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

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

The Yorkshire Cardinals

To mark the appointment of our Bishop Emeritus to the Sacred College of Cardinals, Dr James Hagerty KSG has written a short series of articles about the lives of the three Yorkshiremen who have been honoured in this way – St John Fisher, Cardinal Arthur Hinsley...

New Biography of St Michael’s College Alumnus, Jake Thackray

Beware of the Bull – The Enigmatic Genius of Jake Thackray by Paul Thompson and John Watterson is the first, much-anticipated biography of the late, great Yorkshire singer-songwriter, and former pupil of St Michael’s College, in Leeds. Jake is increasingly recognised...

GK Chesterton Centenary & the ‘Real’ Father Brown

Saturday 30 July 2022 marks the Centenary of GK Chesterton’s reception into the Catholic Church, brought about through his friendship with a priest of the Diocese of Leeds, Fr John O’Connor (1870-1952) who was the inspiration for Chesterton’s most famous...

The Bentley Pulpit – A Cathedral Heritage Conservation Project

This week sees the launch of a fundraising initiative to support the work that will be carried out in the near future to restore the Bentley Pulpit, which formed part of Leeds Cathedral’s artistic heritage for over a hundred years until 2005, and at the same...

York Catholic History Day – Saturday 11 June

Catholic Record Society/Postgate Society/English Catholic History Association CATHOLIC HISTORY DAY The Bar Convent, York Saturday 11 June 2022   PROGRAMME  10.00   Arrivals and coffee 10.30   Welcome and introduction to the day                    Dr. Scholastica...

Leeds’ Catholic War Hero Honoured at Roundhay School

Arthur Louis Aaron is Leeds’ only World War II recipient of the Victoria Cross and the only member of the Royal Air Force to be awarded both the VC and the Distinguished Flying Medal. On 5 March 2022, on what would have been the Roundhay Grammar School...