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School Inspections: The Best Kept Secret in the Diocese

by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Schools and Colleges

The Diocesan Trustees at its meeting on the 17th October received a report prepared by Mrs Kathleen Stead, the diocesan director of RE, on the Section 48 inspections of schools undertaken in the diocese in the school year 2006-07. (To find the reports type...

Vital Supplies Reach Sick Children

by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Appeals and Special Events

Two consignments left our diocese for Baghdad Central Training Hospital for Children over the summer and both consignments reached the hospital thanks to the support from the British Embassy and the Iraqi Ministry of Health in the City. The last consignment to the...

Bishop John Crowley’s Thanksgiving Mass – a reminder

by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Miscellaneous

On Friday 14 December at 7.00 pm Bishop John will return to the Diocese for a Mass of Thanksgiving, and in preparation for that celebration the following article is offered as a simple appreciation of Bishop John’s fourteen years as Bishop of the Diocese of...

Come Home for Christmas

by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Miscellaneous

A Catholic and lost contact? You are welcome! The door of your local Catholic church is open to you. Whatever your situation or circumstances, however much time has lapsed since your last visit to a church, there is a place for you. If you are feeling afraid or...

Sister Mary Raphael’s 100th birthday

by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Religious Communities

Sr Mary Raphael (Teresa Harrison) was born in Hull on 20th October 1907. The family lived in the Spring Bank area and numbered three boys and seven girls. The two remaining are Sr Raphael and Sr Benedict (now 98). Sr Raphael spoke recently of her memories of a secure,...