Dr Gianna Emanuela Molla, MD, is the last daughter of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla and Pietro Molla. Her Saint mother sacrificed her own life to give her life. She is the Co-Founder of the 'Saint Gianna Beretta Molla and Pietro Molla Foundation', a Non-Profit Corporation which aims to honour, perpetuate and spread around the world the example, testimony and spirituality of Saint Gianna and her saintly spouse Pietro.
Dr Gianna Emanuela Molla, MD, is the last daughter of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla and Pietro Molla. Her Saint mother sacrificed her own life to give her life. She is the Co-Founder of the 'Saint Gianna Beretta Molla and Pietro Molla Foundation', a Non-Profit Corporation which aims to honour, perpetuate and spread around the world the example, testimony and spirituality of Saint Gianna and her saintly spouse Pietro.
Fr Paul Murray is an Irish Dominican friar who lives in Rome where for many years he taught courses at the Angelicum University on the literature of the Western mystical tradition.
Fr Paul Murray is an Irish Dominican friar who lives in Rome where for many years he taught courses at the Angelicum University on the literature of the Western mystical tradition.
From 2001 to 2005 he was Vice Rector of the University and, in 2007, he was elected President of the Institute of Spirituality and re-elected in 2009. Father Murray's books, 21 in all, including 6 books of poetry, are in the general field of spirituality and literature. He is a Fellow of the Word On Fire Institute.
From 2001 to 2005 he was Vice Rector of the University and, in 2007, he was elected President of the Institute of Spirituality and re-elected in 2009. Father Murray's books, 21 in all, including 6 books of poetry, are in the general field of spirituality and literature. He is a Fellow of the Word On Fire Institute.
Sir James MacMillan is one of today’s most successful composers and performs internationally as a conductor. His musical language is flooded with influences from his Scottish heritage, Catholic faith, social conscience and close connection with Celtic folk music, and is distinctive for its rhythmic excitement and powerful emotional communication.
Sir James MacMillan is one of today’s most successful composers and performs internationally as a conductor. His musical language is flooded with influences from his Scottish heritage, Catholic faith, social conscience and close connection with Celtic folk music, and is distinctive for its rhythmic excitement and powerful emotional communication.
The Southwell Consort is the Latin Mass Society’s mixed-voice consort in London, specialising in Renaissance polyphony and Gregorian chant.
The Southwell Consort is the Latin Mass Society’s mixed-voice consort in London, specialising in Renaissance polyphony and Gregorian chant.
They sing regular services in Corpus Christi Maiden Lane. A mix of professional and accomplished amateur early music specialists, they bring deep understanding to the repertoire and liturgy.
They sing regular services in Corpus Christi Maiden Lane. A mix of professional and accomplished amateur early music specialists, they bring deep understanding to the repertoire and liturgy.
Fr. Patrick van der Vorst is the founder of Christian.Art and a priest of Westminster Archdiocese. Born and raised in Bruges, he became the Director of Sotheby’s Europe and worked for 25 years in the art world.
Fr. Patrick van der Vorst is the founder of Christian.Art and a priest of Westminster Archdiocese. Born and raised in Bruges, he became the Director of Sotheby’s Europe and worked for 25 years in the art world.
Through his reflections for Christian.Art, he combines his knowledge of the arts with the Gospel and the website now has 70,000 daily readers.
Through his reflections for Christian.Art, he combines his knowledge of the arts with the Gospel and the website now has 70,000 daily readers.
Fr Toby Lees OP is a Catholic priest and member of the Order of Preachers (known as the Dominicans). He currently serves as Priest Director of Radio Maria England and is Promoter of Vocations for the English Province. He is passionate about the role of media in creating a culture in which we can flourish humanly and grow in faith.
Fr Toby Lees OP is a Catholic priest and member of the Order of Preachers (known as the Dominicans). He currently serves as Priest Director of Radio Maria England and is Promoter of Vocations for the English Province. He is passionate about the role of media in creating a culture in which we can flourish humanly and grow in faith.
Archbishop Bernard Longley is the Archbishop of Birmingham. Born in Manchester, he was was ordained bishop in 2003. He taught dogmatic theology and has held many roles in Ecumenism and Interreligious Affairs.
