Remembrance Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/church/forces/remembrance/ England and Wales Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:23:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Remembrance Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/church/forces/remembrance/ 32 32 174395915 Remembrance Reflection 2025 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/remembrance-reflection-2025/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/remembrance-reflection-2025/#respond Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:22:15 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=112059 Fr Paul McCourt is a priest of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle who has spent a quarter of a century serving as an army chaplain. In this reflection for Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day, he talks about our remembrance observance as “an annual salute to that innate human instinct to protect peace and all […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/remembrance-reflection-2025/feed/ 0 112059 Our war dead must not fall into the trenches of our collective failing memory https://www.cbcew.org.uk/our-war-dead-must-not-fall-into-the-trenches-of-our-collective-failing-memory/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/our-war-dead-must-not-fall-into-the-trenches-of-our-collective-failing-memory/#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:09:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=97914 November is an important month of remembrance for Catholics and the Church. It starts with the solemnity of All Saints followed, on the next day, by ‘The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed’ – or All Souls as we call it. In many countries families visit graveyards and cemeteries in order to pray for and […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/our-war-dead-must-not-fall-into-the-trenches-of-our-collective-failing-memory/feed/ 0 97914 Remembrance reflection from Royal Navy chaplain Fr Samuel Burke OP https://www.cbcew.org.uk/remembrance-reflection-from-royal-navy-chaplain-fr-samuel-burke-op/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/remembrance-reflection-from-royal-navy-chaplain-fr-samuel-burke-op/#respond Sat, 11 Nov 2023 09:08:40 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=82180 Dominican friar Fr Samuel Burke OP is a chaplain in the Royal Navy currently serving on HMS Duncan in the Mediterranean. He gave a poignant reflection on remembrance and honouring our war dead on BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day. It was broadcast on 11 November 2023, Armistice Day, known also as Remembrance Day. […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/remembrance-reflection-from-royal-navy-chaplain-fr-samuel-burke-op/feed/ 0 82180 Forces Bishop’s Remembrance Sunday reflection https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-masons-remembrance-sunday-reflection/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-masons-remembrance-sunday-reflection/#respond Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:01:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=68521 On Remembrance Sunday, Bishop Paul Mason, the Catholic Bishop of the Forces, offers this reflection, highlighting two stories of heroism – one a sergeant, another a priest. Reflection November is the time in our national calendar when we solemnly remember those who lost their lives in battle defending our freedoms. For Catholics, November is also […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-masons-remembrance-sunday-reflection/feed/ 0 68521 Remembrance Sunday: Forces Bishop invites Catholics to pray for the dead at war memorials https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-mason-encourages-catholics-to-visit-war-memorials-to-pray-for-the-dead/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-mason-encourages-catholics-to-visit-war-memorials-to-pray-for-the-dead/#respond Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:28:51 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=68509 Ahead of Remembrance Sunday, Bishop Paul Mason, the Catholic Bishop of the Forces, has given a reflection, asking Catholics to visit war memorials up and down the country and pray for the dead. Clip In the message, which will be released in full on Remembrance Sunday, Bishop Mason said: “During this period of remembrance, find […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-mason-encourages-catholics-to-visit-war-memorials-to-pray-for-the-dead/feed/ 0 68509 Remembrance Sunday: “The fallen are our friends. We are the friends for whom they fell.” https://www.cbcew.org.uk/remembrance-sunday-reflection-2020/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/remembrance-sunday-reflection-2020/#respond Sat, 07 Nov 2020 21:40:40 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=50837 Bishop Paul Mason, Catholic Bishop of the Forces, gives us a thought-provoking reflection on remembrance, war memorials, prayer and what we learn from the “growing pains” of our shared history. +++ With the approach of Remembrance Sunday each year we no doubt become increasingly aware of the memorials to be found in so many of […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/remembrance-sunday-reflection-2020/feed/ 0 50837 Catholics in Bristol Commemorate the Battle of the Somme with all-night Vigil https://www.cbcew.org.uk/catholics-in-bristol-commemorate-the-battle-of-the-somme-with-all-night-vigil/ Mon, 06 Jun 2016 11:43:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/catholics-in-bristol-commemorate-the-battle-of-the-somme-with-all-night-vigil/ Somme 100

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]]> 35419 Remembrance Sunday https://www.cbcew.org.uk/remembrance-sunday/ Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:55:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/remembrance-sunday/ Remembrance Sunday

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