About ‘What Good News’
The Christian message is good news. That is essentially what ‘gospel’ means. Our reaction as believers to the message of Jesus, and that of millions of people throughout the last two thousand years, has been one of gratitude. With the apostle Paul we pray: ‘May the word of Christ in all its richness find a home in you.’ (Colossians 3:16)
Our website contains an extensive collection of audio and video recordings of study days and faith talks. Many of the study days were given as part of the evangelisation outreach of the Catholic Diocese of Brentwood, England. Subsequent study days and faith talks were mostly held at the Catholic Church of Christ the Eternal High Priest in Gidea Park, Essex.
A specific section preserves the series of talks on the Second Vatican Council given when we were celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the council. That landmark event in the life of the Church was held from 1962 to 1965. Its teachings are as vibrant as ever and make enlightening reading when we ask how we should live as Christian disciples in the twenty-first century. Pope Francis continues to put before us the teaching of the Council, and to adapt it for changing and difficult times.
Fr Adrian Graffy, Scripture scholar and parish priest, who directs the website, has provided a series of reflections on the Sunday gospels from the Catholic lectionary in the three year cycle.
In recent times some of our material has been given with no audience present, filmed or recorded privately, or live-streamed. We hope that by the constant addition of new material the website will help you understand more about the Christian faith. It may well stimulate further questioning and searching. Jesus said that the Holy Spirit would lead us ‘to the fullness of truth’. We pray that these pages are helpful. If they are, please tell your friends about the website, so that many more will say: ‘what good news!’ Thank-you for visiting www.whatgoodnews.org
We are especially grateful to those organisations who have promoted our events by advertising them on their websites, and in particular to Independent Catholic News, the Diocese of Brentwood, and the Catholic Biblical Federation.