Archbishop Bernard Longley is the Archbishop of Birmingham. Born in Manchester, he was was ordained bishop in 2003. He taught dogmatic theology and has held many roles in Ecumenism and Interreligious Affairs.
Pope Benedict appointed Archbishop Longley as a member of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization and as the co-Chairman of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC).
Pope Benedict appointed Archbishop Longley as a member of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization and as the co-Chairman of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC).
John Pridmore grew up in the east end of London and following his parents divorce at ten, he started getting into trouble, ending up in a young offenders prison. By his 20s he’d become a violent East End gangster and lived the classic gangster lifestyle until one night, outside a nightclub, he nearly killed a man. Then something extraordinary happened. He went from a life of darkness to working with people like Mother Teresa and helping young people in the Bronx escape from gang life and discover their gifts and talents. His true-crime biography 'From Gangland to Promised Land' has become an international best-seller and is available in many different languages.
John Pridmore grew up in the east end of London and following his parents divorce at ten, he started getting into trouble, ending up in a young offenders prison. By his 20s he’d become a violent East End gangster and lived the classic gangster lifestyle until one night, outside a nightclub, he nearly killed a man. Then something extraordinary happened. He went from a life of darkness to working with people like Mother Teresa and helping young people in the Bronx escape from gang life and discover their gifts and talents. His true-crime biography 'From Gangland to Promised Land' has become an international best-seller and is available in many different languages.
Archbishop John Wilson is the Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark. Before becoming Archbishop he served as a Lecturer in moral theology and later as the Vice Rector of St Cuthbert’s Seminary, Ushaw College, after which he was the Episcopal Vicar for Evangelisation in the Diocese of Leeds and then was elected Administrator of the Diocese.
Archbishop John Wilson is the Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark. Before becoming Archbishop he served as a Lecturer in moral theology and later as the Vice Rector of St Cuthbert’s Seminary, Ushaw College, after which he was the Episcopal Vicar for Evangelisation in the Diocese of Leeds and then was elected Administrator of the Diocese.
In 2015, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster and Titular Bishop of Lindisfarne by Pope Francis and in 2019 was appointed Archbishop of Southwark.
In 2015, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster and Titular Bishop of Lindisfarne by Pope Francis and in 2019 was appointed Archbishop of Southwark.
Archbishop Mark is the Archbishop of Cardiff-Menevia. He is the former Rector of Allen Hall Seminary and was ordained the Ninth Bishop of Plymouth in 2014. He serves as the Chair of the Department for Evangelisation and Discipleship in the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.
He was installed as Archbishop of Cardiff and as Bishop of Menevia, and with the two dioceses formally united in 2024, he became the first Archbishop of Cardiff-Menevia.
The Right Reverend David Oakley is the current Bishop of Northampton. He has dedicated much of his ministry to parish life, which he considers his "natural habitat." He has a Master of Education in catechetics from the Maryvale Institute, a PhD in Pastoral Theology and he served as Rector of St Mary's College, Oscott, from 2013 to 2020.
In 2024, he was appointed Chair of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales' Department for Evangelisation and Discipleship, reflecting his commitment to deepening the Church's missionary outreach and catechetical formation.
Bishop David Waller is the Bishop Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. He is the first Bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, which exists to enable the return of Anglicans to the Catholic faith and the evangelisation of England, Wales and Scotland.
The Right Reverend Kenneth Nowakowski was appointed upon the recommendation of His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, by His Holiness Pope Francis, as the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy (Diocese) of the Holy Family of London and was enthroned its bishop in March 2020.
His family immigrated to Canada from Ukraine in the 1890’s. He was formerly the Bishop of the Eparchy (Diocese) of New Westminster for Ukrainians in British Columbia and Yukon, Canada.
Bishop Nicholas Hudson is an Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Westminster. He has particular pastoral responsibility for the parishes of East and Central London in the Deaneries of Camden, Hackney, Islington, Marylebone, Tower Hamlets and Westminster; and oversight in the Diocese of Evangelisation, Catechesis, Marriage & Family Life, Justice & Peace, and Young People.
He is the Chair of the Department for International Affairs and Chair of the Holy Land Coordination.
Bishop Timothy Menezes is the Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham and the Chair of Trustees of the Kenelm Youth Trust. The former Dean of St Chad's Cathedral, Bishop Timothy was appointed bishop by Pope Francis in 2024.
