by webmaster | Dec 24, 2015 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Brothers and Sisters, They say that marriages are made in heaven. I tried to find the origin of this quote but did not get very far. However, I thought that on the Feast of the Holy Family and in the light of the October Synod, it would be opportune to turn our...
by webmaster | Dec 12, 2015 | Religious Communities, Pilgrimage
Lourdes: Gateway of Mercy A day of reflection in the Jubilee Year of Mercy and HCPT’s Diamond Jubilee Thicket Priory Carmelite Monastery near York between Wheldrake and Thorganby www.carmelite.org/thicket Saturday 6th February 2016 10.30 Registration & Tea/Coffee;...
by webmaster | Dec 8, 2015 | Appeals and Special Events
Dear Brothers and Sisters, In a few moments I will have the joy of opening the Holy Door of Mercy. We carry out this act, so simple yet so highly symbolic, in the light of the word of God which we have just heard. That word highlights the primacy of grace. Again and...
by webmaster | Nov 20, 2015 | Appeals and Special Events, Miscellaneous
Lord Jesus Christ, You have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him. Show us your face and we will be saved. Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress and...