I saw this poster on a notice board outside my cathedral advertising something called Crossed Keys CIC which is apparently a Catholic matchmaking service.
Does anybody have any experiences with it or know anything about this? I’m curious.
Edit: I just realised I think this is an exclusively London thing? Which is maybe why I haven’t seen anyone talking about it here.
I’m currently living in London and nearly everybody flatshares due to low salaries and unaffordable housing prices. Unless you’re married or a millionaire, you live with someone else.
I’m planning on moving to HK and haven’t been able to find a good flatshare site, like we use SpareRoom in London. Is there a good equivalent? Or is flatsharing not very common?
Hi everyone,
I’m posting here hoping for some advice, prayer, or honesty from people who’ve been through something similar.
I am very, very Catholic but I’m struggling so badly. It feels like everything in my life is going wrong at once, and I feel so exhausted by it all. I feel lost, hopeless, and like I can’t continue like this. I am 20, currently studying at university, I can’t find an internship, or anywhere to live, I ended my relationship with my partner recently. The workload at my college is insane and it weighs me down. I don’t have time for anything else.
What I’m struggling with as a Catholic is this: how do you keep believing when your life feels like it’s in pieces? How do you trust God when you feel abandoned? I believe, but I feel angry, confused, and scared, and part of me wonders how my faith is supposed to survive this.
If anyone has gone through a period where life completely fell apart and faith became hard or distant, I would really appreciate hearing how you got through it. Prayers would also mean a lot.
Thank you for reading.
I have been learning 8 hours a week for 3 months and so far I can string together very elementary level sentences, I can write in pinyin and understand the tones but I cannot read hanzi or speak fluently.
I’m starting a job in July in a Chinese company and I need to be able to speak at least basic level business. I have no commitments from June until July, if I cram literally every day, will I be able to pull it off??
I live in London and I notice that whenever I get stopped by Mormons or see them speaking to people in public they’re always attractive, is it on purpose?
Whenever a Jehovah’s witness has spoken to me they have always been very unattractive and normally quite old too, but Mormons are the opposite
I’ve messaged about 30 places and only got a few replies, mostly rejections or people asking if I want to view it and then never responding again.
I feel like my budget (1500) is already pretty high? I don’t know what more I am supposed to do, I don’t drink alcohol, or smoke, or take drugs, I was born in this country, I’m not insane, I’m out the house most of the week. I’ve literally offered to pay 6 months of rent upfront and still no reply.
Does anyone have any tips? I paid for the upgrade too and I’m still getting people ignoring me.
I know it is different for every person, but I am currently a student and can’t really afford to see a therapist every week. I would hope to see one fortnightly and maybe drop down to monthly/ad hoc.
I have struggled with anxiety and low mood since I was 10 years old and made an attempt on my life when I was 13. I’m in a really low place right now and my health insurance is paying for 10 weeks of therapy, and then I think I’m going to find my own and stick with her, essentially for the rest of my life.
I have been in and out of therapy for years but I think I really really need to start seeing someone regularly forever.
Is it okay if I only go every 2 weeks or ad-hoc?
Link to post regarding the situation: https://www.reddit.com/r/HousingUK/s/f40tHqsBLg
Things have gotten worse since I posted this. And my landlord has told me that he is going to activate the break clause because his son wants to move into my flat.
I don’t really want to sit around and wait for this to happen, but my contract says that ‘notice may not expire before 01/09/2026.’
I’m assuming this means if I want to move out now, I won’t be able to get any money back and will have to continue paying rent until September.
Are there any circumstances under which I would be able to move out before this date? I have proof that this is causing me emotional distress, letters from my doctor and psychologist. My hair is falling out, I can’t sleep, it’s stressing me out so badly.
I have to hear him shout at his housekeeper through the walls everyday. We share a laundry room and once I could not use it because his sheets were in there covered in faeces.
Do I have a leg to stand on here or do I have to just stick it out until September?
There are way more problems that I haven’t mentioned for the sake of preserving some of my privacy and identity
I have been going through a very turbulent time, everything seems to be going wrong.
I lied on the ground in the park and I looked up at the sky, the clouds moving, the greenery on the trees, the animals all around. And I suddenly started to think how blessed I am to feel this pain, to be human, and to be able to get through it, and come out on the other side feeling even stronger than I was before.