His key responsibilities as a bishop are to strengthen Catholic life in the pastoral area, represent the Archbishop locally and facilitate initiatives to strengthen and encourage the life of deaneries and parishes.
Br John Church OP is a deacon in his final year of studies at Blackfriars, Oxford and is preparing for priestly ordination in early July. He runs the Dominican Young Adults programme, a network of events aimed at the theological formation of young adults.
Carlos Ballester is the brother of Servant of God Pedro Ballester. You can find out more about Pedro at pedroballester.org.uk
Delphine Chui is an award-winning editor, speaker, and founder of the befriending charity CareDogs. A former magazine journalist and Catholic revert, she’s passionate about creating relatable content to help Millennials and Gen Z live out authentic Christianity in today’s world.
Dr Matthew Ward is a composer, performer and teacher of music. He has many years experience as a choral director and singer, as orchestral conductor and cellist. His doctoral work was in twelfth-century chant and he has taught music from secondary to Masters level, whilst publishing and lecturing on various subjects around liturgical music. This year the CTS have published a volume of Matthew's responsorial psalm settings for the three-year cycle of the Catholic Church's revised lectionary.
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French-born (1971) British author Armand de Malleray grew up in the Loire Valley. He taught French at the military academy in Budapest, Hungary, before joining the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter in Bavaria, where he was ordained in 2001. Since 2008, he has been the editor of 'Dowry,' the quarterly magazine of his Fraternity in the UK & Ireland. Fr de Malleray has been chaplain to the international 'Juventutem' youth movement since its inception in 2004. He is the author of ten books about the Eucharist, Our Lady, the priesthood, the sacred liturgy, and Catholic paintings.
Fr. Bernard Marie Murphy, CFR is a former General Servant (Superior) of the Community of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, a relatively new Franciscan community established in 1987 under the patronage of the late John Cardinal O’Connor, Archbishop of New York. Prior to his position of General Servant, Fr. Bernard served as Vocation Director, Postulant Director, and Novice Master. Initially entering religious life in 1980 as a brother in another community, Fr. Bernard transferred to the Friars in 1993 and was ordained a priest in 1998.
Fr Emmanuel is a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal and a popular Catholic speaker. After years of ministry in the US, he has returned to his homeland and is based at St Pio Friary, Bradford. After a life-changing encounter with God at a charismatic retreat as a young man, Fr Emmanuel signed up to serve with NET Ministries from 1995-1998, before joining the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal.
Father Guy Nicholls is a priest of the Birmingham Oratory and the Founder and Director of the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music, and a Lecturer at Oscott College, the Birmingham Diocesan Seminary. He has co-authored a volume on St John Henry Newman as an educator in the Continuum Library of educational Thought, and has contributed articles to many journals on a wide variety of liturgical subjects. He recently published a book on Cardinal Newman’s aesthetics, Unearthly Beauty.
Father Mark Baron, MIC, is the Director of the Association of Marian Helpers (“Father Joseph, MIC”) for the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the United States and Canada. Since assuming his current position in January 2024, Fr. Mark has been a fixture on social media, offering a series on the Jubilee Year of Hope, and praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet for the dying every Friday at 3:00 p.m. ET on Facebook (@DivineMercyOfficial), Instagram (@thedivinemercy), and on our dedicated streaming site, DivineMercyPlus.org.
Fr Halsall is a priest of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, and presently serves as Episcopal Vicar for Vocations & Formation, covering England, Scotland, and Wales. Fr Halsall's recent book - Creation and Beauty in Tolkien's Catholic Vision - explores the philosophical themes in Tolkien's crafted creation narratives, alongside those of the Christian tradition.
Born in Stratford, East London, Fr Paschal Uche is from a Nigerian British home. The "best of both worlds" has informed his spirituality and history. Fr Paschal studied at the University of Nottingham before discerning a call to the priesthood, leading him to join seminary at St Mary’s College, Oscott. Now, as a Catholic Priest working in the Brentwood Diocese, Fr Paschal continues to share his passion for Jesus Christ and His Church.
Fr Peter Hunter OP, originally from South Africa, currently lives in Kingston, Jamaica where he teaches philosophy and theology at St Michael’s Seminary. He studied mathematics in Cambridge, and philosophy and theology at Oxford, before obtaining a doctorate in philosophy from King’s College, University of London.
