Fr Donal O’Leary was a priest of the Leeds Diocese, who had a huge influence on many teachers and headteachers in the Hallam Diocese.  He was a priest at St Marie’s, Sheffiel[...]

A little over ten years ago the Hallam News celebrated John Serjeant’s ordination to the priesthood which took place on 8 December, 2008 at The Annunciation Church, Chesterfi[...]

Who is Jesus?  This month we will find out more about Jesus!    We know about Jesus from the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, which the Priest or Deacon reads at Mass.[...]

On Saturday, 26 January, 2019, the Cadeby Main Colliery Pit Wheel was dedicated near Kilners Bridge in Denaby Main.   Denaby Main was originally a company village built by the Dena[...]

Readers may have been following the history of the Society of St Vincent de Paul in recent editions and will therefore be aware of its early years, its development over the last 17[...]

December 2018 saw the 40th anniversary of the Society of St Vincent de Paul at St Mary and St Joseph’s, Worksop.  Established in 1978, this conference has been working hard over th[...]

For the second year running the Hallam Young Chaplaincy Leaders got together to fundraise and to purchase rucksacks for homeless people living on the streets of Sheffield.   The ru[...]

Friday, 14th December saw our fourth Mother of God’s got Talent competition in aid of St Vincent’s Furniture Store, Sheffield, and what a fantastic night it was.   With our guest a[...]

Climate Change Conference 2018 Help Save Father Christmas’s Reindeer!  …  a Personal Reflection   On 11 December, 2018, with thirty-four fellow CAFOD climate campaigners, I returne[...]

At the annual gathering of the priests of the Diocese last October the speaker was Tom O’Loughlin, Professor of Historical Theology at Nottingham University.  Tom gave the priests [...]