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The transcendental character of an ancient abbey
in the forests of the thar valley, in the shadow of mont st michel, lies the abbaye de la sainte-trinité de la lucerne d’outremer....
Gavin Ashenden
Kidnapped Nigerian priest and seminarian released by captors
a priest and a seminarian kidnapped in nigeria’s middle belt have been released after three weeks in captivity. fr paul sanogo and brother m...
The Catholic Herald
Q&A with Dominic Rose of the Cedars School, Croydon
what did you do prior to becoming headmaster of the cedars and how long have you been in the role? prior to taking up my post as headmaster ...
The Catholic Herald
Q&A with Charlotte Avery of St Mary's School, Cambridge
charlotte avery, head of st mary’s school, cambridge, discusses what attracted her to what is now the only single-sex school in cambrid...
The Catholic Herald
How good was Good Queen Bess?
an ex-anglican re-learns history. it is surprising how many things we accept second hand and assume they are true without questioning them. ...
Gavin Ashenden
Q&A with Rachel Owens and Antony Hudson of St George's School, Weybridge
the following answers are from rachel owens, head of st george's senior school/college: what did you do prior to becoming head of st george’...
The Catholic Herald
Q&A with Johneen McPherson of St Catherine's School, Twickenham
what did you do prior to becoming headmistress of st catherine’s and how long have you been in the role? i have been headmistress for five y...
The Catholic Herald
Q&A with Ben Horan of Prior Park College
what did you do prior to becoming headmaster of prior park college and how long have you been in the role? i joined prior as head in 2019. b...
The Catholic Herald
Oppenheimer, reviewed by Julia Hamilton
the film’s events are magnetically clustered around los alamos, finds julia hamilton. if you thought that christopher nolan’s last film, dun...
Julia Hamilton
Q&A with Adam Hall of the Cardinal Pole School
what did you do prior to becoming headmaster of cardinal pole catholic school? i started my career in 2007 teaching religious studies, befor...
The Catholic Herald
Joseph Roth: Riddles and reinvention
endless flight: the life of joseph roth keiron pim granta, £25, 544 pages it is easiest to imagine joseph roth – the most elegaic writer of ...
John Ritzema
Rowan Williams: Why my favourite book of the bible is the Second Epistle to the Corinthians
st paul’s second letter to the church in corinth is one of the most unusual documents of the ancient world. it displays a painful vulnerabil...
Rowan Williams
Finnish politician on trial for 'hate speech' for defending traditional marriage
finnish politician päivi räsänen is on trial this week for “hate speech” and “ethnic agitation” after publicly sharing in 2019 her biblical,...
Olenka Hamilton
Why capital punishment is not the answer to evil
inflicting harm for harm's sake is anathema to human nature. we recoil from people who relish causing deliberate but needless pai...
Nicholas Reed Langen
A 'new chapter' for Ampleforth
ampleforth headmaster peter roberts speaks to oleńka hamilton about his new mission i was looking forward to speaking to peter roberts, the ...
Olenka Hamilton
Alive to the World: A Catholic way to teach about relationships
alive to the world helps children learn about family values, says louise kirk. how do you teach marriage and family life to children? this i...
Louise Kirk
Doing the right thing the wrong way: Schools should ensure the charities partnered with share values
schools should make sure the charities they work with share the same values, says gertrude clarke. this new term is something of a milestone...
Gertrude Clarke
Catholic Herald Good Schools Guide 2023: Introduction
this year, having got more than the all-clear from ofsted, ampleforth is back in the top ten along with two new additions: girls’ school the...
Olenka Hamilton
How the Gospel presents the choice offered to us by Christ’s crucifixion
september sees the feast of the exaltation of the cross, and as the newly elected prior (much to my astonishment) and new parish priest of h...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
The Catholic response to protest
piety and prayer may be more effective than demonstrations on the streets. in wareham, dorset, there is an anglican curate, the revd hilary ...
Gavin Ashenden
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