Deacon John Dies After Long Illness
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...
New Students Wanted For Pastoral Ministry Course
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...
Political Theologian Is Storey Lecture Speaker
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...
Minister Praises Middlesbrough School
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...
