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Women invited to Year of Prayer event

by Michael McG | Apr 12, 2024 | Appeals and Special Events, National Board of Catholic Women, Organisations, Pastoral Centres, St Bede's Pastoral Centre

We would like to welcome women in the diocese to a day of prayer and reflection at St Bede’s Pastoral Centre in York.Prayer is about your personal relationship with the Lord. As with anything personal, the approach, your expectations and its development can vary...

Behind the Scenes of the turmoil, suspicion, persecution and tragedy

by Michael McG | Oct 19, 2023 | Bar Convent, Pastoral Centres

Bar Convent York will be inviting the public to find the answers to some clues and discover the secrets that helped to save the Catholics from being caught by their persecutors. Secrets such as objects concealed in everyday household items, priests hiding holes, which...

Women invited for reflective fellowship morning

by Michael McG | Jun 16, 2023 | National Board of Catholic Women, Organisations, Pastoral Centres, St Bede's Pastoral Centre

Women from the diocese are warmly invited to “Nurturing our spiritual life”, a reflective annual morning of fellowship hosted by St Bede’s Pastoral Centre in Blossom Street, York.Our morning together will introduce a way of praying, exploring how we can pray with...

Display reveals new research on Pearl of York

by Michael McG | Apr 11, 2023 | Bar Convent, Pastoral Centres

A new display invites visitors to discover new research on St Margaret Clitherow and the mystery behind how the Bar Convent became custodians of her relic. Using unseen documents from the Bar Convent’s archives, students from York St John University have been...

Follow In the footsteps of education pioneer Mary Ward

by Michael McG | Feb 20, 2023 | Bar Convent, Pastoral Centres

The Bar Convent in York is inviting families to discover the story of the trailblazer Yorkshire woman, Mary Ward during the half-term break.It was Mary Ward’s mission to educate girls, and it is thanks to her that her followers established the first school for girls...