“Let your heart be an altar”
Over the weekend, I’ve been reading some more of Jeffrey Pinyan’s book, Praying the Mass. It really is a must-read for anyone who would like…
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The New St Patrick’s!
Yesterday I was at the absolutely crammed reopening Mass at St Patrick’s church Soho. We were so squished down the side aisles the archbishop could…
Not make-believe
Last week I was struck by how, in our sceptical, rationalist culture, what we say can sound like make-believe to the uninitiated if we are…
Sticking to my day job…
OK, so I discovered that children’s party planner is not a part of my vocation… We decided it would be fun to throw our delightful…
The Importance of Sponsors
I’ve just finished matching all our precatechumenate “enquirers” with parish sponsors. None of them came to their enquiry sessions with a strong Catholic friend, and…
Teaching on the Eucharist
I notice that I’ve written rather a lot of posts recently on the Eucharist, but it just happens also to be the main theme of…
Initiation into a Sacramental Life
Sometimes it can seem like we are just preparing children for the sacraments of initiation when we should be preparing them for a sacramental life.…