Diocese of Westminster
Annual Report & Accounts 2019
Hope in the Community ‘For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or the darkness...Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.’ -1 Thessolonians 5:5, 11
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The diocese is made up of many communities that keep the light of Christ aglow and offer hope to their members every day in all circumstances. Through parishes, chaplaincies, and other faith groups lay Catholics and clergy support, minister to, and become kindly lights to each other. Together they provide welcome to the strangers who come amongst them and reach out in partnership with ecumenical and interfaith communities to support the good of the wider society to which they belong.
Annual Migrants’ Mass celebrating the ethnic diversity and contribution to society of London Catholics. Many of these Catholics play an important part in providing care in NHS hospitals and the social care sector. Parishioners of Ss Michael and Martin, Hounslow and members of the Ghanaian Association in Hounslow are among the many groups attending in their national costumes.
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Over 600 couples celebrating significant wedding anniversaries in 2019 joined Cardinal Vincent Nichols in June for the Annual Mass for Matrimony in Westminster Cathedral to renew their vows. The Mass is organised by the office for Marriage and Family Life who work to support married couples and those preparing for marriage.
