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  1. The Synod On The Family - A Mother's Perspective
    When the synod entitled “Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the context of Evangelisation” was announced by Pope Francis back in 2013, I thought it sounded like a very good idea. The rich truths of the teachings of the Church on marriage and the family are now comprehensively supported by a wealth of sociological evidence. Indeed, if we read the website of the Family Education Trust (which does not make its appeal to any text or creed) we find, under the heading “The Importance of the Famil...
  2. Christ's Primacy in Creation as Resource for the New Evangelisation
    Richard Conrad O.P. FAITH Magazine September-October 2010If we are to preach the Christian Gospel, it is not enough to prove that God exists. The central mystery of Christian faith and life is the Most Holy Trinity {Catechism of the Catholic Church, 234), into whom we are baptised. I will locate the theme I was given, Christ's Primacy, within a Trinitarian perspective on creation and humanity. Christ is the Creative - and Re-creative - Word....
  3. Saint Joseph: Living affirmation of our human nature
    Timothy Finigan on the importance of St Joseph as this year dedicated to him reaches its conclusion. 
  4. A journey from atheism
    Philip Vander Elst describes how CS Lewis enabled him to grasp some liberating truthsIn my early twenties, before my conversion to Christianity in 1976, I did not believe that our world offered entirely convincing and reliable evidence for the existence and goodness of God.The universe, I thought, might have always existed, without any need for an external cause to bring it into being, (2) and the argument for God from ‘benevolent design’ seemed obviously flawed since it could not be reconcil...
  5. "On Earth as it is in Heaven": The Vision of Christ That We Preach
    In this Year of Faith we are summoned to re-evangelise the People of God, starting with ourselves, as a prelude to evangelising the world once again. To "evangelise" means to announce good news. Jesus Christ is The Good News of God for mankind whom the angels proclaimed to poor shepherds at the first Christmas. So to evangelise means to announce Jesus Christ to the world.In our words and in our living witness we must proclaim him as...
  6. Book Review: The Christian revolution that made our world
    The Christian revolution that made our world Dominion: The making of the Western Mind by Tom Holland, Little, Brown, 594pp, £25.00reviewed by Richard Whinder This is an important book: a work by a bestselling author which attempts an objective overview of the history of Christianity and its influence on the Western world. It represents a considerable achievement, and it deserves to be read. Almost everyone will find something new in these pages, while committed Christians will find their fait...
  7. "Like Us In All Things But Sin": Christ's Humanity and Our Self-Deception
    James Tolhurst FAITH Magazine January-February 2010Fr James Tolhurst shows how the realization of the divinity and primacy of Christ draws us to a high definition of human nature in contrast to a perennial tendency to deny our woundedness. Manhood is defined by God made Man, not fallen Man.Fr. Tolhurst is the author of The Glory of These Forty Days, GracewingThe man whom Jesus cured of his blindness was asked if he believed in the Messiah...
  8. A Short Life of Paul: Journey to the Heart of the Church
    Pope Benedict has declared 2008-2009 to be the Year of St Paul. Between the 29th June last year and the 29th June this year all the faithful are called to give thanks to God for the tremendous work and missionary zeal of the Apostle to the Gentiles. As a worker in the vineyard of the Lord, this Jewish convert to Christianity was and remains unsurpassed. We ask him to pray and obtain for us those graces of patience and perseverance necessary...
  9. Marriage, the Church, and the need for courage
    Marriage is the lifelong union of a man and a woman, establishing a new family. It is, by its very nature, designed for the procreation and raising of children. It is sacred, designed by God from the beginning and establishing in human form the sacred bond between Christ and his Bride the Church. That is what we have a right and duty to teach in Catholic schools, youth groups and from the pulpit of every Catholic church. It is not an optional pious statement nor is it something that is subjec...
  10. Interview: Newman, a village, and a link with St Nicholas
    Joanna Bogle visits the Sisters of The Work at Littlemore
  11. Christian courage in the face of persecution
    “During my detention, I held the hand of Christ. It is thanks to him that I have stayed standing. Do not be afraid.”(1) The words of Asia Bibi – spoken in an interview she gave this February to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need – provide a glimpse into the trauma one woman suffered. Hers was a story of terrible injustice which gripped the world’s media. Her 10 years behind bars made Asia’s struggle to regain her freedom a cause celebre. And her case is all the more notable for the fa...
  12. "The Glorious Ever-Virgin Mary": Our Lady as Model of Participation at Mass
    "The 'door of faith' (Acts 14:27) is always open for us..." (Porta Fidei 1). Pope Benedict has invited us to "rediscover the journey of faith" and much is being planned for the Year of Faith commencing in October 2012. The journey is by way of the sacraments. The Pope reminds us that it begins with Baptism. He goes on to say: "We must rediscover a taste for feeding ourselves on the word of God, faithfully handed down by the Church, and on the...