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 Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), held each year on 27th January, marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. Under the Nazis, six million Jewish men, women and children were murdered, as well as millions of Gentiles. Holocaust Memorial Day also commemorates the more recent persecutions and slaughter in Cambodia, Rwanda,...

The international children’s charity World Vision has recently published a new research report, School meals in our words: Choosing our future, to demonstrate the positive ripple effect that meals at school are having on children’s lives across the globe. The report comes at a time when the World Food Programme has warned that, despite a...

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It is January, and the adverts for summer holidays are hitting our TV screens again. But have you ever considered a walking holiday with a spiritual side to it, here in the UK? If so, Journeying might be a website well worth visiting (https://www.journeying.co.uk). Travelling through beautiful landscapes to places where for centuries people have...

The Bible tells the story of Jesus and His disciples in a boat. The wind blows, the waves rise, and the disciples are stressed. Like them, we also get hit by storms in life. Like them, we can’t control what comes our way. But like them, we can know that Jesus is also with us....

The supermarket chain Tesco has reported a surge in demand for brightly coloured vegetables, from rainbow carrots to pink onions. The trend follows calls from nutritionists for people to ‘eat the rainbow’ of fruits and vegetables, so that they get the whole range of vitamins and minerals. Demand for rainbow carrots and pink onions is...

John Bosco is the saint for anybody concerned for deprived young people. Bosco never trained as a youth worker, as he was born into a peasant family near Castelnuovo in Piedmont, northern Italy, in 1815. He never belonged to a youth group – he was out in the fields shepherding his family’s sheep. But he...

Dublin is to have a Roman Catholic cathedral – for the first time in 500 years. And it has the Pope to thank: Pope Leo XIV has designated St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral as the cathedral of the archdiocese of Dublin. Before the 16th century, the cathedral in Dublin was Christ Church, and St Patrick’s served as...

Depending on whether you are a child with a sleigh or an adult trying to drive home, snow is either your friend or your foe. And sometimes snow can be hard to understand…. Matt Taylot of the BBC Weather, recently named a couple of reasons as to why snow behaves in the way that it...

Sundays of the Month  1st December –            1st Sunday of Advent 8th December –            2nd Sunday of Advent 15th December –          3rd Sunday of Advent 22nd December –         4th Sunday of Advent 29th December –          1st Sunday of Christmas Editor:  We have provided some notes on the Season and some...

It’s many years since Europe switched over to the Euro (January 2002).  So, this is a good time to remember Eloi, bishop of Noyon, who was born in Gaul, and started out as a goldsmith.  He entered the service of Bobon, the royal treasurer.  He went on to become master of the mint for King...

Ignatius Loyala sent his friend and follower Francis Xavier (born 1506) to the Orient as a missionary.  What a missionary!  Imagine David Livingstone, Billy Graham and the Alpha Courses rolled into one.  His mass conversions became legendary – he baptised 10,000 people in one month and in just ten years of work was credited with...