by Alvea Fernandes | Sep 29, 2023 | New to Oxford, Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy, News
Please join us in welcoming Fr Damian Howard SJ, the new Senior Chaplain at the Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy! A short introduction from Fr Damian: I was born and brought up in Surrey, just south of London. After studies in music and theology at Trinity...
by Alvea Fernandes | Feb 10, 2023 | Homilies, Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy, News
Your light will rise in the darkness. I am delighted to join you this morning at the Chaplaincy and to celebrate this Mass with you. I want to thank Fr Matthew for inviting me this term and also during this period when Pope Francis is calling us to walk together...
by Alvea Fernandes | Sep 24, 2022 | News, Blog post
Wednesday, 7th September: Fr Matthew is on his way to join about 20 Chaplaincy students and young adults on a pilgrimage to and in Italy. Over the next couple of weeks, they will be sharing their experiences on our social media. Please keep an eye out for those, and...
by Alvea Fernandes | Aug 10, 2022 | Blog post, News
I first heard about Lourdes when I was about 8 years old and a catechist at a children’s liturgy group introduced the class to the story of St. Bernadette and the miracles of the spring that Our Blessed Mother revealed to her. My excitement was...
by Alvea Fernandes | Aug 9, 2022 | News, Blog post
A poor, sick, but happy girl was gathering firewood by a stream. It was muddy; in a cave. She was fourteen, gathering firewood for two parents and eight siblings who all lived prayerfully in one room of a small house. They were in Lourdes, a town by the...
by Alvea Fernandes | Aug 8, 2022 | Blog post, News
This was my first time in Lourdes, and it has taken me days to reflect upon the graces that God and Mary gave us as a group, and me personally, during the week. I encountered Lourdes as a place where heaven is extraordinarily close to earth; whilst that...