Caring for the Church and for Creation!

In this Year of St Francis of Assisi, parishioners at St Mary’s in Knaresborough have been getting busy outdoors, caring for their church building and garden!  At their recent ‘Spring Garden Tidy’ many ‘green-fingered’ hands made light...

Your Chapel needs YOU!

He’s not quite Lord Kitchener, and he’s got a pointy sword rather than a pointy finger – but the moustache and the message is the same …! The Chapel Of Our Lady of the Crag, Knaresborough is in need of more trustees, gardeners, volunteers and...

Celebrating the Year of St Francis of Assisi Together!

Now is the time to contact communications@dioceseofleeds.org.uk (for Leeds and Hallam) AND communications@rcdmidd.org.uk (for Middlesbrough) with what’s planned in YOUR parish, school, Catholic charity or association to celebrate the Year of St Francis of...

Lent: a spiritual springtime

A message from CAFOD as we approach the penitential season of Lent…: The word Lent finds its roots in the Old English word lencten, meaning ‘spring’. It describes that quiet, persistent season when the days begin to lengthen and the earth slowly...