Lourdes 2018 as told by Alex Prior, Director of the Diocesan Pilgrimage More than 400 pilgrims from around the Diocese took part in the 2018 Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes from 1 t[...]

  You may be starting school for the first time or beginning at a new or different school.  You may be starting a new group, such as Brownies or Cubs or maybe a sports group.  You [...]

The Ordination of Fr Christopher W Ainslie took place at St Marie’s Cathedral, Sheffield on Saturday, 14 July – a beautiful setting for the gathering of ChristopherR[...]

The annual Feast of Corpus Christi was celebrated in the traditional way of the Hallam Diocese, when Bishop Ralph led a procession through the streets of Sheffield.   The processio[...]

NATIONAL JUSTICE AND PEACE NETWORK OF ENGLAND AND WALES 40th National Justice and Peace Network Conference – 20-22 July, 2018 ‘Justice is not high enough up the political age[...]

On Sunday, 10 June a new and hugely successful Summer Fair took place at the Annunciation Church in Chesterfield.  In addition to the traditional bottle, cake, bric-a-brac and plan[...]

St Vincent de Paul Society History of the Society in England and Wales, Part 2   The abject poverty experienced by those in the mid-19th century unfortunate enough to be trapped wi[...]

What goes on inside a convent?  Probably the only thing you can be sure about is that life is never dull!   Take the Augustinian Sisters at Boarbank Hall in Cumbria.  They run a Nu[...]

The Blessing of the Headstone on the Grave of Two Former Parish Priests of St Peter-in-Chains, Doncaster Whilst parish priest at St Peter-in-Chains, Doncaster, Fr Gus O’Reilly was [...]

The Feast of Pentecost was a day of great celebration in churches of the Parish of Our Lady Queen of Peace, Chesterfield.   At the Vigil Mass at Holy Family Church following the re[...]