The risen Lord sends his Church forth into the world to evangelise: as part of the Catholic Church, the Ordinariate shares in that vocation and it is for the furtherance of our mission that we have commissioned this new website.

As Catholic Bishops in England and Wales, and Scotland, we believe that genuine compassion is under threat because of the attempts in Parliament to legalise assisted suicide.

Kim Leadbeater MP’s deceptively named Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will have had its Second Reading on 29 November, as MPs vote on whether to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales.

As a chaplain over the last thirteen years I have had the great privilege to have had the opportunity to come alongside those who are at the end of life and their families, which had formed my own faith and views about dying and euthanasia.

In our studies in Philosophy at Allen Hall Seminary this term, we have been exploring themes in the philosophical origins of the universe, and the interface between religious and scientific accounts of creation.

If television had been invented in the 19th century, St John Henry Newman might have appeared, as a special guest, to present the weather!

One of Newman’s ‘down to earth‘ qualities was that he could laugh at himself.

This year, for the first time I managed to get to the March for Life protest. As a priest running a parish, it hasn’t, until now, been possible to get cover and be able to attend.

One Wednesday 9th October 2024, Ordinariate Missions, Groups and Parishes celebrated the feast day of our Patron, St John Henry Newman.

Recently I was asked to list some books that would be a useful for people who are keen to share their Catholic faith with others, and want to explore good ways of doing so.

The episcopal Ordination of Bishop Elect David Waller will take place at Westminster Cathedral at 11.00am on Saturday 22nd June, the Feast of St John Fisher and St Thomas More.

At 11.00am today (12noon Rome time) it was announced that the Holy Father, Pope Francis, had accepted my resignation from the pastoral responsibility for the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham and has appointed Father David Waller, until now our Vicar General, to be the second Ordinary of the Ordinariate here in Great Britain.

His Holiness, Pope Francis, has appointed the Reverend David Waller as the next Ordinary and the first Bishop Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.