Nominations are open for the National Church Awards, with churches across the UK now able to enter in categories for architecture, volunteering, tourism and more.Organisers say that with the future of many churches uncertain and under threat, there has never been a...
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Help Stella Maris help seafarers this Sea Sunday
“The seafarers had several shopping trolleys filled with fresh fruit and vegetables, bottled water, rice pasta, and other items, when the supermarket manager appeared and said they were not allowed to buy in bulk at this particular branch,” said Rev Doug Duncan,...
Women invited for reflective fellowship morning
Women from the diocese are warmly invited to “Nurturing our spiritual life”, a reflective annual morning of fellowship hosted by St Bede’s Pastoral Centre in Blossom Street, York.Our morning together will introduce a way of praying, exploring how we can pray with...
Mini-retreat focuses on power of forgiveness
Bishop David Oakley will be the keynote speaker at a free online mini-retreat to show how forgiveness is a powerful element in helping us to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.The meeting is hosted by ADoRE, one of the longest-running charismatic days of renewal in...
Bishop Terry’s June Voice column
Looking back on last month, the main highlight for most people surely was the King and Queen’s Coronation. Even if you are a staunch republican, you couldn’t have missed it! Certainly “Coronation” and “Monarchy” and the rituals surrounding the ceremony have formed a...
Pope: ‘Let us put a stop to this horror of torture!’
The new Pope Video contains a powerful call for the abolition of torture.The Holy Father condemns not only the most violent forms of torture but also those that are “more sophisticated, such as degrading someone, dulling the senses, or mass detentions in inhumane...
Places available on pastoral ministry course
The Certificate in Pastoral Ministry is a customised, online professional development programme offered by Loyola University, Chicago in partnership with the Archdiocese of Liverpool and dioceses in northern England.The next programme begins in September 2023 and runs...
Storey lecture looks for signs of hope
The Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission is delighted to welcome Christine Allen as this year’s speaker for the Anthony Storey Memorial Lecture, “Signs of Hope in a Troubled World”.Christine has been the director of CAFOD since the spring of 2019. She held leadership...
Fatima statue and saints relics visit York
The Centenary Pilgrim Virgin Statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and relics of Ss Jacinta and Francisco of Fatima are coming to St Aelred’s Church, York, this summer.There will be a full programme of prayer and devotions during this time of special blessing....









