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Benedictines Plan To Quit Prinknash
BY JOHN HATTON B ENEDICTINE MONKS are to move out of their futuristic 20thcentury home in the Cotswolds, back into a Tudor manor house, because there are now only 14 of them......
Philosopher Appointed To Culture Group
T HE P OPE has nominated John Haldane, professor of philosophy at the University of St Andrews, to be a consultor to the Pontifical Council for Culture. The council promotes......
Abigail Goes Home To Family
A BIGAIL Witchalls, a Catholic mother who was stabbed and left for dead in a Surrey lane last April, has returned home. She was discharged from the Royal National Orthopaedic......
Consultations Over Plater
T HE TRADITION of Plater College is to continue, despite the Oxford-based Catholic residential college closing its doors in July. After consultations with the Charity Commission......
Catholics ‘have Public Faith’
C ARDINAL Cormac MurphyO’Connor has called on Catholics to be more open about their faith. Speaking at the Faithworks Conference, the Cardinal said: “The relevance of......
Catholic Primaries ‘take Fewer Poor Pupils Than State...
BY CHRISTINA FARRELL C ATHOLIC PRIMARY schools have far fewer pupils from low-income families than regular state schools, according to new research published this week. The......
Public School Headmaster Resigns
BY DAVID V BARRETT T HE HEADMASTER of a prestigious Catholic independent school has announced his resignation. Adrian Aylward, headmaster of Jesuit-run Stonyhurst College, near......
Gardening With God
There is a long association between the joy of gardening and the spiritual life. This relationship is explored here with a meditation on one or occasionally more plants per day,......
Thorn, Fire And Lily
The Garden is God's...every plant in it has a spiritual significance, so they themselves are what the garden is for. The book covers the period from Ash Wednesday to Easter day,......
The Crown Of The Year
In this third book of the series, Jane Mossendew continues to explore the long association between gardening and prayer. Even a window box can evoke calm and provide an oasis......