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St Charles ‘Drop In’ Report

by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Miscellaneous

Thank you to all who help – as volunteers or donors. Especial thanks to the parishes and individuals who have been most generous, to St Charles Parish for paying the energy bills and the SVP for covering any deficit, to St Mary’s College for the huge...

Father Dan: the story of an imperfect priest

by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Book Reviews

Anthea Dove’s new book – unusually, a novel – is a thought-provoking, moving story of a priest whose day-to-day life presents him with many situations which affect us in our lives. In the very first chapter, we meet the apprehensive curate, the...

Cooking apples the Ampleforth Abbey way

by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Book Reviews, Parishes, Religious Communities

Apples have been grown at Ampleforth Abbey for well over one hundred years and monks today still provide the work force in what is England’s northernmost commercial orchard. Now, many of their famed recipes have been re-published in a mouth-watering book...

‘Feed the Minds’ Book Sale

by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Miscellaneous

17th – 24th July, 10am to 5pm (3pm, Friday 24th) Every day except Sunday in the Guildhall, York Thousands of books in all categories ‘Feed the Minds’ is an ecumenical charity raising funds through the sale of second-hand books to promote literacy and...

Communion Congratulations!

by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Miscellaneous

Children from schools and parishes across our diocese have been making their first Holy Communion recently. Congratulations to all those children who have celebrated their first Holy Communion recently and to all the parents, families, catechists, teachers and...

International Prayer Vigil

by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Event Calendar, Miscellaneous

To mark United Nations Torture Victims Day, the annual International Prayer Vigil, ‘Take Them in Your Hands’ will be held on the night of 27th/28th June from 8.00 pm to 8.00 am. Members of Action by Christians Against Torture (UK), a mainstream Christian...