by Fr Marcus Goulding | Sep 13, 2025 | Newsletter
Ask anyone under 30 if they know who Charlie Kirk is, and you’ll usually get an emphatic: “Oh yeah, he’s the TikTok guy!” By contrast, most people over 30 have no idea who he is. On Wednesday 10th September, Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Aug 15, 2025 | Homilies
When most people hear about the Ark of the Covenant, they think about the movie Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. The ark hunted by Indiana Jones was designed by God. God gave the design for the Ark of the Covenant to Moses at Mount Sinai. The Ark was a...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Aug 3, 2025 | Homilies
Rembrandt, The Rich Fool (c. 1627) In ancient Judaism, there were strict rules about inheritance. The book of Deuteronomy prescribes: “On the day when a man assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons… he shall acknowledge the first-born… by giving him a...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Jun 28, 2025 | Homilies
Bartolomeo Manfredi, Saints Peter and Paul (c. 1620) At birth, Peter was given the name Simon. Simon’s father was John and his brother was Andrew. Simon’s cousins were James and John. Simon and his family grew up in the town of Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee. By...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Jun 22, 2025 | Homilies
The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek (c. 1668), Juan Antonio de Frias y Escalante Melchizedek is one of the most mysterious figures of the Old Testament. Unlike other patriarchs, we are told neither of his genealogy nor his death. To understand the significance of...
