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The Sacrament of Brother
Adapted from Br Johannes' reflection at our monthly vigil outside the Home Office in February 2026. Le ss than two weeks ago, I was in the refugee camp in Dunkirk, speaking with a young man from West Africa. He told me how he had tried to cross from Libya to Italy on a small boat—perhaps a fishing boat. The crossing went wrong. In the middle of the Mediterranean, people around him were crying, fading away, slipping into the deep cold silence. He and fourteen others survived.

Br Johannes Maertens
Apr 17


The Tides of Life
Tidal Home , Jay Caskie Thoug h life unfolds in unplanned ways of moments amidst our lifecycles, each moment presents different challenges, and endurance is the cornerstone of our evolution. The ability to face adversity head-on and adapt could be the moment to test both the strength and weaknesses in human nature. My topic of writing is taken from the angle of a migrant from the African continent to Europe, which is miles away from the community I was raised in, to a new,
Billy Tendo
Apr 15


Hope in Spite of Present Difficulties
[This article originally appeared in the Lent/Easter 2025 edition of our newsletter; read the rest of it here .] We seem to be constantly...

Martin Newell
May 3, 2025


Obituary: Edwin Kalerwa
from Issue 77, Advent 2024 On 10th Se ptember 2024, Edwin Kalerwa passed away in hospital, after suffering from cancer. Edwin lived at...

Nora Ziegler
Dec 31, 2024


The Flight into Egypt
from Issue 77, Advent 2024 for Yousif M. Qasmiyeh He sharper than the cutting edge he angles handles makes tables foursquare ...

Anthony V. Capildeo
Dec 28, 2024


Kindness in Precarious Spaces
from Issue 77, Advent 2024 A few weeks ago, I was in the Dunkirk camp, where I regularly join Art Refuge* in their work with the medical...

Br Johannes Maertens
Dec 24, 2024


Externalisation
Those of us w ho are not saints are likely to find ourselves, eventually, asking the Lord ‘when did we see you a stranger?’ ( Mt 25:44 )...
Thomas Frost
Dec 18, 2024


Finsbury Park is a beach!
Henrietta Cullinan's interview with Br. Johannes Maertens for our Easter 2023 newsletter Firstly, what do you do? I try to do… pastoral...

Henrietta Cullinan
Nov 30, 2024


Bishop Paul McAleenan's Adress to the Home Office Vigil
June 2023 The reality of the life of a refugee, the hardships and hazards they endure, opens this Refugee Week as we listen to the...
Bishop Paul McAleenan
Nov 24, 2024


Where are the Christians?
It puzzled him he had met no Christians. Where were they? Where is that Jerusalem community Luke writes about?

Br Johannes Maertens
Nov 9, 2024
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