Fr Alexander Sherbrooke, Author at Catholic Herald

Fr Alexander Sherbrooke

November 29, 2021

A walk along the Franciscan Way from La Verna to Assisi conjures up thoughts of the wolf of Gubbio and the paradox of il Poverello’s ornate and vast tomb

What I learnt from my weeks with Mother Teresa

September 29, 2020

My parish in central London is a very different place from the Calcutta of 1989. But when looked at in a certain light, I can see how they are linked in God’s plan. The name of that light is Mother Teresa. Calcutta, a teeming port city home to millions, had then as now its fair

How Adoration can rescue the Church

June 28, 2018

The call to adore the Lord is an antidote to the noise of the world and the Church's most powerful weapon

Adoremus: The street embraced by Christ

June 28, 2018

There has been in recent times a discernible increase in those drawn to Eucharistic adoration in parishes and communities, and particularly among young people. Adoration stands as an antidote to the noise and busyness of our world. As we hear from the account of Elijah at Horeb, the Lord was not in the mighty wind,

Fr Alexander Sherbrooke: The saints go marching into Soho

November 24, 2016

In these last few days we have welcomed the relics of St Claude de la Colombière and St Margaret Mary Alacoque to the streets and the centre of London to mark the end of the Holy Year of Mercy. Appropriately we received the relics of St Claude, a Jesuit, at Farm Street, where we were

The saints go marching into Soho

November 23, 2016

Joyful, singing Catholics meandered along Oxford Street carrying relics

Mother Teresa’s terrifying premonition

September 01, 2016

Working at her side as the West prepared for war with Saddam Hussein, I saw her dread as she glimpsed the future of Middle Eastern Christianity

Mother Teresa’s terrifying premonition

September 01, 2016

Those of us who knew her feel a twinge of guilt writing about Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Mother’s life was always about the other, about Jesus, and she did not enjoy being the centre of media attention. She accepted that for the sake of Jesus and the poor she would have to tolerate a few

Sorry, no search matching search results found. Please try again.