Lay preaching

Lay preaching

A symposium of preachers and theologians hosted by the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St Louis USA in March 2024, has made a formal submission to the Synod seeking a change in canon law to allow suitably qualified lay people to preach at Mass. The Church’s law...
Believing not belonging

Believing not belonging

This research paper from the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge was commissioned by the Diocese of Brentwood and explores the reasons Catholics have become alienated from the Church.  In the summer of 2023, Bishop Alan Williams sm issued a personal...

Responding to the psalms

Responding to the psalms Responding to the Psalms is a project of the Spirituality Committee of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. The Responsorial Psalm is an integral part of the Liturgy of the Word. You could reflect on a verse for one or two days, and...