Fr Stephen Wang, Author at Catholic Herald

Fr Stephen Wang

The pandemic has forced us to imagine a different future

June 20, 2020

What was it like when Mary and the disciples left the Upper Room on the day of Pentecost? As they stepped into the streets of Jerusalem it must have felt very familiar and very new at the same time. Many of us are having the same experience as the Covid-19 lockdowns are eased. We can

How to cope with uncertainty and insecurity

May 15, 2020

I’ve only experienced an earthquake once. I was a seminarian at the English College in Rome. We were in the common room on the second floor and the whole building started to sway, very slowly, from side to side. It wasn’t like in the films. The chandeliers didn’t rattle; the walls didn’t shake. Everything was

Diary: Newman’s failures make him an ideal patron for students

August 22, 2019

At last, Newman House university chaplaincy has gone contactless. We still pass the money bags around at Mass, as if following a half-remembered rubric, but the real business takes place in the lobby by the front door. “Dona” stands there to welcome people. She’s a digital tablet mounted on a graceful chrome stand. You choose

Advent reflection: Waiting on Mary’s Yes

December 21, 2017

I spent an hour on Google Images looking for a picture we could use on our chaplaincy Christmas card. Don’t worry: they have an advanced search option that allows you to find pictures that are in the public domain, so you can do this without compromising any copyright laws. My favourite painting, which we didn’t

Fr Stephen Wang: A gift from a Chinese martyr

September 08, 2016

A few weeks ago I received an unexpected package in the post. It contained two purple stoles, an alb, an amice, and an assortment of slightly tired purificators and corporals for the altar. And a letter. The author – I’ll call her Mary – explained that the linen and vestments had belonged to Bishop John

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