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On 11th June 2023, we were delighted to welcome back our Archbishop, His Eminence Vincent Cardinal Nichols, to celebrate our Titular Solemnity of Corpus Christi. The Mass was followed by a Procession of the Blessed Sacrament around Covent Garden. Just a few moments ago we heard the words of that ancient psalm: “The eyes of allContinue reading “Cardinal Nichols: O Sacrum Convivium”

On Thursday 1st June 2023, we were delighted to welcome Antonia Salzano, mother of Blessed Carlo Acutis. After a sung Mass on the Feast of Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest, and a period of Adoration and Benediction, Antonia spoke about Bl Carlo, his life, as well as the importance of the Blessed Sacrament.

Bishop Nicholas Hudson, Auxiliary in Westminster, celebrated a Pontifical Sung Mass at the unveiling and blessing of the newly-carved Shrine of Blessed Carlo Acutis, at Corpus Christi on Wednesday 12th October 2022. The shrine, that contains a first class relic of Blessed Carlo. Jesus is emphatic. Twice he tells us today, “Anyone who eats thisContinue reading “Bishop Nicholas Hudson: On Bl Carlo Acutis”

Photo: © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk His Eminence, Robert Cardinal Sarah was born in Guinea in 1945. In 1957, at age 12, he entered Saint Augustine Minor Seminary in Bingerville, Ivory Coast. The civil unrest in Ivory Coast and Guinea in the following years, he was forced to move from seminary to seminary in order to complete hisContinue reading “His Eminence, Robert Cardinal Sarah: Sodality Requiem Mass 2022”

Photo: © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk His Eminence, Robert Cardinal Sarah was born in Guinea in 1945. In 1957, at age 12, he entered Saint Augustine Minor Seminary in Bingerville, Ivory Coast. The civil unrest in Ivory Coast and Guinea in the following years, he was forced to move from seminary to seminary in order to complete hisContinue reading “His Eminence, Robert Cardinal Sarah: All Saints 2022”

Photo: © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk The Apostolic Nuncio, His Excellency Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti joined Corpus Christi on its titular feast on Sunday 19th June 2022, for a Solemn Pontifical Mass, followed by a Procession of the Blessed Sacrament around Covent Garden. The Mass closed the London Eucharistic Octave 2022. Those five thousand people who had felt welcomedContinue reading “Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti: Corpus Christi 2022”

Fr Mark Woodruff is a priest of the Diocese of Westminster. Having studied at College of the Resurrection at Mirfield, Fr Woodruff served in Anglican ministry before being received into the Catholic Church. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1995 and now serves as the Chairman of the Society of St John Chrysostom. TheContinue reading “March Homily: Fr Mark Woodruff”

Given at a Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament, celebrated according to the Missal of 1962, as part of the London Eucharistic Octave 2021 on Monday 13th September 2021 “Do this in memory of me”.  Imagine you hear these words the first time they are spoken by Our Lord himself the night before he was toContinue reading “Fr Dominic Robinson SJ: Eucharistic Octave 2021”

Given on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, during a Mass according to the Divine Worship Missal, as part of the London Eucharistic Octave 2021 on Tuesday 14th September 2021 How quickly faith can give way to doubt! Here we are, reading from the book of Numbers, a book which describes theContinue reading “Fr Mark Elliott-Smith: Exaltation of the Holy Cross”

Given at the Requiem Mass as part of the London Eucharistic Octave 2021 on Friday 17th September 2021 A 7th century Irish monk called Saint Lomman wrote a delightful devotional piece called “The Praises of Mary”. This is part of it: “O Mary, when our eyes close in their last sleep, and open to behold yourContinue reading “Fr Christopher Colven: Praying for the Departed”