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

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

The Bradford BBC Broadcast in pictures!

  A recording of the BBC Radio 4 live broadcast of their flagship programme Sunday Worship for the Solemnity Christ the King, National Youth Sunday and the Jubilee of Choirs is still available for the next 28 days on BBC Sounds via this link. Here’s a glimpse...

Batley Torchlight Procession 2025

In the Diocese of Leeds, one of the highlights of our year is our unique event, the Batley Torchlight Procession. Read an account of this year’s Procession by Adam Cheshire in the Dewsbury Reporter and Batley News here: … and with the Church of St Mary of...

Two more Parishes embark on the CAFOD LiveSimply Journey!

Angela Powell from CAFOD came to St Aelred’s, Harrogate and St Mary’s, Knaresborough, to close the Church’s 2025 Season of Creation with an exciting invitation to take up the process of working towards the CAFOD LiveSimply Award. The parishes responded...

Celebrating the Feast of St Bernard at Fountains Abbey

John Tweddle from St Joseph’s Parish in Bilton (Harrogate) is a member of the Fountains Abbey Ecumenical Chaplaincy and has sent the following report on the Annual Mass at the Abbey: a long-standing summer event in our Diocese, which alternates each year between...