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

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

New Permanent Deacon in the Making!

Please pray for Paul Coates: Newspaper Editor, husband of Katie and father of Chris and Andrew, parishioner at St Mary’s Parish in Halifax – and now … admitted as a candidate for Holy Orders as a Permanent Deacon by Bishop Marcus during Mass on the...

Cathedral Mass to Celebrate 50 Years of the Permanent Diaconate!

On 1 May 1971, following the restitution of the Permanent Diaconate in the years following the Second Vatican Council, the first Ordination of Permanent Deacons in England and Wales took place in Leeds Cathedral. To mark this occasion, Bishop Marcus is celebrating...

Day of Prayer for Vocations

Vocations Sunday (or Good Shepherd Sunday) falls this year on 12 May.  It is a day which reminds all of us in the family of God that each of us is called to holiness and to exemplify the values of our faith lived out through our own vocation – whatever that...