Category Archives: "THOUGHTS"

Be Perpetually Inquisitive

I regularly use quotations from the wise and often-cynical American academic Frank Moore Colby. Mindful of his claim that ‘Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible’, I acknowledge that promoting developments on the diocesan website may have a soporific effect on this readership! However, please forgive me, and stay with me for a [...]
By webmaster on January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment

“Chips or Chocolate?” Catholic Voice December 2007

‘Chips or chocolate?’ is now established as the second topic of conversation for Fr John Lumley and myself after setting off on the journey home from an evening meeting in the Central or Southern Vicariate. But the first comment we always make, on closing the car door, is ‘Wow! What a fantastic parish’. We’ve been overwhelmed [...]
By Jane Cook on November 18, 2007 | Leave a comment

The Adult Formation Handbook Launch

In September, the new Handbook of Short Courses was launched at three different venues in the diocese – Hull, York and Middlesbrough. Fr John Lumley, diocesan Director of Adult Formation, writes: (more…) In September, the new Handbook of Short Courses was launched at three different venues in the diocese – Hull, York and Middlesbrough. Fr John Lumley, [...]
By webmaster on November 2, 2007 | Leave a comment

“Challenged by The Borderlands” Catholic Voice July 2007

Just over a hundred Priests and lay people, from the length and breadth of the Diocese, recently packed English Martyrs’ in York for the “Travelling the Borderlands” workshop. All Parish Priests had been invited to attend along with a small group of their Parishioners who are engaged in implementing change within the Parish. Also members [...]
By Jane Cook on July 1, 2007 | Leave a comment

“A White Puffin?” Catholic Voice June 2007

Several years ago, as I perched on a sea cliff in Fair Isle, I was joined by an elderly gentleman called Mr Martin. He was a regular visitor to the Island, and a highly accomplished ornithologist and photographer. As we chatted he began to recount one of the most extraordinary stories I’ve ever heard. A year [...]
By Jane Cook on June 1, 2007 | Leave a comment

“Learning to Listen” Catholic Voice May 2007

Recently my elderly Border Terrier, Wesley, was desperately ill. Of course, being a dog he couldn’t tell me in words how he felt, and being a typical terrier he was so stoical that the severity of his condition was hard to detect. A slight reduction in appetite together with a fidgeting that suggested abdominal pain, [...]
By Jane Cook on May 1, 2007 | Leave a comment

“Delegation and Collaboration” Catholic Voice February 2007

In one episode of “Thomas the Tank Engine” a new character called Duck arrives on the Island of Sodor. He’s a highly efficient 57xx class pannier tank engine in bright green Great Western Railway livery. Duck quickly becomes recognised as a really useful engine and is rewarded with a branch line of his own. Although [...]
By Jane Cook on February 1, 2007 | Leave a comment

“The First True Missionary?” Catholic Voice January 2007

I had a conversation recently with a friend who feels a strong sense of calling to school lay chaplaincy work. She is endowed with an abundance of appropriate gifts and graces, is highly energetic and dedicated, and relates extremely well to teenagers. However, like very many of us, she sometimes struggles with a sense of [...]
By Jane Cook on January 1, 2007 | Leave a comment

“Lavish Gifts” Catholic Voice December 2006

Article Published in Catholic Voice – December 2006 Every summer when I return home to the Orkney Islands I spend a day bird-watching on the sea cliffs of Marwick Head. The cliffs are dominated by a huge tower called “The Kitchener Memorial”, erected in memory of War Minister Lord Kitchener, who was killed when HMS [...]
By Jane Cook on December 1, 2006 | Leave a comment
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