A light shines forth from the Ribble Valley
Like the star that guided the Magi, the Christian Heritage Centre’s mission is to offer a navigational marker in today’s culture to those seeking God.
Category: Articles
Leo XIII’s historic encyclical offers own solutions to today’s problems
Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical addressed new and profound societal changes with the long-standing wisdom and doctrine of the Catholic Church. Today’s leaders need to understand such encyclicals in order to be able to provide a Christian leadership.
Christians must fight against post-modernism
Authentic flourishing rests on our two capacities for faith and for reason. If modernism rejected the place of faith in society, post-modernism now rejects the notion of universal truth.
Ritual and worship: signs, symbols and realities in the liturgy
The Stonyhurst Collections are a rich resource in learning about the importance of signs and symbols in the Church’s liturgy.
Communicating the faith through stories of the saints and martyrs
Sr Emanuela Edwards looks at storytelling and its importance, even in our hi-tech digital age, for communicating the faith.
Sacred places that speak of the Catholic Faith throughout the ages
In a landscape littered with religious sites, Stefan Kaminski considers the nature of the faith that served as a constant driving force for each of these differing enterprises.
Culture is the dimension in which our faith is brought to life
The concern of our “heritage centre” is to enable today’s society to read the Christian roots in the culture that underpins our heritage.
Finished? Theodore House has only just got started on its main mission
With the completion of Theodore House, Lord Alton considers the never-ending nature of any educational project, which can only have its final end in our Heavenly home.
Easter notes: How his Catholic faith fired Tolkien’s imagination
Tolkien’s imagination was profoundly informed by his Catholic faith. His Middle-Earth saga offers some insightful reflections that are particularly appropriate for Easter.
School first: How St Thomas More saw the primacy of education
Graham Hutton examines St Thomas More’s view of education, and how he provided a scholarly and virtuous upbringing for his children.