Many books have been written by and about St John Henry Newman. Pope Leo XIV has recently named him a Doctor of the Church. Why? Because his teachings have made a significant, lasting contributions to our Christian understanding of our faith.   For many years Newman suffered because his ideas were in advance of his time and not understood. He was rejected as a traitor by his friends in the Anglican Church when he became a Catholic and here his motives were  suspected.  He was

‘When you wake up each day, turn your first thoughts to God’    Nicolas Barré Prayer is essentially about being present to oneself, to God, to all creation. Often, we don’t find time to be present to ourselves, as we are caught up with many things. We might even feel guilty to take time for ourselves. It is only when we waste time with ourselves that we are ‘free’. Each of us is an existence of God, a presence of Christ, a gift to the world. Bonhoeffer expresses it like this:

Traditionally, November is the month when we remember to reflect, pray and celebrate the lives of our loved ones who have gone before us. We begin the month with All Souls Day where we are invited to confront the reality of death not with fear, but with Hope  rooted in faith. It is a day about connection, prayer, remembrance. A day to pause, honour the lives that have shaped us and trust in God’s mercy for those who have passed. Every life is precious and while we can be sad

As we celebrate the birthday of Blessed Nicolas Barré on 21 st October, we take time to reflect and be inspired by some of his writings…           ‘Allow yourself to be led by the Spirit, like a feather drifting in the wind’ ‘Abandon yourself to God and offer no resistance’             ‘Be in the hand of God, like a brush in the hand of a painter…’                         ‘On awakening, turn your thoughts to God, be thankful…’             ‘Let not a day pass without spending

This year, Pope Leo XIV invited everyone, during October, to pray the Rosary for PEACE . The Rosary is a traditional catholic prayer to honour the Virgin Mary. It consists of 20 ‘mysteries’ that recall joyful, luminous, sorrowful and glorious episodes of the life of Jesus and Mary in the Gospels. In N° 21 Book of the Institute , we’re invited ‘ to pray to Mary under the various forms which the Church suggests, such as the rosary, so that we may know how ‘ to listen to the Wor

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