by Michael McG | Mar 22, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events
Well-wishers are being asked to buy a chicken for a leprosy care centre in Zimbabwe this Easter in memory of a Cumbrian missionary who was born 100 years ago this year and is now on the path towards sainthood. John Bradburne was born in Skirwith in 1921 and...
by Michael McG | Mar 11, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, Organisations, CAFOD Appeals
FATHER BILL SURPLUS has been enjoying the beauty of York at dawn – all for a very good cause… A chance phone call and a mention of CAFOD’s Walk for Water campaign was enough to immediately get me onto the website and register to do 10,000 steps a day during...
by Michael McG | Mar 4, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events, Year of St Joseph
DEACON DAVID CROSS has written a special reflection for the Year of St Joseph, based on Pope Francis’ Apostolic Letter, Patris Corde… I don’t know whether or not you’ve read any of Pope Francis’ letters to us since he took up his pontificate in March 2013?...
by Michael McG | Feb 3, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events, Pope Francis
A leprosy charity has praised Pope Francis for defending some of the world’s most marginalised people. Pope Francis called on world leaders to unite their efforts to combat leprosy and end the stigma surrounding the disease, saying the Covid-19 pandemic “has confirmed...
by Michael McG | Jan 20, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events, Year of St Joseph, Bishop Terry, Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
On December 8 2020, Pope Francis wrote a letter to all the faithful to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of St Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. It is called Patris Corde or in English, With a Father’s heart. Among many other things he...
by Michael McG | Jan 19, 2021 | Year of St Joseph
In a new Apostolic Letter entitled Patris Corde (“With a Father’s Heart”), Pope Francis describes St Joseph as a beloved father, a tender and loving father, an obedient father, an accepting father; a father who is creatively courageous, a working father, a father in...
