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Manresa Link, Prayer Training Course

PRAYER GUIDE TRAINING COURSE 2026 This course is designed to enable you to begin guiding/accompanying others as they take part in Ignatian-based retreats. It has been continuously evolving since the first such training in Birmingham that was introduced by Fr Gerry Hughes, SJ and associates in the late 1980s. It is a starter course which … Read more

Archbishop Bernard Longley

Prayerful congratulations to Archbishop Bernard Longley, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham, who has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV to two Vatican Dicasteries (departments in the central administrative function of the Catholic Church). Archbishop Bernard is to serve as a member of both the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity. Responding to … Read more

Disability Awareness Sunday

This year Disability Awareness Sunday falls on Sunday 28th September, or other Sunday to suit your Church and resources are available now from Through the Roof. The theme for 2025 is ‘Made in God’s Image’. This year’s theme reminds us that every person, disabled or not, reflects the image of God. What resources are available? … Read more

Together 2025

‘Together 2025,’ the main Salvation Army gathering in the UK this year, will take place in Birmingham over the weekend of Friday 11 to Sunday 13 July.  Under the theme ‘Mission 160: From Generation to Generation,’ the congress will focus on the call to share God’s goodness with each generation (Psalm 79:13), telling of his … Read more

Crisis in Gaza

In response to the ongoing crisis in Gaza, senior British Church leaders have been making strong statements – and issuing calls to prayer and action. _________ At their annual conference in London in late May, Quakers in Britain became the first British church to state their belief that the Israeli government is committing genocide in … Read more

We Believe: Prayer Resources on the Nicene Creed

The Church of England has produced ‘We Believe’ resources on the Nicene Creed. Below is a webinar talking you through these resources. 2025 marks the 1700th anniversary of the original development of the Nicene Creed. To celebrate this, a variety of resources have been produced for the use of churches, groups and individuals.   Church … Read more

The First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea

2025 marks the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council, which took place in Nicaea (Modern Izmir, Turkey) in the summer of 325AD. Around 300 bishops from the known world of the day were invited by Roman Emperor Constantine to discuss and settle disputes over doctrine and behaviour within the Church. The outcomes of the … Read more

City Centre Pilgrimage

During the international Catholic ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ Jubilee Year, social action agency Father Hudson’s Caritas has developed a ‘Pilgrimage of Hope’ embracing ten locations around Birmingham City Centre. The pilgrimage will be launched between 11.00am and 3.00pm on Thursday 3 July, when refreshments will be available in the Grimshaw Room of St Chad’s Cathedral and … Read more

Refugee Week 2025: Community as a Superpower

Refugee Week takes place from the 16th – 22nd June 2025. The theme for 2025 is Community as a Superpower and you can hear more about it in the video below.   Here are a number of events taking place that you can get involved with.   17th June: Film Night at the Priory Rooms, … Read more

Nicaea 1700 pilgrimage

Senior West Midlands Church leaders were among the participants in the three-day pilgrimage that took place from Monday 28 to Wednesday 30 July 2025 inclusive. The 28-mile walk was organised to mark the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, which brought together around 300 bishops over a ten-week period in the summer … Read more