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Fr Joseph O’Brien R.I.P.

by webmaster | Feb 20, 2010 | Obituaries, Parishes

Fr Joseph O’Brien who died on 25th January 2010 aged 87 was buried after his funeral Mass on 5th February at Sacred Heart Church, Hull, where he had been ordained as a priest for our Diocese by Bishop McClean on 22nd February 1975. Bishop Terry was the Principal...

Amendments to the 2010 Diocesan Year Book

by webmaster | Feb 1, 2010 | Diocese

St Mary’s Cathedral Confessions: Sat 10.00 am – 11.00 am (during Exposition) and 5.30 pm – 6.15 pm Annual Postgate Rally The Annual Postgate Rally will be held at Ugthorpe on Sunday 4th July 2010 Springboard Youth Event Springboard is to take a break...

RCIA/Journey in Faith Retreat Day 2010

by webmaster | Dec 31, 2009 | Evangelisation, Event Calendar, RCIA, Schools and Colleges

A Retreat Day, in preparation for the Rite of Election, will be on Saturday 6th February 2010 at All Saints Lower School, Nunnery Lane, York. All who are to be baptised or received into the Catholic Church at Easter are invited to attend, together with their sponsors,...

Thank you, St Clare’s School!

by webmaster | Nov 6, 2009 | Organisations, Schools and Colleges

The foods brought in for the Harvest Celebration at St Clare’s School have been very kindly donated to the Mary Thompson Fund, which supports refugees and asylum seekers in the Tees Valley many of whom receive no other support. Many, many thanks to Mrs Fall, and all...

Death of an Ampleforth Monk

by webmaster | Sep 5, 2009 | Obituaries, Parishes, Religious Communities

Fr Gerald Hughes, a monk of Ampleforth Abbey, has died at the age of 80. Fr Gerald died peacefully in his sleep on 31 August 2009 while on holiday with family relations in York. He was educated at Ampleforth and in 1947 went to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst....

Servant of God returns home

by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Obituaries, Parishes

Fr Austin O’Neill, retired parish priest of St Aelred’s, York, died on Saturday 25 April after a long period of ill health. He was 73 and had been a priest for almost 48 years, 21 of which were at St Aelred’s. Education was close to his heart. He...