“Adoremus”, the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage and Congress hosted by the Bishops of England and Wales, is taking place this weekend in Liverpool. The conference is intended to promote an awareness of the central place of the Eucharist in the life and mission of the Church.
Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols is to celebrate a Solemn Mass tomorrow at the city’s Metropolitan Cathedral. It will be followed by an outdoor Eucharistic Procession, the first in the United Kingdom since 1908.
Musicians promoting the cantatas of J.S. Bach in churches in and around Liverpool begin their new season with a performance at Evensong at St Mary’s parish church, West Derby, on 9 October.
Since it was founded five years ago, the Liverpool Bach Collective under the direction of Philip Duffy (pictured) has performed 41 of the cantatas in 23 largely Catholic or Anglican churches across Liverpool.
Romero’s relevance
The first English edition of a study of Archbishop Oscar Romero’s homilies by Fr Thomas Greenan has been published. Subtitled “A Theological and Pastoral Analysis,” it was launched on 23 August by the Edinburgh Jesuit community in association with the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund and the Archbishop Romero Trust.
In his introduction to the book, Fr Greenan, who moved to El Salvador in the years after the archbishop was assassinated in 1980 and found great inspiration in his legacy, writes: “The homiletic words of Archbishop Romero are of universal relevance.” Earlier this year, Pope Francis confirmed that Blessed Romero would be canonised on 14 October.
‘Wee Box’ raises £1.5 million
Sciaf, the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund, has raised more than £1.5 million through its Lenten Wee Box campaign. The money will be matched by government, meaning that Sciaf has raised £3,198,056 this year.
Much of the money will be spent on relief against land clearance and illegal fishing in the remote Steung Treng region of northern Cambodia. The total was announced last week by International Development Minister Lord Bates at Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral Primary School in Motherwell, which itself raised £35,000.
Speaking at the opening of new Glasgow offices for the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child Scotland, the Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia, said that abortion could “wreak havoc on the moral fibre of society”, but that the pro-life lobby was “often caricatured as being the enemy of women”. The new offices will also house an Abortion Recovery Care and Helpline, which aims to support women who are undergoing a crisis in pregnancy.
Holyrood MSPs were invited to share Mass, Confession and prayer on Wednesday when the “Mercy Bus” was scheduled to stop at the Scottish Parliament at the end of its tour across Scotland. The visit has been organised by John Keenan, the Bishop of Paisley. He described the Mercy Bus, which was supplied and sponsored by Sir Brian Souter, chairman of Stagecoach Group, as “a sign of the essence of the Church, where lay faithful go out to their peers to welcome them into the pastoral care of priests who preach and heal”.
Pope’s cars given to charities
The two Skoda cars used during Pope Francis’ trip to Ireland for the World Meeting of the Families are to be given to a pair of Irish charities. One helps the homeless in Dublin and the other is a search and rescue charity in Derry. Skoda was the official car partner to the World Meeting of Families 2018.
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