In an atmosphere of great warmth but much sadness, and in defiance of the drizzle outside, Father Paul Chavasse was the principal celebrant at the Requiem Mass for Father Gregory Winterton, at the Birmingham Oratory, Edgbaston on Tuesday, 24 January [...]

Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS meets William Kaczynski, co-author of a new book, Fleeing from the Führer, A Postal History of Refugees from the Nazis, and talks to him, both in the city of his birth, Berlin, and in London, where the book was launched in November.

The Isle of Man was the first postal authority to issue a special set of London Olympic Games postage stamps in 2012. An engaging set of seven values and a cycling-themed miniature sheet went on sale just after midnight at 00.01a.m. on Sunday, 1 January 2012, at the main post office in the
capital, Douglas.

After the three important Pioneer Aviation Centenaries in India, Great Britain and South Africa during 2011, the centenary of pioneer flights in Great Britain during 2012 will not capture the headlines in the same way. They are nonetheless important to the development of both civil and military aviation in Great Britain as Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS, explains in this special report.

The body of Father Gregory Winterton, who died peacefully in the care of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Harborne, on Wednesday 18 January 2012, aged 89, was received by Father Paul Chavasse at the Hagley Road gates of [...]

My very dear friend Father Gregory Winterton, former Provost of the Birmingham Oratory and champion of the Cause for the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, died  peacefully at about 9.15am on Wednesday 18 January 2012, in the care of [...]

“The Catholics of Gaza are embattled as they are  such a small community.” That was the verdict of Bishop William Kenney CP, Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, a member of the 2012 Holy Land Co-Ordination, less than 24 hours after his [...]

The Isle of Man was the first postal authority to issue a special set of London Olympic Games postage stamps in 2012. An engaging set of seven values and a cycling-themed miniature sheet went on sale just after midnight at [...]

The Most Reverend Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham, was the principal celebrant and preacher at Christmas Midnight Mass, at the Metropolitan Cathedral & Basilica of St Chad, Birmingham. During his sermon Archbishop Bernard Longley said: “Looking at the tiny child [...]

Archbishop Bernard Longley celebrated and preached at Mass for the Little Sisters of the Poor, at St Joseph’s Home for retired people, in Birmingham, on Friday 23 December 2011. Fr Denis O’Connor MHM, Chaplain of St Joseph’s Home, Fr Dominic [...]

After the busyness of the last few weeks, and the last minute rush to prepare for Christmas, the day itself is precious.  Wherever we are, with family, in company or just by ourselves, Christmas day offers a moment to stop [...]

With our love and special prayers this Christmas. May God bless you today and always. Peter and Stella

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The Archbishop of Birmingham, the Most Reverend Bernard Longley, and the Anglican Bishop of Birmingham, Right Reverend David Urquhart, gave a joint blessing at the end of the City of Birmingham Christmas Carol Service, in Birmingham Cathedral, on Thursday, 15 [...]