FATHER BILL SERPLUS has been enjoying the beauty of York at dawn – all for a very good cause... A chance phone call and a mention of CAFOD’s Walk for Water campaign was enough to immediately get me onto the website and register to do 10,000 steps a day during Lent. I...
Bishop Terry is encouraging people in our diocese to take part in Earth Hour on Saturday March 27. “The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth. In many parts of the planet, the elderly lament that once beautiful landscapes...
The meeting between Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani – one of Iraq’s most influential spiritual leaders for Shi‘a Muslims – on Saturday (March 6) has been hailed as a historic moment of peace. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN),...
The Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst is offering several online talks and webinars during March. Click on the titles for more details and to book. The Drama Displayed: A Journey of Salvation The series of online talks concludes this month. In the...
DEACON DAVID CROSS has written a special reflection for the Year of St Joseph, based on Pope Francis' Apostolic Letter, Patris Corde... I don’t know whether or not you’ve read any of Pope Francis’ letters to us since he took up his pontificate in March 2013? If you...
The Catholic Safeguarding Project has released its March newsletter.
Father David Stewart SJ introduces the theme of the Holy Father’s Prayer Intention for March, the Sacrament of Reconciliation. TASTE GOD’S INFINITE MERCY It’s already a full year since Pope Francis prayed for the whole world in that haunting and poignant televised...
The National Board of Catholic Women is hosting a Zoom meeting with Dr Anna Rowlands to examine the pope’s latest encyclical, Fratelli Tutti. Dr Rowlands is St Hilda associate professor of catholic social thought and practice in the Department of Theology and...
A Catholic aid organisation has announced plans for a virtual Sunday lunch to raise money for a charitable kitchen in Lebanon that serves more than 1,500 hot meals a day to refugees from neighbouring Syria and others in urgent need. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)...
