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Bridging divisions in the world

by webmaster | Jan 27, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations

Dean Brackley, S.J., a Jesuit priest in Latin America, will present a lecture in York entitled Crosses and Resurrections in El Salvador – The Wider North-South Divide and Our Vocation to Solidarity at 7.30pm on Friday 13th February 2009. Dean Brackley’s visit is...

Busking for CAFOD

by webmaster | Jan 27, 2009 | CAFOD, Carmelite Spirituality Group, Organisations

We’ve heard about the runners, cyclists and fashion shows as fundraising activities but students from York University’s Catholic Chaplaincy took to the streets of York City Centre throughout advent to raise funds for CAFOD by busking. They braved the...

Sickness, hunger, starvation and death

by webmaster | Jan 27, 2009 | CAFOD, Organisations

a bleak future for Zimbabweans A recent food security and livelihoods assessment carried out by Caritas Zimbabwe with support from aid agency CAFOD has shown that there is now very little to distinguish between the most vulnerable in society and everyone else in the...

Hundreds pay respect to Brian

by webmaster | Jan 27, 2009 | Organisations

Hundreds of mourners packed Middlesbrough’s Holy Name of Mary Church for the funeral of Brian McGowran, while many more listened to the service on speakers set up outside. Brian, who died at the age of 65 on January 3, was a former head brancardier of the...

‘Mothballed’ Ships

by webmaster | Jan 27, 2009 | Apostleship of the Sea, Organisations

The effects of the economic downturn are apparent for all to see, with companies cutting back on production, laying off staff all accompanied by the spectre of well known High Street names ceasing to trade. However there are some places where these effects may not be...

Did you know…?

by webmaster | Jan 26, 2009 | Organisations

People who are seeking asylum are not allowed to work and do not receive benefits. The Mary Thompson Fund (named in memory of Mary who most of you will know, and that assists refugees and people seeking asylum when in hardship and destitution), are holding their...