Fr Austin O'Neill, retired parish priest of St Aelred's, York, died on Saturday 25 April after a long period of ill health. He was 73 and had been a priest for almost 48 years, 21 of which were at St Aelred's. Education was close to his heart. He represented the...
With the Year of St Paul drawing to a close readers may like to listen to a recent episode of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'In Our Time' entitled St Paul. In this episode the host Melvyn Bragg and his guests Helen Bond (Senior Lecturer in the New Testament at the...
A Mass of Thanksgiving will be offered in the Cathedral on Saturday 4th July at 12 noon to celebrate the 137 year long contribution to education in Middlesbrough by the FCJ Sisters. All past Newlands Orchestra members are invited to play (but please contact Miss C...
Upon arrival in the Democratic Republic of Congo following his deportation from the UK, Blaise Kamba was arrested by plain clothes agents once he had left the airport. He was blindfolded and handcuffed, thrown into a jeep/van and taken to the prison he subsequently...
Thank you to all who help - as volunteers or donors. Especial thanks to the parishes and individuals who have been most generous, to St Charles Parish for paying the energy bills and the SVP for covering any deficit, to St Mary's College for the huge numbers of tins...
Bishop Terry presided at the Day of Commissioning for Ministers of Holy Communion and Word at Askham Bryan near York on Saturday 9th May. Bishop Terry also blessed a wooden portable altar table beautifully made by Mr Max Stockton.
Anthea Dove's new book - unusually, a novel - is a thought-provoking, moving story of a priest whose day-to-day life presents him with many situations which affect us in our lives. In the very first chapter, we meet the apprehensive curate, the lonely housekeeper, the...
Apples have been grown at Ampleforth Abbey for well over one hundred years and monks today still provide the work force in what is England's northernmost commercial orchard. Now, many of their famed recipes have been re-published in a mouth-watering book entitled...
17th - 24th July, 10am to 5pm (3pm, Friday 24th) Every day except Sunday in the Guildhall, York Thousands of books in all categories 'Feed the Minds' is an ecumenical charity raising funds through the sale of second-hand books to promote literacy and Christian...
