024 On 10th Se ptember 2024, Edwin Kalerwa passed away in hospital, after suffering from cancer. Edwin lived at...
Anthony V. Capildeo
Dec 28, 2024
The Flight into Egypt
from Issue 77, Advent 2024 for Yousif M. Qasmiyeh He sharper than the cutting edge he angles handles makes tables foursquare ...
Br Johannes Maertens
Dec 24, 2024
Kindness in Precarious Spaces
from Issue 77, Advent 2024 A few weeks ago, I was in the Dunkirk camp, where I regularly join Art Refuge* in their work with the medical...
Anne Jones
Dec 23, 2024
Muggings
Peter Maurin’s Easy Essay on St. Francis, printed in this year’s Summer LCW newsletter, refers to Johannes Jorgensen writing that ‘St....
Fr Alfred Delp SJ
Dec 21, 2024
Advent Reflection
The Se cond Sunday of Advent adds a new word, a message about man’s authenticity. Someone who encounters the Ultimate, who knows about...
Thomas Frost
Dec 18, 2024
Externalisation
Those of us w ho are not saints are likely to find ourselves, eventually, asking the Lord ‘when did we see you a stranger?’ ( Mt 25:44 )...
Martin Newell
Dec 15, 2024
Revolutionary Naivety
from Issue 77, Advent 2024 It felt like an exciting and inspiring time. I had been involved with Christian Climate Action for several...
Henrietta Cullinan
Nov 30, 2024
Finsbury Park is a beach!
Henrietta Cullinan's interview with Br. Johannes Maertens for our Easter 2023 newsletter Firstly, what do you do? I try to do… pastoral...
Martin Newell
Nov 27, 2024
Blessed are those persecuted in the cause of right
from Issue 72, Easter 2023 I had some court fines for my part in the Insulate Britain (IB) protests in 2021. Previously I refused to pay...
Bishop Paul McAleenan
Nov 24, 2024
Bishop Paul McAleenan's Adress to the Home Office Vigil
June 2023 The reality of the life of a refugee, the hardships and hazards they endure, opens this Refugee Week as we listen to the...
Thomas Dennehy-Caddick
Nov 14, 2024
Barbenheimer
Much has been made of the stark thematic contrast between the simultaneously released Barbie and Oppenheimer , to the point of receiving...
Br Johannes Maertens
Nov 9, 2024
Where are the Christians?
It puzzled him he had met no Christians. Where were they? Where is that Jerusalem community Luke writes about?
Sel Nyteshade
Nov 7, 2024
Why is renunciation important?
A reflection on the importance of renunciation and rest in our lives
Rida Vaquas
Nov 5, 2024
A Reflection on the Elbit Protests
Rida Vaquas discusses the sacrifices of those protesting against Elbit Systems
Br Johannes Maertens
Nov 1, 2024
Prefer nothing to the Love of Christ
Br Johannes Maertens on the journey of personal spiritual growth and conversion
Anthony V. Capildeo
Oct 1, 2024
Feeling Seen
I Stand Here Ironing – Tillie Olsen ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.’ – John...
Edwin Kalerwa
Sep 23, 2024
Politicians must rule in favour of God’s will for planet Earth
Looking after God’s creation and realising how we have affected our natural environment, we will be able to reconstruct our relation wih God
Edwin Kalerwa
Sep 23, 2024
Empowering the Homeless
As a guest at the Giuseppe Conlon House, I find homelessness depressingly damaging. The population of refugees, asylum seekers with the...
Thomas Frost
Aug 28, 2024
The Age of Insecurity
Members of the new Government have told us several times over the last few months that we have entered an “age of insecurity”. Keir...
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