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP is the prior and parish priest of Holy Cross, Leicester, and he teaches Scripture and New Testament Greek at Blackfriars, Oxford. After completing his undergraduate and masters at Oxford, he finished his doctorate there on the Letter to the Hebrews. He also travels widely as a speaker and retreat giver.
Fr Simon Gaine OP is a professor at the Angelicum, Rome, where teaches in the Theology Faculty of the Pontifical University of St Thomas. He holds the Pinckaers Chair in Theological Anthropology and Ethics in the Angelicum Thomistic Institute and is a member of the Vatican’s International Theological Commission.
Greg Finn leads The Mark 10 Mission, a Catholic charity created to lead children and young people to Jesus. For the last five years, Greg and his team have created nearly five hundred videos to share the Gospel with children. Greg believes passionately in the power of sharing scripture with children and helping them to treasure it in their hearts.
Dr. Hannah Vaughan-Spruce is Executive Director of Global Mission at Divine Renovation, a Catholic ministry inspiring and equipping parishes around the world to become mission-focused. She has published a number of books, including co-authoring, 'Why Catholics Leave, What They Miss and How They Might Return', 'Handbook for Catechists' and the forthcoming 'After Secularisation: The Present and Future of British Catholicism'. She is a consecrated virgin based in the Diocese of Plymouth, UK.
Hermione Thomas is a vocalist and musical director who has been performing and teaching for the past 20 years. She was the founding director of two gospel choirs in Surrey, Godalming Community Gospel Choir and Joyful Chorus Gospel Choir, serving the local community, appearing on television and radio, and winning multiple awards.
Hermione has ministered through music in worship teams, as a soloist and in her parish. Bringing people to the Lord and to deeper faith through music is her greatest passion.
Jenny Sinclair is Founder and Director of Together for the Common Good (T4CG), a UK Christian charity dedicated to spiritual and civic renewal. Drawing on Catholic Social Thought, T4CG resources leaders and churches across all denominations, as well as schools and charities, to read the signs of the times and play their part for the common good. Jenny writes and speaks about the vocation of the church in society, and is also co-host of Leaving Egypt, a transatlantic podcast exploring what it means to be God’s people in times of unravelling.
Jo Stow is Project Leader for Common Good Schools, a 10-week programme for 11-16 year olds rooted in Catholic Social Teaching principles focused on the neighbourhood. Helping young people develop skills in taking responsibility and building relationships, it enhances the Catholic Life of the school and connects discipleship with the real world. This is an initiative of Together for the Common Good (T4CG).
Joanna Bogle is a writer, lecturer and broadcaster, author of some 20 books. She lectures with the Maryvale Institute, leads regular Catholic History Walks around London, and broadcasts each week with Radio Maria. Her next projects include a book on the story of Saxon princesses who helped to establish Christianity in England in the 6th and 7th centuries.
Originally from Essex, Jordan is now based in Sheffield with his wife, Ali, and their two children. He carries a deep call to see the Church become who she truly is and to equip others to step more fully into the mission of sharing the Good News of Jesus. He is the Regional Lead for Divine Renovation in the UK, serves with the Encounter School of Ministry, and is a member of One Hope Project.
Kerri Christopher is a writer, speaker, life consultant, and occasional professor of theology living in Oxfordshire, UK. She has taught at universities in the U.S. & U.K. and also serves as director of the Humanum Institute. After realizing how many of her students had trouble with decision-making, Kerri founded Clarity Life Consulting to help individuals learn to discern well, discover their priorities, and make better plans to move forward with purpose and peace.
Lauren Heithaus is the founder of Hidden Catholic, a UK-based initiative dedicated to uncovering the rich, often-hidden Catholic heritage of England. After a decade in the tech industry, Lauren followed a calling to create immersive experiences that blend history, faith, and storytelling. Through pilgrimages, guided tours, family resources, and media, she invites others to rediscover the saints, sites, and stories that shaped Catholic England.
Martin Earle is a Catholic artist specialising in works for churches and the liturgy. As well as painting in egg tempera and gilt, he carves in wood and stone, makes mosaics, and create designs for other makers to execute. Working firmly within the traditions of Christian iconography, his aim is to create liturgical artworks that profess ‘The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory’.
