Education

Rome in England, England in Rome: A potted history of the Venerable English College

the problem of securing convenient yet affordable accommodation has confronted visitors to rome since at least the 14th century, when pilgri...
George Young

Oklahoma high court rules against Catholic school ‘evangelising’ with public dollars

oklahoma's supreme court has ruled against what would have been the first publicly funded religious charter school in the us. the high court...
The Catholic Herald

Potential pitfalls of Catholic Parish Summit’s evangelising spirit

if anyone is not familiar with the catholic parish summit, or the catholic ministry “divine renovation” that hosted the event, it was an int...
Heather Tomlinson

Bicentenary of first sermon by one of the greatest preachers in modern times: St John Henry Newman

two hundred years ago, on wednesday 23 june 1824, john henry newman preached his first sermon. not in oxford but seventeen miles north in th...
Paul Shrimpton

A bittersweet correspondence between Rainer Maria Rilke and his gardener friend

nick ripatrazone looks at letters around a garden by rainer maria rilke, written to his close friend antoinette, a gardener, a century ago. ...
Nick Ripatrazone

‘Little Englishmen’ in Portugal: a new book about the English College at Lisbon

the english college at lisbon 1622-1972 , by simon johnson gracewing, £25, 272 pages the relationship between britain and portugal is often ...
Deacon Stephen Morgan

Across the Thames: a new book about Southwark but not much about its Catholics

liberty over london bridge: a history of the people of southwark by margaret willes yale university press, £20, 304 pages the dead are inter...
Andrew Cusack

The curse of constant communication: Why can’t we just interact in person?

at about midnight, after a sleepless two hours of lying in bed listening to my baby coughing in his sleep over the monitor, i decided it was...
Olenka Hamilton

Recent discoveries highlight important role indigenous music played in Jesuits’ famous missionary zeal

the jesuits are renowned as hardened missionaries, establishing substantial missions in the likes of south america and the far east during p...
johnsloboda

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a terrible battle

tolerance is frequently assumed to be a virtue of the young. in the mass media, age is associated with crabbiness and narrowing of outlook, ...
Niall Gooch