16/06/2026
One of the highlights of the pilgrimage yesterday was a visit to Tyburn Monastery to take St. Carlo to the cloistered Nuns. Students from Aquinas and JPC, along with our entourage, experienced something rarely encountered in today's world: silence, prayer, and a life completely centered on God.
Monastic life can seem very different from the world our young people know. We live in a culture that prizes visibility, achievement, and constant activity. The sisters offer a quiet witness to something else entirely .... that our worth is not found in what we do, but in who we are before God.
During our visit, we reflected on the dignity of every human life and the call to build a true culture of life. In a society that can sometimes struggle to recognise the value of the most vulnerable, the sisters remind us that every person is precious, loved by God, and worthy of care.
Their hidden life of prayer may never make headlines, but it is a powerful witness that some of the most important work in the world happens unseen.
It was also a fitting reminder during the pilgrimage of St Carlo Acutis. Carlo's desire was simple: "To be always close to Jesus." The sisters have made the same choice, dedicating their lives to prayer, the Eucharist, and remaining close to Christ.
For many of our young people, it was a chance to encounter a different way of living, one that asks not "What do I want?" but "What does God want?"
Thank you to the sisters for their warm welcome, their witness, and their prayers for our diocese.
📸 We took lots of photos, the only one that captured the sun hitting the relic direct, and the halo was for Monsignor Anthony. Isn't it beautiful!
