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CAFOD Pilgrimage to Holy Island

by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations

Saturday 13th June. Join us at 11.00 am on the Mainland side of the Causeway. This joint event with our friends from Hexham and Newcastle Diocese is continuing to grow in popularity. For those unable to walk across the causeway, there will be a liturgy in the Parish...

Saints Peter and Paul – a discussion

by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Carmelite Spirituality Group, Event Calendar, Organisations

On 27th June the York Carmelite Spirituality Group will be meeting to discuss Saints Peter and Paul with input from Venerable Richard Seed, Anglican Archdeacon of York, from 10am till 1pm at 110 Lawrence Street; all are welcome. For details please contact Mr. Johan...

Liturgies celebrating the closure of the Year of St Paul

by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Carmelite Spirituality Group, Event Calendar, Organisations

Pope Benedict XVI designated 2008-2009 as a special ‘Year of Saint Paul’ commemorating two thousand years since the birth of the ‘Apostle to the Gentiles’. To mark the end of this period, all are warmly invited to York Minster to attend the following liturgical...

CAFOD Christian Aid Humber Bridge Sponsored Walk

by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations

CAFOD Christian Aid Humber Bridge Sponsored Walk takes place on Saturday 9th May, starting at 2pm on the North side of the bridge. Come along and raise funds for CAFOD. Get your sponsorship pack from the CAFOD Diocesan Office.

Fr Tony and ‘his’ trees

by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Parishes

After Fr Anthony Storey died in May 2007, the Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission agreed to try and raise £1,000 for the Woodland Trust, in order to dedicate an acre of woodland in his memory. Thanks to the generosity of many of his friends, in the Diocese and...

Catholics Worldwide Call for a Climate of Justice

by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | CAFOD, Organisations

During March, CAFOD launched its Climate Justice Campaign throughout England and Wales. In our Diocese we held two launches at Masses at St Wilfrid’s and English Martyrs parishes in York, where Lay Sohea and Khim Sarin, two Cambodian environmental experts from...