by webmaster | Jan 24, 2008 | Carmelite Spirituality Group, Organisations, Religious Communities
Sr Thérèse of the Sacred Heart, a Carmelite nun at the Monastery of the Annunciation at Thicket Priory near York made her solemn profession on 8th December 2007, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Sr Thérèse was born Clare...
by webmaster | Dec 16, 2007 | Event Calendar, Religious Communities
During 2008 the FCJ Sisters are celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the death of their Foundress Marie-Madeleine díHouet. There will be a special Mass celebrated at Middlesbrough Cathedral on Saturday 5th April 2008 at 12 midday. An open invitation is extended to all...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Religious Communities
Sr Mary Raphael (Teresa Harrison) was born in Hull on 20th October 1907. The family lived in the Spring Bank area and numbered three boys and seven girls. The two remaining are Sr Raphael and Sr Benedict (now 98). Sr Raphael spoke recently of her memories of a secure,...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Schools and Colleges, Religious Communities
In 1857 a small group of Sisters of Mercy made their way from the West Riding of Yorkshire to Hull and established themselves in a small house near the town centre. They had come at the request of the then Bishop of Beverley to establish schools for the poor. From...