A priest from the East End of London, Msgr Armitage has spent decades working in evangelisation in the UK and is a popular Catholic speaker. He served as the Vicar General for the Diocese of Brentwood before serving as the Rector of the National Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham from 2014 to 2020. He now serves as parish priest of St Margaret's Canning Town and as the Master of the Guild of Our Lady of Ransom.
Monsignor Dr Michael Nazir-Ali is now a member of the Ordinariate in the Catholic Church and Prelate to the Holy See. He was the 106th Anglican Bishop of Rochester until 2009 and before that he was the Bishop of Raiwind in Pakistan.
From 1999 was a member of the House of Lords where he was active in a number of areas of national and international concern. He is now President of the Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue (OXTRAD).
We long to see the world filled with the praises of God and people in the church inspired and equipped to live out a life of worship to Jesus. Our mission is to encourage fresh expressions of worship in the Catholic Church and we do this by encouraging Spirit filled worship, cultivating creativity and helping grow community in the emerging generation.
Phil McCarthy is a retired GP and former CEO of Caritas Social Action Network. Having walked to Rome and Istanbul he now leads a project called 'Hearts in Search of God' to promote walking pilgrimage in England & Wales by developing pilgrim ways between each Cathedral and one or more shrines in the same diocese.
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Pierpaolo Finaldi is the CEO and Publisher of The Catholic Truth Society, Master of the Catholic Writers' Guild, a regular speaker on family issues, a Catholic Herald top 100 trailblazer Catholic, host of the 'Into The Truth' podcast, a husband and father of seven.
Jacob Phillips is Professor of Systematic Theology at St Mary's University, Twickenham. His most recent books include John Henry Newman and the English Sensibility: Distant Scene, and Obedience is Freedom. He contributes regularly to The Critic magazine, while his academic work focuses on the interface between Catholic theology and contemporary culture.
Michael Ward is Associate Member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford and a leading expert on the writings of C.S. Lewis. He is the author of 'Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis', 'After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man', and co-editor of 'The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis'.
Ryan Christopher serves as co-founder and consultant to the Humanum Institute. His passion for Christian anthropology is the result of years of experience in the field of teaching and evangelisation. Ryan held senior posts at Ampleforth College, York, and St Aloysius’ College, Glasgow as well as teaching in the state sector and providing private tuition. He was Director of ADF UK and Deputy Director of Alliance Engagement for ADF International, and now works as Director of External Affairs for the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.
Sr Carino Hodder is a Dominican Sister of St Joseph based in the New Forest, Portsmouth Diocese. She assists her community with their apostolate of adult faith formation and catechetical training, Light of Truth, with a particular interest in the catechesis of families and of people with additional needs.
Stefan and Ella Kaminski both have Licentiates from the John Paul II Institute for Studies in Marriage and Family Life, having dedicated their studies to the themes of human love and sexual complementarity. Stefan serves as Director of The Christian Heritage Centre, where he has been creating and delivering Catholic formation content for the last five years. Ella currently teaches the theology of Marriage at Oscott seminary.
We’re The Coffee Twins – Raja & Jeremiah. And Coffee Runs in Our Veins. Our journey started long before The Coffee Twins became a brand. We spent years behind the counter of a fast-paced coffee shop in London, serving thousands of customers, dialing in espresso shots until they were just right, and learning firsthand what separates forgettable coffee from truly exceptional coffee.
Originally hailing from South Africa, Tim Hutchinson studied classical composition at the University of Cape Town before turning to songwriting and performing in the folk genre. He endeavours to do with song, accompanied by his guitar, what an iconographer does through images: prayerfully illuminate a matters of faith.
Father Chris Alar, MIC, is the Provincial Superior of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy Province of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception in the United States and Argentina. He wrote and produced the popular "Divine Mercy 101" and "Explaining the Faith" YouTube series and is the author of the bestselling books 'After Suicide: There's Hope for Them and for You' and 'Understanding Divine Mercy', as well as the new book, 'Understanding the Sacraments: God's Grace Guaranteed.'
anMari is a Christian/Alternative Polish composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer based in London. She won a Dr Matthew Knowles Scholarship Competition that was judged by Dr Matthew Knowles, father and former manager of Beyonce.
In 2025, she performed at the legendary Carnegie Hall in New York after winning 2nd prize in the American Virtuoso Competition in both the vocal and piano categories.
