News Archive 2007
News Archive 2007 - April
SACRED - religious texts at the British Library
A discussion 'What does it mean to live with faith in 2007?' was hosted by Melvyn Bragg at the British Library on Monday, 30th April. Archbishop Kevin and other religious leaders formed the panel. The discussion was part of the programme accompanying the exhibition of Christian, Jewish and Muslim texts which is open until 23rd September.
Our Permanent Deacons renew their commitment
Our Permanent Deacons renewed their diaconal commitment before Archbishop Kevin at St George's Cathedral on Saturday, 28th April.
CWL celebrates eighty years in Southwark
Archbishop Kevin with Father Julian Shurgold, Parish Priest of Sutton Green
The Catholic Women's League was founded in 1906 and has been active in our diocese for eighty years. Archbishop Kevin offered Mass with members and joined them for the celebrations at their AGM on Saturday, 21st April at the Holy Family Church, Sutton Green.
Visit the Catholic Women's League Website
All Saints School, West Wickham
Archbishop Kevin with Adrian Brown, Head Teacher, and senior management at All Saints School, West Wickham, on Thursday, 19th April.
Happy Birthday, Holy Father
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We wish Pope Benedict every blessing and happiness on the occasion of his eightieth birthday, 16th April 2007.
He will celebrate the second anniversary of his election on 19th April 2007. The Bishops of England and Wales will offer Mass for him on Monday, 23rd April, during their Conference at Leeds.
JESUS OF NAZARETH, his new book, will be available in English in May. |
Send your personal greetings to the Holy Father
Bishop Patrick in Lourdes with HCPT
Bishop Patrick is in Lourdes with HCPT-The Pilgrimage Trust on its Easter Pilgrimage. He concelebrated at the Trust Mass in the Pius X Basilica on Thursday, 12th April 2007. 5,200 children and helpers attended the Mass.
Bishop Charles' Anniversary Mass
On Tuesday, 10th April 2007, Archbishop Kevin with Bishops Howard and Paul and seventeen other priests offered Mass in the Cathedral on the first anniversary of the death of Bishop Charles Henderson.
Pictured above are Bishop Charles' sister, Ena, with her sons, Charles and Simon.
Bishop Howard's homily at the Anniversary Mass
Archbishop Kevin's Easter Message
Resurrection (1447) Fresco (detail)
Andrea del Castagno
Sant' Apollonia, Florence
Recently I visited an elderly lady in a nursing home. I was very touched by the way she spoke about prayer and about the fact that she was looking forward to meeting the Lord. I was especially struck by her saying: "When I meet Him, I know He won't be a stranger." This prompted me to reflect on the nature of the presence of the Risen Lord in our lives.
Jesus is risen and is present to us in manifold and various ways. He is present very especially in the Eucharist, as Pope Benedict has so beautifully reminded us in Sacramentum Caritatis. He is present to us through his Word. But he is also present to us in all the events of our lives: in our joys, in our sorrows, in our sickness and in our pain. There is a great deal of suffering in our world but we know in faith that Christ took all suffering to himself on the Cross and that through His death and resurrection a whole new reality came into being.
We live in the light of the resurrection, looking forward to the revelation of the sons and daughters of God. This is our hope, and Christian hope is based precisely on the resurrection. Let us claim the joy of the resurrection and let it be the source of our hope, for the Church, for the world, and for ourselves and our families.
I wish you a blessed and a happy Easter.
Archbishop of Southwark
Pope Benedict XVI's 'Sacramentum Caritatis'
Easter Sunday
The Cathedral's Paschal Candle
Easter Sunday Mass in prisons
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Archbishop Kevin
offered Mass in Brixton Prison on Easter Sunday morning. During the
Mass he baptised one man and received another into the Church,
confirming them both and giving them their First Communion. Bishop John offered Mass at HMP Swaleside, Bishop Paul at HMP Wandsworth and Mgr Richard Moth at HMP Belmarsh. |
The Easter Vigil
Christ, our light
Canon James Cronin, Cathedral Dean, baptised nine new members of the Cathedral parish and received two others. 485 new members of our diocese were baptised and received into the Church this Easter. Please keep them in your prayers.
Good Friday
Christ humbled himself for us,
and, in obedience, accepted death,
even
death on a cross.
An Ecumenical Act of Witness took place on Good Friday morning, when crosses were carried from the Imperial War Museum to Waterloo Station.
Pope Benedict XVI: Way of the Cross at the Colosseum
The Mass of Chrism
C: Holy Chrism - B: Oil of Catechumens - I: Oil of the Sick
Archbishop Kevin celebrated the Mass of Chrism at the Cathedral on Maundy Thursday morning when he blessed the Holy Oils. During the Mass our priests renewed their commitment to their priestly ministry.
Archbishop Kevin's homily at the Mass of Chrism
Photos taken before and after the Mass
Brief explanation of the Mass of Chrism
Music Schedule for the Mass of Chrism
Holy Week begins: Palm Sunday
Archbishop Kevin, Father Mark Odion and Deacon James Sheahan meet the congregation outside the Cathedral after the Palm Sunday Mass.
