President Obama is quite
 wrong about the Crusades

The Emirate of Córdoba

Sorry to say so, but either the President could do with an intensive course in world history, or he was being deliberately disingenuous when, at the National Prayer Breakfast, he claimed that the Crusades and the Inquisition are somehow the moral equivalent of the Islamic State’s barbarism in Syria and Iraq.

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 wrong about the Crusades

The Sermon for Sunday Feb 15th – Quinquagesima

Fr Hawtin

Here is the sermon for Sunday Feb 15th: Quinquagesima, 2015

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXVI No 6

Quinquagesima Sunday: the Sunday Next before Lent

O Lord, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth: Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee. Grant this for thine only Son Jesus . . . → Read More: Quinquagesima Sunday: the Sunday Next before Lent

Saint Valentine

Saint Valentine baptizing saint Lucilla

Saint Valentine baptizing Saint Lucilla by Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo da Ponte) (1510—1592). Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Almighty God, by whose grace and power thy holy Martyr Valentine triumphed over suffering and despised death: Grant, we beseech the, that enduring hardness and waxing valiant in fight, we may with . . . → Read More: Saint Valentine

Parish Life Committee meeting

The minutes from the February 10th meeting of the Parish Life Committee are now available. You can find the minutes from earlier meetings in the Parish Life Committee archive.

Beginning-of-Lent Events and Services

Shrove Tuesday Pancake & Sausage Supper

Prepare for Lent by joining us for our Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake & Sausage Supper on 17 February at 5.00 PM. These famous suppers are not only gastronomic events, they are also real inflation fighters. The price has remained unchanged for 26 years. We challenge you to find . . . → Read More: Beginning-of-Lent Events and Services

Explore the foundations of the Christian Faith

HBO's Rome: poster

The first five books of the Old Testament are known to the Jewish people as The Torah. The Church refers to them as the “Books of Moses. Surprisingly, perhaps, few Christians today study them in the depth they deserve. This is a pity, for they are the very foundation of our Faith.

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Saint Scholastica

Kleinmariazell Altar Scholastica

Saint Scholastica Altar in the Kleinmariazell, Wienerwald, Austria

Blessed be thou, O Heavenly Father, for thy holy Virgin Saint Scholastica, who sought in this life to walk before thee with a perfect heart and now with all the redeemed rejoiceth eternally; through the merits and grace of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, . . . → Read More: Saint Scholastica

Saint Teilo

Celtic Cross

Almighty and most merciful Lord, who didst encourage the Church by the example of thy holy Bishop and Confessor Saint Teilo: Grant unto us thy servants that, remembering the victory of his faith, we too may learn to overcome the world and to glorify thy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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