Canon Thomas ShieldsJan 6, 20203 minGetting Started with the MagiFascination In Christian iconography, the Magi featured far earlier than the shepherds, the beasts or the stable. For the first centuries...
Canon Thomas ShieldsDec 16, 20192 minVulnerability – the True Meaning of ChristmasWho Christ is It is often said that the gospel writers, Matthew, Luke and John, wrote their infancy narratives (yes, I include John’s...
Canon Thomas ShieldsDec 12, 20193 minPut the Mass Back into ChristmasThere’s a Place for Us Nostalgia is a much-underrated force for good in our lives. At this time of the year, the playing of Christmas...
Canon Thomas ShieldsDec 9, 20191 minReal Mass appeal: the responsibility of clergy and Mass in educationIn a fast-moving world, Canon Tom Shields explains why the role of priests and of Mass in our schools has never been so important for the...
Canon Thomas ShieldsNov 27, 20193 min‘Like Abraham, his native land forsaking…’Connections In the days before we all sang the same school hymn to the tune of ‘Highland Cathedral’, our school hymn was ‘Hear Us,...
Canon Thomas ShieldsNov 18, 20192 minFrom Wondering to Wandering Seeing is believing “The sky is pocked with stars. What eyes the Wise Men must have had to see a new one among so many.” James Goldman,...
Canon Thomas ShieldsNov 14, 20192 minWho Sees Christ?Step back…then forward Nearly 20 years ago Neil McGregor, then director of the National Gallery, wrote a book to accompany the BBC TV...
Canon Thomas ShieldsOct 23, 20193 minThe Trinity in the Life of the TeacherThrees Every teacher knows that things do not come in threes – they come in batches of three. The perfect storm of missing paperwork, the...