by Michael McG | Nov 9, 2018 | Diocese, Obituaries
Deacon John Steel, who served in several parishes in our diocese as well as working as diocesan safeguarding coordinator, has died at the age of 73 after a long illness. Born in Easington Colliery, County Durham, on March 14 1943, John had a variety of managerial jobs...
by Michael McG | Oct 15, 2018 | Courses
A North Yorkshire parishioner’s experiences while studying for a Certificate in Pastoral Ministry have spurred her on to volunteer as a bereavement counsellor. The course is a customised professional development programme offered by Loyola University Chicago in...
by Michael McG | Apr 25, 2018 | Study Days, Justice and Peace
The Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission is delighted to welcome Dr Anna Rowlands as this year’s Anthony Storey Memorial Lecture speaker. Anna is a political theologian and an expert on Catholic Social Teaching and is St Hilda Associate Professor of Catholic Social...
by Michael McG | Apr 5, 2018 | Education Service, Schools and Colleges
School Standards minister Nick Gibb has written to a Middlesbrough primary school with congratulations on results that place it in the top one per cent in the country. St Pius X Roman Catholic Primary School in Park End has been recognised for its excellence in...
by Michael McG | Mar 9, 2018 | Obituaries
A much-loved priest who spent 32 years at St Paulinus in York from its foundation as a parish has died in Ireland at the age of 94. Father Pat Grant was born in Thurles, Co Tipperary, on November 14 1923 and attended St Patrick’s Seminary in his hometown. He was...
by Michael McG | Feb 21, 2018 | Diocese, Obituaries
Father Tom Ryan, who served for 40 years in parishes in the north and south of our diocese, died at 6am on the morning of Saturday February 3 at the age of 86. Father Tom was born in Caherconlish, County Limerick, on August 29 1931. He attended St Patrick’s Seminary...
