WelCom June 2020: Pope Francis Prayer Intention During the month of June 2020 Pope Francis’ Universal Prayer Intention for Evangelisation is: The Way of the Heart – We pray that all those who suffer may find their way in life, allowing themselves to be touched by the Heart of Jesus. God’s Heart a Pledge of […]
WelCom June 2020: Professor Thomas O’Loughlin, Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham, UK, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Arundel and Brighton on England’s south coast, concludes his six-part series for WelCom. Theology: moving from DISCORD to DISCOURSE in religion Go into a shopping mall and ask people about ‘religion’ and […]
WelCom June 2020: First Sunday after Pentecost – Trinity SundayJohn 3:16-18 16God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world […]
WelCom June 2020: Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost, this year, Sunday 7 June. It celebrates the Christian doctrine of the Trinity – the three divine persons of One God: as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Trinity – God in a Bubble? James B Lyons What is the worst thing that could […]
WelCom May 2020: Fourth Sunday of Easter – John 10: 1-10Good Shepherd Sunday 1Jesus said: ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. 2But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3The gatekeeper opens […]
WelCom May 2020: Professor Thomas O’Loughlin, Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham, UK, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Arundel and Brighton on England’s south coast, continues his six-part series for WelCom. Thinking beyond the box: Christians and Other People Repeat anything often enough and not only will people believe it […]
WelCom April 2020: Thomas O’Loughlin is Professor of Historical Theology, University of Nottingham, UK, a priest of the Archdiocese of Arundel and Brighton on England’s south coast, and a contributing writer for WelCom. He shares his observations from the UK about our faith response amidst the increasing Covid-19 restrictions. ‘Let’s discover what it means to be […]
WelCom April 2020: James Lyons HOSANNA! It is a dramatic cry of welcome and honour. It is a shout of sheer delight. It expresses pride, expectation and hope in one amazing word: HOSANNA! That’s exactly how people reacted when they recognised Jesus of Nazareth entering Jerusalem. ‘Hosanna!’ said it all! There was speculation over whether […]
WelCom March 2020: At ninety years of age, Josephite Sister Josepha O’Connor looks back on six years of teaching literacy at Whanganui men’s prison. The prison gates clanged behind me for the last time. Usually people coming through this gate for the last time are over the moon with happiness. Not I today. I am sombre? […]
WelCom March 2020: Elizabeth Julian rsm On 8 March we celebrate International Women’s Day; and on 25 March the Feast of the Annunciation. Both fall during Lent, traditionally a time for making the Stations of the Cross. Can we connect the three? International Women’s Day, begun by the United Nations in 1975, recalls women’s social, economic, […]