Pope Francis’ appoints a new Bishop
Pope Francis has appointed Canon David James Oakley as the thirteenth Bishop of Northampton. Bishop-elect Oakley served as Rector of St Mary’s College Oscott, a seminary in Birmingham for training priests for ministry in England and Wales, since February 2013. He succeeds the Right Reverend Peter Doyle whom he described as “a wonderful spiritual father and great pastor in Northampton”.
Bishop Doyle has worked closely with Bishop-elect Oakley during his seven years as rector of the seminary at Oscott, and knows him to be a man of faith and prayer, and a pastoral priest and wise teacher.
News and events from across the diocese
HOPE: Prayers and reflections for the first week of Advent
A Reflection and Prayer on the theme of HOPE by Fiona Hutchings, chaplain at St Boniface School. I have always found November a challenging month as the days get shorter and darker and we focus on praying for those who have died and remembering especially those...
A Reflection For The First Sunday Of Advent By Monsignor Robert Draper
Sunday 3rd December First Sunday of Advent Is 63:16-17; 64:1, 3-8 Ps79 1Cor 1:3-9 Mk 13:33-37 The origin of the word human comes through Latin from the word for earth or soil. So when Isaiah says: “You are the potter, we are the clay” he is being accurate as well as...
A video message for Advent from our Diocesan Administrator Canon Paul Cummins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb3kgbINCL0&feature=youtu.be
