Daily Archives: Wednesday March 3, 2010

Rite of Welcome at St Wilfrid’s, York

The photo shows Canon Ryan at the recent Rite of Welcome at St Wilfrid’s Catholic Church, York
The photo is by kind courtesy of Lars Karlsson who maintains on-line galleries including galleries of Diocesan events at gallery.me.com/princehill#gallery.
Thank you to Lars.

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Papal honour for Hull man

Congratulations to Patrick Doyle (seen here with Kevin McNamara, former MP and fellow KSG) on the award of the Knighthood of St Gregory the Great.

(photo by courtesy of Bernard Swift)
Bishop Terry made the presentation to Patrick, a former lecturer, councillor, school governor and member of the Yorkshire Churches Regional Commission and current Trustee of [...]

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Encouragement and Support

The Visit of the Bishops of England and Wales to the Threshold (Ad Limina) of the Apostles, 25th January – 4th February 2010
We were all called to Rome – all 35 of us, four archbishops, 18 diocesan bishops, ten auxiliary bishops, including one retired, the Apostolic Administrator of the Ukrainian Church in Great Britain, the [...]

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First step on the road to sainthood for Mary Ward

Mass in Westminster Cathedral to celebrate
Bar Convent Sisters and All Saints School attend
More than 2,300 people attended a service at Westminster Cathedral recently when the Most Rev Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, conducted a Celebratory Mass in honour of Mary Ward and the 400th Jubilee of the foundation of the Congregation of Jesus and the [...]

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Haiti Earthquake – Thank you!

As media coverage of the Haiti earthquake here in England starts to wind down and the period of joint action with the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) come to an end, work with earthquake survivors is set to continue well into the future. And, with an eye on such matters as rebuilding the country’s economy, member [...]

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Lent Fast Day

[ Sunday October 3, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] 26th February 2010 – 50th Anniversary of Fast Day

It’s hard to believe that the first Family Fast Day, as it was first known, was 50 years ago and it all started with a few women, who learned of the suffering of mothers and babies in the Dominican Republic and wanted to try to help… and [...]

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Honours for two Holy Cross parishioners

It must be quite unusual for two parishioners to receive papal honours on the same day but two from Holy Cross parish, Cottingham, recently did so.

Kathleen Burgan was presented with the Bene Merenti for services to the church, including playing the church organ over many years. Elizabeth Rodgers was presented with the Pro Ecclesia [...]

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