Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) is a frontline service for the care of seafarers. This year, they celebrated their 90th anniversary. In addition to numerous celebrations throughout the year, in the month of October all European Regional AoS Co-ordinators met in Glasgow...
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Thank You, Farewell and Welcome at All Saints, Thirsk
On 22nd September, the parishioners thanked and said farewell to Fr Andrew Smith OPraem with a buffet and wine evening as he left Thirsk to take a new appointment at St Gabriel's in Ormesby. On 3rd October, the parishioners welcomed Fr James Blenkinsopp, Parish Priest...
English Martyrs’ ‘A Christmas Carol’
The drama group at English Martyrs, York, will present Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol', in the Church Hall, Dalton Terrace, 2nd-5th December. Written to influence social conscience, the story includes many of Dickens' most famous characters including Scrooge, Bob...
Sr Mary Austin Thompson RSM
Sr Mary Austin Thompson died peacefully at the age of 81, in the Convent of Mercy, Eastgate, Hornsea, on 27th August 2010, the day before the feast of her patron, St Augustine. Her body was received into Sacred Heart Church, Hornsea, on Sunday 12th September by Fr...
Read-A-Book-A-Month asks your help
Read-A-Book-A-Month bible challenge invites the help of the whole Diocese in raising the project's profile on the internet. 'When I google 'catholic' and 'bible-challenge' complains Mary Callan, 'the World Wide Web offers me a site which promises 'a list of...
Pro-Life Pilgrimage to Osmotherley
On Sunday 3rd October, about 25 pilgrims walked up the hill to Our Lady of Mount Grace Chapel, Osmotherley, praying the Rosary and making the Way of the Cross through pouring rain. Their spirits were not dampened but renewed and the prayers and hymns filled the hills....
John Paul Centre 250+ Club Draw October 2010
Drawn on Monday 4th October 2010 £100 Winning No 220 £75 Winning No 19 £50 Winning No 172 £30 Winning No 293 Next meeting and monthly draw - Monday 1st November 2010
Thank You Wynne!
Parishioners of St Clare's Church were graced with beautifully bright autumn afternoon for a special Mass of thanksgiving for one of the parish's founding parishioners, the much-loved Mrs Wynne Hughes, who is leaving the parish and the diocese to be nearer to her...
New Life for Convent
In April this year, a new era began for the former Convent of the Daughters of Mary and Joseph at Eastfield in Scarborough. Cayton Bay Lodge, as it is now called, has become a centre for Chrysalis Holidays run by the Epiphany Trust charity. The Trust's respite holiday...
