Catholic Military Association

It was an absolute privilege to sponsor WeBelieve, an extraordinary Catholic festival which brought together thousands of Catholics from across the UK in the name of the True, the Good and the Beautiful. The sheer numbers of Priests, religious, families and faithful Catholics of all varieties was incredible. We saw old friends and made many new ones. Over 100 people signed up to...

There is something enchanting about walking the paths that thousands of pilgrims have walked before you, over hundreds of years. The countless prayers uttered feel like they have soaked into the landscape, enriching it and somehow setting it apart. Praying is easier in Walsingham, and so is listening to God. The history of Walsingham is strong. In 1538 the Reformation compelled ...

The Mad Glory of Walking to Chartres Reflections on the 2025 Pilgrimage by Jack Morgan   There is something splendidly ludicrous about trudging seventy miles in the summer heat, half-starved, wheezing through hayfever, and sleeping on a bit of tarp in a muddy field - all for the sake of a woman who lived two thousand years ago and whom the world insists is no longer relevant. Th...

Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank / Charles Guthrie / 'Gold Stick' / Field Marshal Guthrie, with whatever title, the man has been a hidden part of the CMA from the very beginning. On the evening of his funeral I am at last explaining it all in writing. When I first met Lord Guthrie, I was a scrawny, sleep-deprived Trooper of the Life Guards, turning out a horse for him in the early ho...