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If you had to tell your life story, where would you begin?

A question I get asked more than any other in the context of my work, particularly at this time of year, is: “what should I do if someone asked me for money on the street”?

It was once the custom for each chapter of the Dominican friars to hold a solemn chapter meeting on Christmas Eve.

The path out of homelessness is tough to walk alone.

Our kitchen looks out to a beautiful beech tree.

The barista’s face dropped when I said the word.

A soldier’s death, that ‘ultimate sacrifice’, deserves the elegance and beauty of ‘The Last Call’, that is bugled at military funerals and all around Britain this weekend.

St Martin’s is a special place.

Last Sunday, some of our St Martin’s groups reflected on God’s most important commandment, in the light of the war in Israel/Palestine.