News Centenary Anniversaries at Kilburn and Tower Hill Westminster Record | December 2015/January 2016
On 22 November, the Solemnity of Christ the King, Cardinal Vincent celebrated Mass at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Kilburn, to close the celebrations of its 150th anniversary. The parish originally began as a mission centre run by the Missionary
Oblates of Mary Immaculate when Fr Robert Cooke OMI was invited by Cardinal Wiseman to found the centre. During the 1950s and 60s, the parish had a strong Irish congregation, with 15 Masses celebrated on Sundays, whilst it now boasts being home to
over 60 different nationalities. Bishop Nicholas meanwhile celebrated Mass to mark the 150th anniversary of English Martyrs, Tower Hill, on 1 November. During the past year, the Communities of the English Martyrs, Tower Hill, Sacred
Heart in Quex Road and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, West Kilburn, with the Oblate Community have been celebrating their faith journeys. The Community started its celebration on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord with the renewal of
Twenty Years of Mothers’ Prayers
Baptism Vows. Further anniversary events have been visits from Fr Louis Lougen, the Oblate Superior General from Rome, and from the Mayors of Camden and Brent. There have also been a wide variety of liturgical and social events in celebration.
Austin Forum Lectures at St Augustine’s Church, Hammersmith
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FAITH AND CONSCIENCE Dr Helen Costigane SHCJ 26 January 2016 7:30pm Dr Helen talks about the relationship between faith and conscience. She is the Academic Vice Principal of Heythrop College with a distinguished record of academic study in Christian Ethics, Pastoral Theology and latterly in Canon Law.
Bishop Peter is pictured at St Peter’s Basilica
Mothers’ Prayers celebrated their twentieth annivesary with a Mass offered by Bishop Peter Doyle, Bishop of Northampton and Chair of the Bishops’ Conference Marriage and Family Life Committee, at Westminster Cathedral on 31 October. Bishop Peter congratulated the organisation on behalf of Cardinal Vincent. He said he ‘was deeply touched by the depth and simplicity’ of the mothers’ faith and the ‘way you journey with each other as you pray for your children and grandchildren’. He went on to acknowledge Mothers’ Prayers as ‘coming out of the prayer of the flock of Christ, out of the prayer of faithful mothers sometimes at the end of their tether because of their love for their children’.
Reflecting on the role of Our Lady as model of the Church and the events of the Annunciation, Bishop Peter said ‘We too can enter that Gospel of prayer in the company of Mary because we are blessed and favoured through her Son as daughters and sons of the Father. There is no need for us to be afraid, however impossible the situation is with our children, for nothing is impossible to God because of the power of the Holy Spirit.’ Mothers’ Prayers was formed to help mothers who wished to pray together for their children and their grandchildren and to find mutual support. For more details and how to join, please visit mothersprayers.org
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Diocesan medals Fr Bernard Boylan, parish priest, presented diocesan medals for long and exceptional service to Jennifer Gibbs (left) and Rosslyn Gibbs at St Theodore of Canterbury, Hampton-on-Thames, on the solemnity of Christ the King.
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Dr Anthony Baxter 2 February 2016 7:30pm Dr Anthony’s lecture will explore the person of Jesus and the relevance of his work in our lives. Anthony has studied in London (BD), Oxford (MA, MPhil) and Princeton (PhD) within the areas of Law, Politics, Philosophy and Theology. He is also a priest of the Diocese of Westminster. He has lived and helped in parishes situated within areas of inner London marked by social, ethnic and religious diversity. Page 7