New Year – Fr. Innocent Abonyi's pastoral Diary

The Story of Christmas and the New Year

Introduction There is surely no day during the year in the lives of Christians of several generations down to our own, that is better known, better loved and better celebrated than the 25th of December. […]

Prayers for various needs

Lord, we thank you for our mothers and the gift of their tenderness and understanding, their patience and thoughtfulness, their kindness and love. We can be so wilful, so thoughtless, so impatient, and so unkind; […]

Reflections

The idea of a Good Shepherd

Introduction: In this article, I hope to explore the Shepherd model of leadership as portrayed by the shepherd metaphor and this comes from my perspective as a catholic priest who by his calling is a Shepherd. […]

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Feast of the Ascension of the Lord

Today we celebrate the glorification of Jesus when God the Father raised him up in glory. Today, Jesus wants us to share in this glory. The feast of the ascension is one of the greatest […]

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Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Brixton, in this time of Lockdown and the Cancellation of Public Masses

Preamble: In his letter of 31st March, 2020, the Archbishop of Southwark, Most Reverend John Wilson, following the Prime Minister’s announcement, and the decision of the Bishop’s conference of England and Wales, directed that with […]

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The Role of Counselling in handling marriage issues today

A friend of mine once lamented to me: “When I and my wife first got married, I was amazed and pleased at how similar we were. We had identical senses of humour, liked and detested […]

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5th Sunday of Easter Year C

Love one another as I have loved you. This is Jesus’ remark at the banqueting table. Of all the commandments, this is the most important. It includes others. The only failure of a Christian is […]