In the News.

As we come to the end of the Octave of Christian Unity it seems apt to consider the ground breaking events that established the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Our brother Aidan Nichols preached at the first mass of Father Andrew Burnham and his homily can be found here.

This week is also cause for great celebration in Manila, as the Order celebrates the quadricentenary of the the University of Santo Tomas, one of the largest Catholic Universities in the world and one of the oldest outside Europe. The week long celebration will be capped by the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas. More information can be found here

Our Brothers in India have set up a vocations blog which gives a fascinating insight into the Order in the subcontinent and is well worth a browse.

Finally, the latest series of An Island Parish on BBC2 is focusing on Catholic life in the most southerly islands of the Outer Hebrides and the three priests that serve their communities. Readers in Great Britain can watch it on iPlayer