Prison Break-In!

I wonder what readers have thought or felt when they go past the high walls of Northallerton Prison, the oldest prison in use in England. In July, the Governor, Norman Griffin, kindly gave me a tour and a great deal of his time to explain many facets of life in the...

Read-A-Book-A-Month

As Read-A-Book-A-Month bible-challenge enters its second year, Catholic Voice asks promoter Mary Callan to reflect on the year’s experience. ‘It’s all very low-key,’ says Mary, ‘apart from the Pope launching the Bible Readathon on Italian...

Focolare Mariapolis in York 2009

Light shone out through any remaining grey clouds over Yorkshire in August at the annual Focolare Mariapolis as the theme was ‘Love is light’. This referred to the Christian search for wisdom and the light that comes from living the Gospel. Nearly 700...

Some Sanctuary Success

August 2009’s edition of Catholic Voice reported on the “Walk for Justice” on July 9th, an event organised by Tees Valley Citizens for Sanctuary, an alliance of faith, refugee and citizen groups. The walk highlighted concerns for people who are seeking...

Remembering Mike

Friends of the late Mike McCullagh, and Trustees of his Trust Fund, very kindly followed up their donation of 2008 with similar generous sponsorship for this year’s School’s Football Tournament (reported in the July issue of the Voice), for which the...

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