Isle of Wight monastery offers spiritual internships

In this fast-paced world, rife with distractions, there’s an opportunity for religious young people to “establish a lasting spiritual foundation” for their lives. An eight-week monastic internship is available to 18 to 25-year-olds at Quarr Abbey, a Catholic Benedictine Monastery on the Isle of Wight.

Josh Caminiti, a 23-year-old from Canada, who is about to start a new job as a business consultant in London, took part in the programme and shares his experience with the BBC in this video.

Youth 2000 Walsingham Festival

No plans for the August Bank Holiday Weekend? It’s not too late to book your place for the Walsingham Festival 2019! (Subsidised places available for 1st timers). Taking place from Thursday 22nd – Monday 26th August 2019 at the Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk.

Have you ever asked the big questions: “Is there more to life than this?” or “Does God really care about me?” This is the start of the journey to hope! This year’s Walsingham Summer Festival is an opportunity to discover a Person to hope in – Jesus Christ – who is faithful to his promise that he will be with us until the end.

Please visit www.walsinghamfestival.org for more information and to book your place.

New Priest for Shrewsbury Diocese

Congratulations and prayers for Fr Owen Gallagher, the newest priest of the Diocese of Shrewsbury, who was ordained on Saturday 13th July at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Woodchurch, the Wirral, by Bishop Mark Davies. May the Lord bless Fr Owen in his ministry!

If you are considering the priesthood and live in Shrewsbury Diocese, Bishop Mark warmly invites you to take part in a discernment year at Shrewsbury Cathedral. Please click here to watch an informative short film about the year.

Eleven Deacons Ordained at Oscott

St Mary’s College, Oscott was filled with joy on Saturday 29th June as eleven new deacons were appointed. His Grace, Archbishop Bernard Longley, led the Diaconate Ordinations in front of the deacons’ family, friends and supporters in a packed chapel.

The new deacons represent dioceses across the UK. Let us pray for the deacons, and that the Lord will continue to send labourers to the harvest. Please visit www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/news to read about some of the men who were ordained.

The Path to Priesthood – Rome to Birmingham

Three deacons who studied in Rome at the Venerable English College stand on the threshold of the priesthood after seven years of formation. It’s a long journey with many twists and turns but in this conversation, John Waters interviews fellow priests-to-be Ryan Service and Marco Egawhary in this video as they prepare for a July Ordination to serve the people of the Archdiocese of Birmingham.