The Catholic Church across Yorkshire's historic West Riding since 1878

The Catholic Church across Yorkshire's historic West Riding since 1878

Pope Francis’ Letter to Priests

The Pope writes to priests: “Thank you for your service.” Pope Francis has written a letter to the world’s priests on the 160th anniversary of the death of the Curé of Ars, St John Vianney to express his support, closeness and encouragement to all...

Leeds Diocese hosts Eritrean Catholic Youth Retreat

On 28 July the Diocese of Leeds welcomed around 180 young people from the Eritrean Catholic community to the Holy Rosary Church at Chapeltown in Leeds. Coming from as far afield as London, Cardiff, and Newcastle, many of the young adults travelled up the evening...

College Honours Cathedral Choir School Director

Leeds College of Music has awarded a Fellowship to Sally Egan in recognition of her inspiring work at the Leeds Cathedral Choir School over the past ten years and her important contribution to the music industry. Leeds-born-and-educated Sally read music at Cambridge...

Young Writers Competition: Winners Announced!

At the end of the summer term the Diocesan Vicariate for Education invited Year 6 children in our diocesan primary schools to enter a short story competition. The stories were designed to be read by their fellow pupils in Year 3 and the writers were asked  to use The...