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Cardinal Vincent Nichols

james — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:01:00 +0000

24 December Our final Wave of Hope reflection for Advent comes from the 11th Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols. Cardinal Vincent, after an incredibly memorable year, found goodness and hope in the pupils he met on a visit to a secondary school just before Advent. This inspired him to the central message of his reflection: “Reflect […]

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Archbishop John Wilson

james — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:01:00 +0000

23 December This Wave of Hope reflection for Advent comes from Archbishop John Wilson, Archbishop of Southwark. Archbishop John was particularly inspired by a primary school Advent carol service in St George’s Cathedral, with over 1,000 pupils celebrating Christ’s story in song, word and drama. “Let’s recapture this Christmas, the joy of what it is to come […]

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Professor Philip Booth

james — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:01:00 +0000

22 December This Wave of Hope reflection for Advent comes from Professor Philip Booth, Director of Policy and Research for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. Professor Booth finds hope in the words of Pope Benedict XVI, and specifically in his first encyclical letter: “On Christmas Day, 20 years ago, Pope Benedict XVI published an […]

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Father Stephen Wang

steve — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:01:00 +0000

21 December This Wave of Hope short reflection for Advent comes from Father Stephen Wang, Rector of the Venerable English College in Rome, one of the five seminaries training priests for England and Wales. Fr Stephen found signs of hope in three places this year. Firstly in witnessing the number of enthusiastic and faithful pilgrims […]

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Fleur Dorrell

steve — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 01:23:00 +0000

20 December This Wave of Hope reflection for Advent comes from Fleur Dorrell, Biblical Apostolate Manager for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. Fleur found hope in the hidden but important details that make up every stage of our lives – in family and friendships, in hospitality and community outreach in the places […]

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Father James Hanvey SJ

steve — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 01:01:00 +0000

19 December This Wave of Hope reflection for Advent comes from Father James Hanvey SJ, Secretary for the Service of Faith of the Society of Jesus. Fr Hanvey found hope in how people gathered in St Peter’s Square to pray for Pope Francis as he was dying: “It was a grace just to be one of the […]

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Dr Harry Hagopian

steve — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 01:00:00 +0000

18 December This Wave of Hope short Advent reflection comes from Dr Harry Hagopian, an international lawyer and a church consultant on the Middle East North Africa region and the Gulf States. “Hope is merely staying alive for most Palestinians today,” reflects Dr Hagopian, who hails originally from Jordan. “Hope is being able to preserve the property […]

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Alistair Dutton

steve — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 01:04:00 +0000

17 December This Wave of Hope reflection for Advent comes from Alistair Dutton, General Secretary of Caritas Internationalis. There were two aspects of the Jubilee Year of Hope that gave Alistair reason to be hopeful – the increasing role that women and young people are playing in the leadership and life of the Caritas Confederation, and the ‘Declaration […]

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Sr Gemma Simmonds CJ

steve — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 01:00:00 +0000

16 December This Wave of Hope short reflection for Advent comes from Sr Gemma Simmonds CJ, a sister of the Congregation of Jesus and a theologian working at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology in Cambridge. Sr Gemma shares how this year she found hope in the long-awaited union of the two branches of her congregation, which […]

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Bishop Jim Curry

steve — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 01:01:00 +0000

15 December This Wave of Hope reflection for Advent comes from Bishop Jim Curry, Lead Bishop for the Holy Land for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. Jesus was born into a mess, says Bishop Jim, but we should never lose hope that, in Him, the world can be different. “Jesus comes in order to […]

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