'The Jubilee reminds us that the goods of the earth are not destined for a privileged few, but for everyone... Here I think especially of those who lack water and food: hunger is a scandal, an open wound on the body of our humanity...'

Pope Francis, Bull of Indiction of Jubilee

The Vatican has issued the Bull of Indiction by Pope Francis for Jubilee 2025. It is incredibly powerful, a heartfelt call for personal and societal renewal. Please read and share this prophetic document. Download link top right corner of page below:
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Mass of the Ascension of the Lord at Farm Street Church in London. Lovely to see Fr Michael Holman SJ, former Provincial, looking well, preaching so thoughtfully to the early morning congregation about the message of hope at the heart of today’s feast. #AscensionDay

Yes, thank you Caritas Europa for an inspiring two days in Brussels at the Regional Conference, a joy to catch up with so many wonderful and committed people Christine Allen Dench Maria K Hammershøy Maria Nyman
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Good day with colleagues at the Caritas Europa Regional Conference. An inspiration to be connected to the wider European Caritas family working for justice with compassion on so many fronts. CSAN CAFOD Caritas

“Love is the greatest social commandment. It respects others and their rights. It requires the practice of justice, and it alone makes us capable of it. Love inspires a life of self-giving.”

Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1889

Never noticed before in those discourses in John’s gospel about love the focus on joy (rather not dwell on the psychology of that one). “I have told you this so that my own joy may be in you” (15:11). Joy: leaning into God’s grace. We need more of that.

'Love is...a journey, an ongoing exodus out of the closed inward-looking self towards its liberation through self-giving, and thus towards authentic self-discovery and indeed the discovery of God.'

Pope Benedict XVI, Deus Caritas Est, 6

Grant applications for the Day for Life Fund opened on 1 May, giving organisations the opportunity to apply for funding for initiatives that promote the dignity of human life from conception to natural death.
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A real honour to be delivering the The Tablet / CCLA lecture this year on Catholic Education in the 21st Century: challenges and opportunities. Save the date, join us in London on Wed 16 October. Catholic Education Service ATCRE CSAN Joseph Kelly The Catholic Union of Great Britain

Today is the feast of St Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor, (d. 373), the great defender of the teaching of the Council of Nicaea, contra Arianism, that Jesus Christ is “God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father.”

Bishop Marcus Stock has welcomed the decision by the Education Secretary to lift the faith-based admissions cap on new free schools in England.

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Looking forward to this: packed with wonderful stories of schools and colleges taking action to improve the lives of their communities. No theory: 100% practical stuff instead!
We’ll be joined by Cardinal Nichols and Raymond Friel OBE. And some great teaching too by Andy Lewis.

What a heritage the anti-poverty movement has to draw upon from the riches of Catholic Social Teaching.

Today is the feast of St Joseph the Worker, a good day to recall that Catholic Social teaching in the modern era has always defended and promoted the dignity of workers, their right to a wage that sustains a decent life, their right to form unions, their right to rest. #StJoseph

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