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Human chain shows solidarity with Ukraine

by Michael McG | Apr 6, 2022 | Bar Convent, Diocese, Education Service, Pastoral Centres, Schools and Colleges

Almost 2,000 pupils and staff created a human chain across the city of York to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine. The prayer chain, which began at the Bar Convent and ran all the way to York Minster, was the idea of pupils at the city’s All Saints Roman...

Bar Convent Displays 1,000-Strong Choir Of Angels

by Michael McG | Dec 17, 2020 | Bar Convent, Pastoral Centres

York’s Bar Convent says it’s “overwhelmed” after more than 1,000 angels were created to adorn the windows of its stunning Grade II-listed building this Christmas. People of all ages and from across the UK, including nine schools, and angels even came from as far as...

Join The Bar Convent’s Choir of Angels

by Michael McG | Nov 12, 2020 | Bar Convent, Pastoral Centres

As part of the Christmas story, York’s Bar Convent will be celebrating angels and all that they symbolise – from faith, love and comfort to strength, protection and guardianship. During lockdown the convent is creating a Christmas display of angels for the...

Bar Convent Welcomes Guests Back

by Michael McG | Sep 23, 2020 | Bar Convent

We are so pleased to welcome guests back both familiar and new back to the Bar Convent Living Heritage Centre to benefit from all that our home has to offer, writes SISTER ANN. Visitors can enjoy our wonderful café and stunning gardens, they can learn of the history...

John Paul Centre To Close

by Michael McG | Feb 19, 2020 | John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres

The much-loved John Paul Centre, which has been a hub for community and voluntary services in Middlesbrough for many decades, is to close for safety reasons. The centre, on Grange Road, is home to a wide range of groups serving refugees, asylum seekers, the homeless...

Modern Day Slavery in Europe

by webmaster | Jun 22, 2012 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar, Organisations, St Bede's Pastoral Centre

Middlesbrough Diocesan Women’s Commission (Diocesan Network of National Board of Catholic Women) present a talk by Sr Imelda Poole IBVM who will speak on ‘Modern Day Slavery in Europe: An Approach to the Work of Anti-Trafficking in Europe with Particular...