Tributes have been paid to the former long-serving parish priest of St Joseph’s in Pickering Father Bill East, who died on Wednesday July 1 after a long illness. Father Bill, who was 72, spent 11 years at St Luke’s Parish Church in Pallion, Sunderland, from 1983...
A Year 6 pupil at St Hilda's Roman Catholic Primary School in Whitby has stunned the organisers of this year’s Mission Together appeal by single-handedly raising more than £200 for less fortunate children. The pupil went to extraordinary efforts to boost his usual...
York-based children’s author and liturgical and eucharistic minister Sue Ellis has produced an interactive book to help families, schools and churches inspire children to share in the celebration of the Mass. The book is designed to help children aged from five to ten...
A bishop has warned that a proposed amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill will lead to “abortion on demand.”Bishop John Sherrington, the lead Catholic bishop for life issues said: “We are expecting the Report Stage of the Domestic Abuse Bill to take place in week...
Mass was celebrated roughly every 23 seconds somewhere around the world last year for the intentions of a Catholic charity’s supporters. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) sends stipends from its benefactors to help priests where the Church is suffering or in dire need....
North-East publisher Sacristy Press is publishing a new travel guide all about Yorkshire and its Christian Heritage. Yorkshire has a long and rich Christian history, stretching back beyond the Vikings to Roman Britain. Saints and Holy Places of...
Pope Francis invites us to pray with him during the month of July that families may be accompanied with love, respect and guidance. When the Holy Father decided on the intentions that would be presented to us each month this year, in consultation with...
Catholics will be able to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation St Mary’s Cathedral in Middlesbrough from Friday and attend Mass from Sunday as the lockdown rules ease. This week, confession will be available on Friday and Saturday from noon to 2pm, during the time...
Generous Friends of the Holy Land supporters have donated a remarkable £110,000 to trigger matched funds from of the charity’s backers. Money came from across the whole country, with creative ways to raise funds under lockdown conditions including distanced strawberry...
