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S1E1 Cardinal Vincent Nichols
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…
S1E1 Archbishop John Wilson
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…
S1E1 Professor Philip Booth
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…
S1E22 Father Stephen Wang
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…
S1E21 Fleur Dorrell
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…
S1E20 Father James Hanvey SJ
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…
S1E19 Dr Harry Hagopian
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…
S1E18 Alistair Dutton
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…
S1E17 Sr Gemma Simmonds CJ
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…
S1E16 Bishop Jim Curry
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…
S1E15 Sr Maria Cecilia Sierra
14 December On the third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday, our Wave of Hope reflection comes from Sister Maria Cecialia Sierra, a Comboni Missionary Sister working among Bedouin communities in the…
S1E14 Abbot Hugh Allan O.Praem
13 December This Wave of Hope reflection for Advent comes from Abbot Hugh Allan O.Praem, Director of Mission for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. Abbot Hugh reflects on…
S1E13 Bokani Tshidzu
12 December This Wave of Hope Advent reflection comes from Bokani Tshidzu, a London-based multimedia artist. When commissioned recently to produce a stained-glass altarpiece, Bokani focused on…
S1E12 Professor Jim McManus
11 December Today's Wave of Hope Advent reflection comes from Professor Jim McManus, the National Director of Health and Wellbeing for Public Health Wales and the Chair of Prison Advice and Care…
S1E11 Raymond Friel
10 December Today’s Wave of Hope Advent reflection comes from Raymond Friel, CEO of Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN). Speaking from St Mary’s University, Twickenham after the recent…
S1E10 Dr Phil McCarthy
9 December This Wave of Hope Advent reflection comes from Dr Phil McCarthy, founder of the Hearts in Search of God walking pilgrimage project. "The thing that gave me most hope was the 'Jubilee…
S1E9 Canon William Agley
8 December This Wave of Hope Advent reflection comes from Canon William Agley, General Secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. Canon Agley reflects on a busy year…
S1E8 Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski
7 December This 'Wave of Hope' Advent reflection is given by Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski, Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London. Even though we…
S1E7 Dr Pia Matthews
6 December This Wave of Hope reflection is given by lecturer and theologian Dr Pia Matthews. Describing the hope she has found in the witness and formation of lay Catholics and seminarians during…
S1E6 Bishop John Arnold
5 December This Wave of Hope reflection for Advent comes from Bishop John Arnold, our Lead Bishop for the Environment and Bishop of Salford. Despite the disappointment of COP30 and the lack of…
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