by Michael McG | Apr 6, 2022 | Vocations
Two priests have been getting to know their “new family” after coming over from India to work in our diocese. Father Xavier Santhiyagu, from the state of Tamil Nadu, and Father Anil Kumar Narisetti, from Andhra Pradesh, arrived in the UK in February and are living at...
by Michael McG | Mar 24, 2022 | Courses, Vocations, Adult Formation, Diocese, Evangelisation
GodCalls Adventure, from the National Office for Vocation, is a free, 40-day self-guided course that aims to help you grow in holiness and root each day in prayer. There are downloadable recourses to guide you in how to plan your days putting God at the centre of your...
by Michael McG | Mar 22, 2021 | Vocations, Rome
Father Stephen Wang has been appointed as the new rector of the Venerable English College (VEC) in Rome. Father Stephen will replace Monsignor Philip Whitmore, who has been rector since 2013. The VEC was founded in 1579 and since then has prepared priests to serve...
by Michael McG | Jul 8, 2019 | Sacraments, Vocations, Bishop Terry
Congratulations to Father Francis Sutcliffe, who was ordained to the priesthood at Saint John of Beverley Church on Saturday May 11. Father Francis is a former Anglican vicar and is married to Barbara. Our pictures show Bishop Terry laying on hands and requesting and...
by Michael McG | Mar 6, 2019 | Vocations
Peter Taylor reflects on his ordination to the diaconate by Bishop Terry at St Mary’s Cathedral… Ordination as a deacon is an important, and final, step on their journey towards priesthood. Normally this takes place in the seminary in which the student is...
by Michael McG | Sep 5, 2018 | Vocations
The Carmelite nuns at Thicket Priory in York are holding an information day for people interested in learning more about the contemplative life. “A lot of people ask about our life here, from the curious to those actively discerning a religious vocation,” said Mother...