Fr Sean Dwan marks 700th anniversary of the death of Dante

Fr Sean Dwan marks 700th anniversary of the death of Dante

Virtual commemorations were held across Italy to mark the 700th anniversary of the death of the great Italian poet, Dante Alighieri, on Thursday 25th March. Born in Florence in 1265, Dante died on 14 September 1321 in Ravenna. His masterwork, The Divine Comedy, is...
Lenten Reflection by Fr Sean Dwan: Fast and Breakfast

Lenten Reflection by Fr Sean Dwan: Fast and Breakfast

Several years ago, on my first visit to Pakistan I made a big social blunder. A Muslim acquaintance arranged to meet me after breakfast, “at about 8 o’clock”. I naturally assumed that he meant eight in the morning, but he was talking about breaking-the-fast which...