by Michael McG | Apr 8, 2021 | SVP and Mini Vinnies, Miscellaneous
St Aelred’s, York, Mini Vinnies and the adult SVP worked together to bring some extra cheer to 50 older parishioners this Easter. Each gift bag contained a pot of hyacinths, a packet of chocolate biscuits and a handmade Easter card from the Mini Vinnies. The sun...
by Michael McG | Apr 8, 2021 | Pope Francis, Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Organisations
Pope Francis’ historic visit to Iraq has given fresh impetus this Easter to a movement of Iraqi Christians returning to their homeland after fleeing genocide at the hands of Daesh (ISIS). One month on from the papal visit, which took in Baghdad, Mosul, Ur and Erbil,...
by Michael McG | Apr 8, 2021 | Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), Organisations, Bishop Terry, Catholic Bishop's Conference
Bishop Terry has backed a charity’s call for churches to help build a hunger-free future as the use of food bank soars. Food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network gave out 1.2m emergency food parcels between April and September last year. But the UK’s largest food...
by Michael McG | Mar 31, 2021 | Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Organisations
An online devotional service for Holy Week – enriched by some of the finest sacred music – is being offered for people wishing to unite their prayers with those of suffering Christians in Iraq. The London Oratory has joined forces with the London Oratory School’s...
by Michael McG | Mar 31, 2021 | Pope Francis, Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), Encyclicals, Justice and Peace, Organisations
The Diocese of Middlesbrough J&P Commission is looking for inspirational examples of parishes, schools and members of our Catholic community being “Guardians of Creation”. The ecological crisis we face, the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor, is affecting...
by Michael McG | Mar 31, 2021 | St Gabriel's, CAFOD, Organisations
DEACON DAVID CROSS has raised almost £1,000 by walking more than half a million steps during Lent – find out why he’s doing it and how you can help… Each Lent we are encouraged by the Church to give something up as a way of helping us to come closer to God, to help us...