Tudor Croft Gardens in Guisborough will soon be open again for visitors to enjoy its collection of rare and beautiful snowdrops. The collection now numbers about 300 different snowdrops and is thought to be the biggest in the North-East. The opening weekends are...
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Bishop Terry’s February Voice column
“Journeying in dignity” is the theme of the ninth International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking, celebrated around February 8 2023.Pope Francis reminds us, “Human trafficking is an open wound of contemporary society. A scourge upon the body of...
Pope wants parishes to be generous, open communities
February’s Pope Video calls parishes to truly be communities, places of listening and welcome whose doors are always open. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uRUQDiJ-g&feature=youtu.be February's Pope Video The second Pope Video of the year has just been published...
Jesuits launch series of vocations videos
The Jesuits in Britain (the Society of Jesus) have launched a new series of videos focusing on vocations. The series of fascinating videos, which show members of the order living out their calling in pastoral, community and educational settings, are...
Communion with the Church in Jordan and the wider Holy Land
A group of Catholic Bishops from across Europe were in Jordan for the annual Holy Land Co-ordination, from January 14 to 19 2023. Holy Land Co-ordination 2023 Final Communique Jesus set out from there and went into the district of Judea [and] across the Jordan. Again...
TV series on life of Jesus returns
The Chosen – a groundbreaking crowd-funded television series about the life of Jesus and his followers – is to return for a second series on Easter Sunday. The first series of the drama was released in 2019. The series is the largest crowd-funded media...
ADoRE programme offers online evangelisation inspiration
A Zoom course designed to inspire parish evangelisation is being launched by ADoRE, a monthly mini-retreat morning for spiritual renewal."Proclaim the Good News – we are called to be Missionary Disciples" will run from January to November, usually on the fourth...
Women, the synod and the Continental Stage
A message from Margaret Clark, president of the National Board of Catholic Women (NBCW)… I have been privileged this last year to have been involved in many discussions on the Synod.From a listening course, an NBCW conference in Durham, attendance at national forums...
Mary Ward Week celebrates Yorkshire-born pioneer of girls’ education
The Bar Convent in York will mark Mary Ward Week (January 23-30) with a series of activities to raise awareness of this extraordinary Yorkshire woman who paved the way for ground-breaking local, national and international change.Mary Ward (January 23 1585-January 30...









