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

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

Education and Evangelisation through Sacred Song!

In advance of this year’s Education Sunday (14 September 2025), in addition to promoting the Catholic Education Service (of which Bishop Marcus is the national Chairman), the Catholic Union of Great Britain also featured the following short but powerful news...

Thanks on behalf of our Choristers!

Schools Singing Programme Director Tom Leech and Choral Director Joe Tilling walked the arduous route of Yorkshire’s Three Peaks, raising money to enable our young choristers to go to this year’s Gabrieli ROAR concert and singing workshops at Ely...

World famous composer visits St Benedict’s School!

Popular and prolific composer and choral conductor, John Rutter CBE, is in demand across the world – and has paid a visit to a Leeds primary school to listen to the children’s progress on a most unusual musical instrument! Whole classes of pupils at St Benedict’s...

Schools Singing Programme Praised in Parliament!

The National Schools Singing Programme (NSSP), developed here in the Diocese of Leeds and now rolled out to most of the UK’s Catholic dioceses and some Church of England Cathedrals, has been given high praise in the House of Lords! Last Thursday’s debate was...