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Interested in joining the Legion of Mary?

by Michael McG | Sep 14, 2022 | Organisations

The Legion of Mary is the largest apostolic organisation of lay people in the Catholic Church, with more than three million active members and reaching almost every country of the world.Its main purpose is to give glory to God through the sanctification of its...

Carmelite retreats focus on transition

by Michael McG | Sep 12, 2022 | Evangelisation, Talks, Retreats and Lectures

The Centre for Applied Carmelite Spirituality is offering a series of retreats by Rev Nigel Rooms, an Anglican priest, practical theologian, spiritual director and supervisor drawing on the Carmelite tradition. Each can be attended individually or as a full retreat of...

What is Evangelii Gaudium Sunday?

by Michael McG | Sep 12, 2022 | Appeals and Special Events, Pope Francis

This coming Sunday (September 18), churches will celebrate Evangelii Gaudium Sunday.Formerly called Home Mission Sunday, and now named after Pope Francis’ first (solo) Apostolic Exhortation on the Joy of the Gospel, the day offers Catholics the opportunity to...

Bishop Terry’s September 2022 Voice column

by Michael McG | Sep 12, 2022 | Voice Column

How time flies! It only seems the twinkling of an eye and the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes was on the horizon, and now it is come and gone, together with the Postgate Rally and our Assumption Pilgrimage to Osmotherley. Soon we will be celebrating the Mass for the...

Queen Elizabeth II Requiescat in Pace

by Michael McG | Sep 9, 2022 | Diocese, Obituaries

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has paid tribute to The Queen. On April 21 1947, on her 21st birthday, Princess Elizabeth said, ‘I declare before you all that my whole life,...