York Catholic History Day 2026 – Saturday 6 June

The York Catholic History Day will take place at the Bar Convent, Blossom Street, York on Saturday 6 June. This year the focus of the talk is very much on the Convent itself: the building, the contents and the resources these provide. The property in Blossom Street...

Become a Friend of Ushaw

Ushaw, near Durham, was the northern seminary for the training of Catholic priests between 1808 and 2011. Today, Ushaw Historic House & Gardens remains a place of rich spiritual, historical and cultural significance. The Friends of Ushaw support and fundraise for...

A Bradford Bicentenary

 ST MARY’S, STOTT HILL – THE MOTHER CHURCH OF BRADFORD, 1825-2025  July 2025 marks the bicentenary of the opening of St Mary’s Church, Stott Hill, the first Catholic place of worship to be built in Bradford after the Reformation. Using material in the Leeds...

York Catholic History Day 2025

CATHOLIC HISTORY DAY, The Bar Convent, Blossom Street, York Saturday 14 June 2025 PROGRAMME 10.00 Arrivals and coffee 10.30 Welcome and introduction to the day, including a brief introduction to the Arma Christi exhibition, by Hannah Thomas Paul Shaw: Good news to the...

Remembering the Church at Mount St Mary’s

The Magnificent Mount St. Mary’s Church, Richmond Hill, Leeds: The Story of the Heroic Campaign to Save the Church 1987—2025 The dramatic story of the battle to save Mount St Mary’s Church, Richmond Hill, Leeds, the largest non-cathedral Catholic church in the...