St Anne’s Catholic Church Keighley | Diocese of Leeds

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

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

Diocesan Walking Pilgrimage for Vocations ‘In Fr Brown’s Footsteps’

Walk a short Day Pilgrimage for Vocations ‘In Fr Brown’s Footsteps’! Follow the route taken from Keighley to Ilkley over the Roman road across Ilkley Moor by GK Chesterton and the ‘real’ Father Brown, Diocese of Leeds priest Fr John...

Preparing for the Jubilee as Pilgrims of Hope: our NEW Diocesan Pilgrimage ‘In Father Brown’s Footsteps’

The inaugural walking of the newest Diocesan Pilgrimage for Vocations ‘In Father Brown’s Footsteps’ took place in the middle of Lent and in gloriously unseasonal weather! This year is the 120th anniversary of the first meeting between GK Chesterton...

Parishioner’s Pilgrimage Walk for Charity

Want to support the Pilgrimage for Vocations ‘In Father Brown’s Footsteps’ on 16 March – but the idea of walking over Ilkley Moor sounds like a step too far …? Why not ‘join’ the Pilgrimage by sponsoring Bob Marshall from St...

Walking Towards the Jubilee in Father Brown’s Footsteps!

Pilgrims from across the Diocese of Leeds and beyond are planning a new walking ‘camino’ this coming Lent, as their ‘first steps’ in the Year of Prayer and Preparation before the 2025 Jubilee, which the Holy Father has announced to have the...

GK Chesterton Centenary & the ‘Real’ Father Brown

Saturday 30 July 2022 marks the Centenary of GK Chesterton’s reception into the Catholic Church, brought about through his friendship with a priest of the Diocese of Leeds, Fr John O’Connor (1870-1952) who was the inspiration for Chesterton’s most famous...