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Pope Benedict’s Visit to the UK

by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events

By now you will have been asked by your Parish Priest or Parish Pilgrim Leader to let us know if you would like to see the Pope at either Hyde Park on Saturday 18th September or at Cofton Park on Sunday 19th September. Details are with your parishes as to how you go...

Diamond Jubilee for Fr Joe Brennan

by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Miscellaneous, Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville

Bishop Terry Drainey presided and twelve other priests concelebrated at a wonderful Mass to mark Fr Joe Brennan’s diamond jubilee at St Hida’s Roman Catholic Church in Whitby. Fr Joe, who was born in 1921 at Enfield in County Meath, entered Blackrock...

Fr Pat Smith’s Ruby Jubilee

by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes

On the Feast of the Visitation, 31st May, Fr Pat celebrated 40 years as a priest. Mass was celebrated at 2pm at Our Lady’s Church in Acomb, York, followed by a party in the church grounds. Several priests concelebrated the Mass and Canon Michael Ryan, in his...

Fr Pat Grant celebrates his Diamond Jubilee

by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes

Fr Pat Grant, who was for more than 30 years parish priest at St Paulinus, York, celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of his priestly ordination on Sunday 13th June at a concelebrated Mass in the parish of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven, Kilkee, County Clare. The principal...

York Knights board the Smile Train

by webmaster | Jul 8, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, English Martyrs, York, Event Calendar, Miscellaneous, Organisations

The Knights of St Columba in York (Council 95) will be fundraising for Smile Train. This is a charity which arranges surgery for children with cleft lips in the developing world. There will be a collection at the Mass the Knights are holding on 28th July at Fairfax...

Having Faith in Politics and Business

by webmaster | Jul 8, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar, Justice and Peace, Miscellaneous

Our country is facing testing times and whilst there is a great deal of anxiety about the economy and cuts there is also the promise of a new form of Government through Coalition. Catholic social teaching is not as well-known today as it should be. If it were better...