by Michael McG | Jul 6, 2020 | Diocese, Obituaries
Tributes have been paid to the former long-serving parish priest of St Joseph’s in Pickering Father Bill East, who died on Wednesday July 1 after a long illness. Father Bill, who was 72, spent 11 years at St Luke’s Parish Church in Pallion, Sunderland, from 1983...
by Michael McG | Jul 4, 2020 | Missio, Organisations
A Year 6 pupil at St Hilda’s Roman Catholic Primary School in Whitby has stunned the organisers of this year’s Mission Together appeal by single-handedly raising more than £200 for less fortunate children. The pupil went to extraordinary efforts to boost his...
by Michael McG | Jul 3, 2020 | Miscellaneous, Book Reviews
York-based children’s author and liturgical and eucharistic minister Sue Ellis has produced an interactive book to help families, schools and churches inspire children to share in the celebration of the Mass. The book is designed to help children aged from five to ten...
by Michael McG | Jul 3, 2020 | Catholic Bishop's Conference
A bishop has warned that a proposed amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill will lead to “abortion on demand.”Bishop John Sherrington, the lead Catholic bishop for life issues said: “We are expecting the Report Stage of the Domestic Abuse Bill to take place in week...
by Michael McG | Jul 3, 2020 | Aid the the Church in Need (ACN)
Mass was celebrated roughly every 23 seconds somewhere around the world last year for the intentions of a Catholic charity’s supporters. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) sends stipends from its benefactors to help priests where the Church is suffering or in dire need....
