by Alvea Fernandes | Mar 21, 2022 | News, Blog post, Retreat, Reflection
Going on the retreat to Minster Abbey was an eye-opening experience. It was so interesting to learn about how monastic communities live, specifically Benedictine ones, and the impact that they have on the wider community. It was also refreshing to have time to focus...
by Alvea Fernandes | Nov 5, 2021 | Homilies, News, Mass
One of my fondest memories from my time as a graduate student in the 1990’s was sitting in Teddy Hall – St Edmund Hall – Middle Common Room talking with fellow students. Looking back on the conversations, I expect that I would disagree with some of what I...
by Alvea Fernandes | Oct 22, 2021 | News, Synod, Synod 2021-2023
AMDG Pope Francis has convoked a Synod of Bishops to take place in 2023. The topic he wants them to reflect on is how as a Church we walk alongside one another. A Synod is a gathering of members of the Church that can take place at different levels of the Church. The...
by Alvea Fernandes | Oct 17, 2021 | Homilies, Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy, News, Mass, Synod
Pope Francis has called on us all to engage in the discernment of the future direction of the Church, in a Universal Synod. Our Gospel values remain consistent, from age to age, just as Jesus is “the same yesterday, day and forever” and is the “Way, the Truth and the...
by Alvea Fernandes | Oct 9, 2021 | Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy, News, Mass, Covid-19
AMDG 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘 Thank you to all who took part in our recent COVID response survey. We hope that what’s proposed below will reassure those of you who are keen to minimise the risk of infection and encourage others that we hope to be as free of restrictions as we...
by Alvea Fernandes | Jun 16, 2021 | Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy, News, Chaplaincy Residents, Covid-19
Dear all, Thank you for booking a spot at the 11am Mass and farewell lunch for Fr Nick and Fr Ian. While we hoped to be out of isolation on Saturday, the University has strongly advised us to continue isolating until Sunday night. We are sorry to postpone the farewell...