If you have enjoyed Bridges and Tangents over the last few years, please visit the new Pause for Faith YouTube channel, for live streaming with Fr Stephen Wang and a video library of his talks and homilies. CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE SITE and then you can SUBSCRIBE via the red button to receive notifications of coming streams and videos. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbrIxeH2TSwEc8eVwwMGv8w ..read more

PAUSE FOR FAITH: CATHOLIC LIFE, CONVERSATION AND PRAYER Join Fr Stephen Wang each day as he live streams on the new YouTube channel “Pause for Faith”. You can explore and subscribe to the channel here. It’s an informal conversation about living the Christian faith, with some Catholic history, the lives of the saints, Christian teaching, spiritual traditions, practical tips for everyday life, contemporary issues facing the Church and the world, some Q&A and interviews. Don’t be alone! The whole point of live streaming is that you can join a community of viewers who are watching and praying ..read more

From St Peter and the Apostles to the Catholic Church today ..read more

The heroism and love of Franz and Fani Jägerstätter. A homily by Fr Stephen Wang ..read more

Looking at the topic of love in human experience and connecting this with some reflections on love from philosophers, the bible and the Christian tradition. With reference to St John Paul II, Pope Benedict, Pope Francis and CS Lewis and the teaching of Jesus ..read more

The transforming power of baptism. A homily by Fr Stephen Wang ..read more

If you are looking for resources to use in your parish or chaplaincy this Lent, check out the Sycamore Lent Course. It takes you through some of the great themes of Christian faith, and gives you a simple way of doing some faith-formation for your community. It can also be used as a tool for outreach and evangelisation, giving a gentle introduction to Christianity for those who are curious. Click here to see the topics. Don’t be daunted – you can run the course very easily! Just choose your venue and starting date (e.g. sometime in the week of 24th Feb, so you finish before Palm Sun ..read more

From hearing to seeing to believing. A homily by Fr Stephen Wang ..read more

HAPPY NEW YEAR from all us on the Sycamore team. Many leaders have been sharing their experiences of running Sycamore over the autumn period. We have copied below two testimonies from parishes in London and Bradford. If you want to find out more about running Sycamore in your own parish, school or chaplaincy then visit the main website here: https://www.sycamore.fm/ Suni Perera, Osterley Parish, West London: “We finished washing up and putting away the chairs after a very successful Sycamore advent course at about 10pm yesterday and even after the hard work, we felt enlivened and en ..read more

EVANGELISATION 2020 A new decade! A new zeal for evangelisation! A new desire to reach out to others in your local community: to family, friends, colleagues, neighbours… Many parishes and chaplaincies have been thinking about using the Sycamore resources, and January is an ideal time to run an evangelisation course for your community. See the main website here for more information: https://www.sycamore.fm/ See especially the “First steps for your team” page here: https://www.sycamore.fm/leaders/sycamore-planning/first-steps-for-your-team/ And for information about taking out a Sycamore subscri ..read more