Bear Grylls to speak at sold out Flame youth congress
This year’s Flame, a gathering for young Catholics from across England and Wales, has sold out the OVO Wembley arena, with famous adventurer Bear Grylls OBE one of the star speakers.On Saturday March 15, 10,000 young Catholics, including a group from our diocese, will...
Parishes invited to share Jubilee experiences
A Jubilee Year event will take place at Our Lady’s Acomb, York (YO24 3AE) on Saturday March 8 from 10am to 1pm.The programme focuses on themes of the jubilee and will include sharing of experience of hope from various parishes, with the intention of returning to our...
Cardinal assures Pope of ‘fervent and heartfelt’ prayers
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Bishops’ Conference, has written to Pope Francis to assure the Holy Father of the prayerful support of Catholics in England and Wales.The Holy Father remains in Gemelli Hospital in Rome with pneumonia and a respiratory tract...
