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If you are struggling with money as the New Year begins, you are not alone. Too many of us are using our credit cards as almost permanent extensions of our bank account, instead of as highly expensive loans. So, this year, think about how just small changes could help you. For example, simply deciding to...

My dear Darren I do hope you have now settled down in your first parish – although it is such a pity that you did not choose a more distinguished one. I know you feel your vocation lies in inner city work – whereas mine, fortunately, has always been to the better sort of rural...

Pensioners who eat at home alone are more likely to suffer from poor nutrition and health. So says new research. It has found strong links between dining solo and diets of poor quality, with fewer fruit, veg and meat. This can lead to weight loss and frailty. Researchers at Flinders University in Australia are instead highlighting...

We live in a world where we can expect the sun to rise tomorrow and the milk to pour out of the bottle when we tilt it over our cereal. But for God, the properties of matter and the biological processes that we know and read about in text-books are simply the usual ways He...

Are you wondering about which charities to support this year? Does it matter to you if your money is used wisely or not? If so, then Maedoc of Ferns is the patron saint for you this month. He certainly knew how to deal with people who would waste his money. Maedoc (d 626) was born...

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baka,they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion. (Psalm 84: 5-7) January can be a grim month!...

 Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), held each year on 27th January, marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. Under the Nazis, six million Jewish men, women and children were murdered, as well as millions of Gentiles. Holocaust Memorial Day also commemorates the more recent persecutions and slaughter in Cambodia, Rwanda,...

The international children’s charity World Vision has recently published a new research report, School meals in our words: Choosing our future, to demonstrate the positive ripple effect that meals at school are having on children’s lives across the globe. The report comes at a time when the World Food Programme has warned that, despite a...

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It is January, and the adverts for summer holidays are hitting our TV screens again. But have you ever considered a walking holiday with a spiritual side to it, here in the UK? If so, Journeying might be a website well worth visiting (https://www.journeying.co.uk). Travelling through beautiful landscapes to places where for centuries people have...

The Bible tells the story of Jesus and His disciples in a boat. The wind blows, the waves rise, and the disciples are stressed. Like them, we also get hit by storms in life. Like them, we can’t control what comes our way. But like them, we can know that Jesus is also with us....

The supermarket chain Tesco has reported a surge in demand for brightly coloured vegetables, from rainbow carrots to pink onions. The trend follows calls from nutritionists for people to ‘eat the rainbow’ of fruits and vegetables, so that they get the whole range of vitamins and minerals. Demand for rainbow carrots and pink onions is...