Large numbers of people throughout the Diocese have been asking about giving Bishop John a gift from the people of the Diocese. Collection envelopes are now available in all parishes for people who would like to make a contribution to the gift. Please return the...
On Thursday 12th July at a joint Polish/English breakfast at St Leonard and St Mary's Parish Community Centre in Malton, a Welcome Pack was launched to assist Polish Migrant Workers arriving in the district. The Catholic Parish and the District Council have worked...
Claire and Mike Wren, parishioners of St Bernadette's, recently lost their beloved three-year old Charlotte, their only child. In 'Faith in Family and Friends' they bravely share their heartbreaking loss, the profound human experience of loving so deeply and losing so...
A new initiative is being launched to encourage parishes to reach out to non church-going (lapsed) Catholics. Called 'Where are they now?', the project aims to equip Catholics to extend an invitation to those who for many different reasons have stopped attending...
For the past six years the Upper Room at the John Paul Centre, Middlesbrough has been providing food on Saturday afternoons for those in need. Every week we get around 30 to 40 mainly young people who, for all sorts of reasons, are hungry. This is sometimes because...
Catholic women representing various parts of York were privileged to attend the dynamic service at St George's Church, Leeds on 16th June to mark 75 years of WWDP in England. From an initial service in 1932 attended by 250 women at City Temple, the movement has grown...
Sunday 22nd July was a very significant day for St Wilfrid's and its parishioners. Twenty one countries - The Philippines, Poland, USA, Guyana, Mexico, Belize, England, India, Malta, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, Spain, South Africa, Slovakia, Singapore, Ireland,...
Young newshounds from Sacred Heart RC School in Redcar have been reporting on the news - and now they are making it as well! For the year eight pupils have been named 11-14 age-group winners of the inaugural national CES Just News competition, for which they spent a...
Children from St Charles' School learnt to sign the Hail Mary and "Come Lord Jesus Come" to fully participate in the recent Deaf Awareness Mass at St Charles Borromeo Church in Hull. The children, from English, Filipino and Polish backgrounds, were taught by Pam...
