Dean Brackley, S.J., a Jesuit priest in Latin America, will present a lecture in York entitled Crosses and Resurrections in El Salvador – The Wider North-South Divide and Our Vocation to Solidarity at 7.30pm on Friday 13th February 2009. Dean Brackley's visit is...
We've heard about the runners, cyclists and fashion shows as fundraising activities but students from York University's Catholic Chaplaincy took to the streets of York City Centre throughout advent to raise funds for CAFOD by busking. They braved the freezing cold and...
a bleak future for Zimbabweans A recent food security and livelihoods assessment carried out by Caritas Zimbabwe with support from aid agency CAFOD has shown that there is now very little to distinguish between the most vulnerable in society and everyone else in the...
Fr Paul Farrer's tribute to Brian McGowran It really is wonderful to see so many people in church today. It is a wonderful tribute to Brian, and as I offer our sympathy and prayerful support to Cath, Julie, Paul, Bev, Daniel, Joseph, Naimh-Mary, Josie and Patrick I am...
Hundreds of mourners packed Middlesbrough's Holy Name of Mary Church for the funeral of Brian McGowran, while many more listened to the service on speakers set up outside. Brian, who died at the age of 65 on January 3, was a former head brancardier of the...
If you have never been in the St Bede's Pastoral Centre, you're in for a pleasant surprise. Five minutes' walk from York rail and bus station, the Centre aims to provide a warm welcome and a place of quiet refreshment, spiritual replenishment and support for people of...
Sr Imelda Poole IBVM(Loreto) writes, Thank you to all the readers and generous donators who have so kindly responded to the appeal for the projects in Albania. The amazing total raised was £2365.00 and this achievement, during such a short time and at this time in...
The effects of the economic downturn are apparent for all to see, with companies cutting back on production, laying off staff all accompanied by the spectre of well known High Street names ceasing to trade. However there are some places where these effects may not be...
at the Concert on 19th December 2008 Fr David, Hon Mayor of Driffield, Invited Guests, Fellow Parishioners, In his autobiography the artist Eric Gill considered his life's work was, in essence, an attempt to make a cell of good living in the chaos of the world. If we...
