by webmaster | Dec 16, 2007 | Schools and Colleges
All Saints RC Primary School in Thirsk recently held their first ever Grandparents’ Lunch. Fifteen Grandparents attended and were treated to roast chicken with roast potatoes, broccoli and carrots followed by a special pudding of ‘Granny Crunch’...
by webmaster | Dec 16, 2007 | Schools and Colleges
Mr Harland, All Saints RC Primary School Thirsk’s Caretaker for 13 years recently retired. A special assembly was held for Mr Harland and Mr Starr, the Headteacher, paid a special tribute to Mr Harland for all his hard work. Mr Harland was then presented with a...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Miscellaneous, Diocese
His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, has appointed Monsignor Terence Patrick Drainey the Seventh Bishop of Middlesbrough. On accepting the appointment, Mgr Drainey said: I give thanks to Almighty God for all his gifts and blessing, especially the gift of priestly...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Schools and Colleges
The Diocesan Trustees at its meeting on the 17th October received a report prepared by Mrs Kathleen Stead, the diocesan director of RE, on the Section 48 inspections of schools undertaken in the diocese in the school year 2006-07. (To find the reports type...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | RCIA, Event Calendar, Schools and Colleges, Evangelisation
The Retreat Day, in preparation for the Rite of Election, will be on Saturday 26th January 2008 at All Saints Lower School, Nunnery Lane, York. All who are to be received or baptised into the Catholic Church at Easter are invited to attend, together with their...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Schools and Colleges, Religious Communities
In 1857 a small group of Sisters of Mercy made their way from the West Riding of Yorkshire to Hull and established themselves in a small house near the town centre. They had come at the request of the then Bishop of Beverley to establish schools for the poor. From...