Pope Benedict XVI designated 2008-2009 as a special ‘Year of Saint Paul’ commemorating two thousand years since the birth of the ‘Apostle to the Gentiles’. To mark the end of this period, all are warmly invited to York Minster to attend the following liturgical...
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CAFOD Christian Aid Humber Bridge Sponsored Walk
CAFOD Christian Aid Humber Bridge Sponsored Walk takes place on Saturday 9th May, starting at 2pm on the North side of the bridge. Come along and raise funds for CAFOD. Get your sponsorship pack from the CAFOD Diocesan Office.
Fr Tony and ‘his’ trees
After Fr Anthony Storey died in May 2007, the Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission agreed to try and raise £1,000 for the Woodland Trust, in order to dedicate an acre of woodland in his memory. Thanks to the generosity of many of his friends, in the Diocese and...
Catholics Worldwide Call for a Climate of Justice
During March, CAFOD launched its Climate Justice Campaign throughout England and Wales. In our Diocese we held two launches at Masses at St Wilfrid's and English Martyrs parishes in York, where Lay Sohea and Khim Sarin, two Cambodian environmental experts from our...
St Aelred’s Community Centre, York
The Centre, situated on the Melrosegate junction of Fifth Avenue, provides excellent facilities for conferences, parties, meetings, dancing classes, yoga, slimming and keep fit, arts and crafts, Children's song box, Rainbows, Brownies, Mums and Tots, Ceilidh Club and...
Divine Mercy Day in Hull
Sunday 19th April, 12 noon - 4.00 pm, Divine Mercy Day at St Vincent's, Queens Road, Hull. Exposition and confessions all afternoon. Hour of Mercy 3.00 pm ending with Benediction. Everyone most welcome.
Catholic Archives Society to meet at Ushaw
Archivists from Britain and Ireland will meet at Ushaw College, Durham, in May for the annual conference of the Catholic Archives Society. The College, which last year celebrated the bicentenary of its establishment in Durham after years of exile in Douai, is a...
Catholic Women’s League Diocesan Branch
Annual General Meeting The Catholic Women's League Diocesan Branch Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 25th April 2009 at St Joseph's, Hull commencing with Mass at 11.30 am.
‘Newman and Elbow-Room in Theology’
It was with enormous pleasure that the Cleveland Newman Circle welcomed Fr Michael Sharratt to outline something of the philosophy of Cardinal Newman, taken largely from his private correspondence, letters and diaries. He began by describing a surprisingly outspoken...
