SCES

Website Administrator

Content Posted by Website Administrator

Where do we seek the face of God?

Year of Faith catechesis by Pope Benedict XVI 16th January 2013   The Second Vatican Council, in its Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum, affirms that the intimate truth of the Revelation of God, shines for us “in Christ, who is...

To Live As Saints

To Live As Saints by David Edward Rocks O.P. (This text is provided as one of a series of 'sermons' offered by priests of the Domincan order on the website www.torch.op.org.) When I was the Chaplain at St Dominic’s Primary School in London, I aske...

Ignorance of the faith puts Christians at risk, says Pope

Ignorance of the faith puts Christians at risk of following a “do-it-yourself” religion, Pope Benedict XVI has said.  People need to become more familiar with the Creed because it is there that the “Christian moral life is planted and … o...

Holy See clarifies reports on "what the Pope said"

This is the text of a note issued by Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. on 2st November 2010 concerning certain remarks by the Pope on the use of condoms, which appear the new book "Light of the World" and have been widely rep...

The Pope on Zacchaeus and God's Mercy

This is the address of Pope Benedict XVI, given on Sunday 31st October before praying the midday Angelus together with those gathered in St. Peter's Square. The evangelist St. Luke pays special attention to the theme of Jesus' mercy. In his narration...

Ambassador's Address on UK-Holy See Relations

"The Crown's Oldest Diplomatic Relationship Is With the Papacy" This is the text of an address given on 14th October 2010 by Francis Campbell, the U.K. ambassador to the Holy See, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Newcastle. * * * The UK, the Holy See, and ...

Holiness and Wholeness

A new series on BBC2, beginning on Friday 22 October, explores the journey of five people from very different backgrounds who decided to step back from their hectic lives and experience silence. In an extract from a book to supplement The Big Silence, Brendan Callaghan SJ, who accompanied the volunteers during their eight-day retreat at St Beuno’s Spirituality Centre, describes how, through silence, we can grow in holiness and wholeness.

Young people today have lost moral vocabulary

This article appeared in CNA News. Addressing a conference in British Columbia, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver asserted that Catholics today have failed to transmit the faith to the next generation, which has resulted in young people losing t...

RE teachers feel 'sidelined'

This article, written by Henry Hepburn, appeared in TESS on Friday 8th October 2010. Deep concerns are emerging about “illiterate” teaching of religious and moral education.  Catholic educators and humanists alike say they feel marginalised, de...

Reflection on the Bellahouston Mass

Fr Peter Griffiths SJ, parish priest of St Aloysius in Glasgow, was among the celebrants at the Bellahouston Papal Mass.  The event - and especially its organisation - made a deep impression on him.