The Wise and the Wherefores

We talk to Kashaf Zahid of Gumley House School in West London, the winner of the 2021 Columban Schools Competition, Let’s create a world without racism, and to James Trewby, Columban Education Worker in Britain. Racism was chosen as a topic by the Columbans for its 2021 competition after many young people joined street protests on Black Lives Matter last summer. The fourth annual competition, it was the most popular to date, with the two strands of articles and images attracting almost 300 entries from nearly 100 schools. Competition results were released in the lead up to the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Sunday 21 March 2021. Read Kashaf's winning entry here.

“For me, to live is Christ”, says St Paul. That’s where we find ultimate meaning, where everything in our lives comes together. Lent 3 [A & B]2021. The Samaritan Woman at the Well (alternative gospel). John 4:5-42. A sermon by Fr Alban McCoy OFM Conv.

The Catholic Church and Jewish community leaders have recently marked the 55th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the Second Vatican Council document on relations between the Church and non-Christian religions. At the same time, a disturbing report into anti-Semitism in the Labour Party has been published. The Equality and Human Rights Commission found the party responsible for 'unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination'. Archbishop Kevin McDonald, chair of the bishops’ committee for Catholic-Jewish relations, discusses some of the issues surrounding these events as faith leaders prepare to mark the next Holocaust Memorial Day in January.

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Fr Damian Howard SJ, provincial of Jesuits in Britain, on the imprisonment of Fr Stan Swamy SJ in India, and on what you can do to help. For a link to the petition visit The Tablet podcasts page.