The weekend of 18 and 19 November was a very special one in the life of the Castleford Parish of St Joseph. To complete the substantial work done on the sanctuary, Bishop Marcus dedicated the new altar. Fr John Aveyard who is Provost and Chancellor of the Diocese as...
Bishop Marcus has now returned from the Synod in Rome. Whilst there, he was able to meet with Cardinal Arthur Roche to give him the special present he had commissioned shortly after the announcement last year that Archbishop Roche was to be made a Cardinal. The icon...
The Golden Jubilee of St Margaret Clitherow in Threshfield, near Grassington was celebrated on the actual date of the church’s 50th Anniversary: Friday 6 October 2023. It is one of only a few churches dedicated to North Yorkshire Catholic convert, wife and...
Bishop Marcus is one of two Bishops of England and Wales who will be attending the Synod in Rome throughout the month of October (the other is Archbishop John Wilson, also originally from our diocese). In a Pastoral Letter to the clergy and laity of the Diocese of...
Jesus answered him, ‘Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.’ (Luke 23:43) This year, Prisoners’ Sunday will be on 8 October 2023. Pact (Prison Advice and Care Trust) has produced and sent to all parishes, packs with information...
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