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CoAct – Action in the Community

by webmaster | Dec 3, 2010 | Miscellaneous

CoAct is a project of the Christian Police Association aimed at reaching out and building bridges between Christian communities and the Police across the United Kingdom. The Christian Police Association wants to encourage prayerful and practical involvement in local...

‘Light of the World’

by webmaster | Nov 27, 2010 | Miscellaneous

Amongst the countless legacies of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit is one that is very simple and tangible, and is accessible to us all. Every parish (or cluster of parishes) in our Diocese has received an image and candle blessed by the Pope to support us in our...

‘To know me is to know the Father’

by webmaster | Nov 26, 2010 | Miscellaneous

Forty eight Catechists, working in 22 parishes across the Diocese, came together in York in October for the Diocesan Catechists Renewal Day. Fr John Lumley and I had led them to anticipate some excellent input from our guest speaker, Paddy Rylands, and I’m...

International Meditatio Seminar

by webmaster | Nov 7, 2010 | Miscellaneous

Regents College, Regents Park, London 7 December 2010 (Teaching of Christian Meditation in Schools) This approach to contemplative prayer is based on the tradition the Desert Fathers handed down and passed on more recently by John Main and The World Community for...

10,001 new residents at York Carmelite Friary

by webmaster | Nov 7, 2010 | Carmelite Spirituality Group, Miscellaneous, Organisations

On the last day of September, 10,001 newcomers arrived at the Carmelite Friary in York, More House. Only one of them, Brother Andy Joyce, will live in the house itself. The other 10,000 will live in a beehive at the bottom of the garden. Brother Andy has moved to the...

New Life for Convent

by webmaster | Nov 2, 2010 | Miscellaneous

In April this year, a new era began for the former Convent of the Daughters of Mary and Joseph at Eastfield in Scarborough. Cayton Bay Lodge, as it is now called, has become a centre for Chrysalis Holidays run by the Epiphany Trust charity. The Trust’s respite...