'We need to pray, work and stand together for peace in our country'
Our Lourdes pilgrims conclude their pilgrimage and are commissioned to bring the fruits of it home to the Diocese.
It is a great privilege to be able to celebrate Mass in this holy place where Our Lady appeared and St Bernadette knelt to pray the Rosary.
Many sick pilgrims from our Diocese will be anointed: the healing which flows from this anointing is a closeness to Jesus.
In the darkness of the Underground Basilica, pilgrims will adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and receive the Eucharistic Blessing.
As churches across our Diocese fill for Sunday Mass, Bishop Richard and our Lourdes pilgrims will celebrate with thousands of other pilgrims
The 848 pilgrims from across our community of faith who are in Lourdes will gather for Mass for the first time today.
Hundreds of people from our Diocese are on the move: on the way to Lourdes by plane, train, coach, car, Jumbulance – even by bicycle!
Speakers spoke about the purpose of Catholic education, their own faith formation and the need to nurture one’s faith as a leader.
Students from 12 Diocesan schools took part in the pilgrimage walk, Mass and a picnic.
30 more students will be able to access and benefit from the excellent learning opportunities St Peter’s provides.
The students raised more than £14,000 by walking Hadrian's Wall Path and the South Downs Way.
Peter Edgington and Sydney Bridges were inducted as Executive Head and Head of School in a joyful Mass celebrated by Bishop Richard.
The Sisters of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus founded Mayfield in 1863 and maintained strong links with it to the present day.
We pray for our school Chaplains, that they may be blessed in their vocation in the year ahead.
Children at the school learned about Marian apparitions all over the world and linked Our Lady of Walsingham to Lourdes and St Bernadette.
