Top author backs CAFOD project

CAFOD has launched a new creative writing project for young people, with the intention of capturing their thoughts and feelings as we emerge from the Covid-19 lockdown as part of the Catholic aid agency’s Summer of Hope campaign. Award-winning Catholic author Frank Cottrell-Boyce is supporting the project. To take part, young people need to say... Read More

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June 20, 2020

Music: Moving Images by Jamie Lawson

Jamie Lawson, the Ivor Novello award-winning singer-songwriter behind the international hit Wasn’t Expecting That, begins his next chapter with an impassioned new EP, Moving Images, writes Nick Benson. When British singer-songwriter Jamie Lawson was left in a panic after a first anniversary present he organised for his wife didn’t show up, his solution was to... Read More

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June 13, 2020

Clare Balding: I’m addicted to The Chase – it’s my reward every day!

Broadcaster Clare Balding talks fitness, dogs, and rewatching London 2012 in lockdown, with Luke Rix-Standing. If you have owned a TV set at any point over the last two decades, you’ll probably know that Clare Balding is usually seen rushing between sports events, interviewing superstars, and mingling in grandstands filled with fans. Now ensconced in... Read More

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June 8, 2020

Meghan Markle urges Catholic high school graduates to help rebuild nation

Meghan Markle virtually returned to her alma mater, Immaculate Heart of Mary High School in Los Angeles, for a surprise graduation speech. The six-minute address by the Duchess of Sussex focused on the current moment in the country amid protests against racial injustice following the death of George Floyd on 25th May. She said the... Read More

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May 20, 2020

Irish Catholic footballer recalls asking staff to bin hate mail he received following Rangers move

A Catholic footballer has revealed that he received so much hate mail when he joined Glasgow Rangers that he had to ask the club’s front desk staff to open and bin them. Jon Daly became one of the first high-profile Catholic players from the Republic of Ireland to play for Rangers when he moved there... Read More

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May 13, 2020

Dermot O’Leary backs appeal to help poorest beat Covid-19

Catholic TV and radio presenter Dermot O’Leary has urged the British public to donate to a coronavirus appeal for people living in some of the poorest countries in the world. The X Factor host is backing UK aid agency CAFOD’s fundraising campaign so that those in developing countries hit by the pandemic “get some of... Read More

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May 12, 2020

Suffolk friar happy to take on TV show’s fearsome ‘Chasers’

A Suffolk Augustine friar was among the first to take on the feared Chasers in new ITV quiz show Beat the Chasers. Fr George Donaghy (OSA), who is based at Clare Priory in Suffolk, took to the stage in the first-ever edition of the new show, broadcast on 27th April, but which was filmed at... Read More

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May 8, 2020

Join Carly Paoli for VE Day Singalong at 6pm this evening

Carly Paoli the British soprano Pope Francis described as having “the voice of an angel”, will turn back the musical clock today, Friday 8th May, to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of VE Day with a very special VE Day Singalong. With a nationwide singalong of We’ll Meet Again taking place this evening following the Queen’s address... Read More

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May 8, 2020

Lucy Alexander: ‘There’s a budding entrepreneur in everybody’

Lucy Alexander talks to Gemma Dunn about hit daytime show, The Customer Is Always Right. The Customer Is Always Right is back for a second series and with creativity sparked in the home, what better time to feel inspired? The BBC One daytime show, presented by former Homes Under The Hammer star Lucy Alexander, sees... Read More

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May 6, 2020

NFL coach remembered as unassuming, daily Massgoing man

Miami Dolphins fans knew Don Shula for his success on the field. But those blessed to see Shula off the field knew that he was every bit as successful in his Catholic faith. He just wouldn’t show it. “What impressed me the most was that he did not lord it over people,” said Fr Juan... Read More

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Top author backs CAFOD project

Music: Moving Images by Jamie Lawson

Clare Balding: I’m addicted to The Chase – it’s my reward every day!

Meghan Markle urges Catholic high school graduates to help rebuild nation

Irish Catholic footballer recalls asking staff to bin hate mail he received following Rangers move

Dermot O’Leary backs appeal to help poorest beat Covid-19

Suffolk friar happy to take on TV show’s fearsome ‘Chasers’

Join Carly Paoli for VE Day Singalong at 6pm this evening

Lucy Alexander: ‘There’s a budding entrepreneur in everybody’

NFL coach remembered as unassuming, daily Massgoing man

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