by Michael McG | May 7, 2024 | Bar Convent, Appeals and Special Events, Catholic History, Pastoral Centres
York Catholic History Day will take place at the Bar Convent, York, on Saturday June 1.This year, York University PhD student Laura Atkinson will take us back before the Reformation to explore ‘Record keeping and the Care of Souls in Late 13th-century York’ a paper...
by Michael McG | Jul 3, 2023 | Catholic History, Miscellaneous
Nominations are open for the National Church Awards, with churches across the UK now able to enter in categories for architecture, volunteering, tourism and more.Organisers say that with the future of many churches uncertain and under threat, there has never been a...
by Michael McG | May 3, 2023 | Catholic History
Speakers at this year’s York Catholic History Day will discuss aspects of Catholic education in the 19th and 20th centuries.Sister Patricia Harriss CJ will talk about The Bar Convent and Nineteenth Century Catholic Education in York, Father David Lannon about...
by Michael McG | Nov 2, 2022 | Catholic History, Bar Convent, Pastoral Centres
The Bar Convent has revealed new research into the personal crucifix belonging to York priest Father Edward Oldcorne, who was hanged, drawn and quartered in the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot.Special collections manager Dr Hannah Thomas carried out the new research...
by Michael McG | Apr 13, 2020 | Catholic History, Coronavirus
DR MARGARET TURNHAM delves into the archives to examine some of the historical parallels with the way we are experiencing Mass during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Live streaming of Mass and other devotions is rapidly becoming a part of many Catholics’ lives during...
