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On this last Sunday of Lent, we hear two messages: the first is the joyous procession of Jesus into Jerusalem, where he is hailed by a large crowd. The second is the painful narrative of Jesus’s betrayal and crucifixion. In this final week, we are invited to sit in the tension between the Kingdom of God that is present to us already and, that which is yet to come. We feel the joy of the Palm Sunday procession and wait for Easter, knowing the end of the story already: that God

Mildmay Mission Hospital is now going through its long-awaited review of the Step-Down Homeless Medical Care Pathway pilot that it has run over the past year with homeless patients stepped down from London’s NHS acute hospitals during the pandemic. We have achieved some fantastic outcomes for a large group of patients, and we are confident that we have surpassed all the expectations of the service. We are gathering all the data for the review, and in time can make this inform

The theme for this Sunday’s readings reflect the whole theme for Lent: “I will be their God and they shall be my people,” as Jeremiah reminds us in Chapter 31. You may remember a couple of weeks ago, we thought about ‘spring cleaning’ our hearts and finding ways of encouraging each other. Well, this Sunday and for the rest of the week, which brings us up to Passion, or Palm Sunday, we are reminded in this Lenten Poem of how much we are loved individually, not in spite of our

Congratulations to the Healthy London Partnership on last night's win at the Health Service Journal Awards for their London Homeless Health Response to Covid-19. The judges said the project had important lessons for other parts of the NHS. Healthy London Partnership has been coordinating the London COVID-19 Homeless Health Response Cell, as a multi-agency approach to managing the health needs and minimising the transmission of COVID-19 within the homeless population in London

Today’s Guardian has a feature on ​our President, Lord Norman Fowler​ and his public health campaign at the height of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s that saved countless lives in the UK.

“During this week, may I remind you to most certainly remember to celebrate this special day? There won’t be the usual gigantic processions parading through our cities but do please find a way to rejoice. As for me, I’m cooking ham and cabbage whilst conforming to the ‘wearing of the green’, bedecked with a sprig of shamrock, if I can find any! Happy St, Patricks Day!” – Sister Bernie Devine, Mildmay Chaplain Image credit: Thad Zajdowicz

Mothering Sunday is also remembered on the fourth Sunday of Lent. Traditionally, it was a day when children, mainly daughters, who had gone to work as domestic servants were given a day off to visit their mother and family. Today it is a day when children, including adult children give presents, flowers, and home-made cards to their mothers. May I say that it makes me think of all who nurture others, who give life to others, who provide for others. Happy mothering Sunday! -Si

Laetare means ‘rejoice’. You might say, ‘What, during Lent’? This Feast Day was inaugurated around the eighth century to give us a ‘lift,’ a word of encouragement to help us continue during this time of renewal, of spring cleaning our lives to make us more loving and more loveable, before Easter Day. Every year the usual purple coloured vestments are abandoned on this day and the Church’s ministers or clergy, interestingly enough, wear rose pink on Laetare Sunday. This colour

Nusrat Ghani MP remembers Mildmay’s Helen Taylor Thompson for International Women’s Day 2021. During the All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV & AIDS International Women’s Day 2021 debate in the House of Commons, MP @Nus_Ghanipaid her respects to Helen Taylor Thompson. “Helen Taylor Thompson lived in the village of Nutley and, unfortunately, I had to attend her funeral last year. When Helen was around, she was wonderful in providing me with cups of tea and bits of cake. The re

Today March 8 honours the achievements of women and promoting women’s rights. A national holiday in numerous countries, it has been sponsored by the United Nations (UN) since 1975. International Women’s Day (IWD) grew out of efforts in the early 20th century to promote women’s rights, especially suffrage. Usually, the day is marked around the world with arts performances, talks, rallies, networking, conferences and marches. Of course, this time around things are going to look