by webmaster | Apr 19, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Origins of the Franciscan Movement 1209-2009 St Francis – Patron of Ecology and Poor Man of Assisi showed the way ahead 800 years ago Rumours of the death of religious life are, thankfully, much exaggerated. With the credit crunch causing us all to be careful...
by webmaster | Apr 19, 2009 | Miscellaneous
The ‘York: City of Faiths’ initiative was launched in March 2006 to demonstrate a commitment to working together between the local faith communities, learning institutions, City of York Council and several non-governmental organizations. In the last two...
by webmaster | Apr 19, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Dear Webmaster Would it be possible, through the Middlesbrough Diocesan web site, to remind the whole Diocese that 24th May has been set aside by Pope Benedict as a Day of Special Prayer for the Church in China. Christians there are subjected to all forms of...
by webmaster | Apr 19, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Robert Nestor writes, You may recall an article I wrote in November’s Voice in which I brought the reader’s attention to a very worthwhile charity called The Newman Holiday Trust. To remind those of you who read it and to let those of you who didn’t...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2009 | Miscellaneous
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has today appointed the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, who has been Archbishop of Birmingham since March 2000, as the next Archbishop of Westminster. Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor as...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Miscellaneous, Event Calendar
Archivists from Britain and Ireland will meet at Ushaw College, Durham, in May for the annual conference of the Catholic Archives Society. The College, which last year celebrated the bicentenary of its establishment in Durham after years of exile in Douai, is a...