Discover and share what's on across the Diocese of Hallam: Events, Retreats, Courses, Bible Studies and more… click here to visit our Diocesan What's On website
Homelessness!
Joe Ford, Church Action on Poverty deputy chair, speaks to the participants at the Poverty Civic Breakfast Sheffield Church Action on Poverty was recently involved in an event that brought together local politicians, council and community leaders and charities to look at a key issue confronting the city. Tim Renshaw, chief executive of the … [Read More...]
The People Behind the SVP 2
The People Behind the Society of St Vincent de Paul ~ St Louise de Marillac In this second article on key people influential to the formation of the St Vincent de Paul Society we are looking at the life of St Louise de Marillac. Although she was born 242 years before Frederic Ozanam founded the Society, her relationship with St Vincent, their … [Read More...]
The People Behind the SVP
The Hallam News has recently carried a number of articles about the Society of St Vincent de Paul, which have been well received. People have appreciated getting to know more about the work of the SVP and also their history. Over the next four months the paper will feature a series of articles focusing on the key people responsible for the … [Read More...]
RENEWING THE LITURGY: Six Simple Steps 5 and 6
At the annual gathering of the priests of the Diocese last October the speaker was Tom O’Loughlin, Professor of Historical Theology at Nottingham University. Tom gave the priests of the Diocese Six Simple Steps which could go some way to achieving Vatican II’s vision in our celebration of the Eucharist. This month we take a look at steps 5 and … [Read More...]
Society of St Vincent de Paul – Changing Lives
Recent articles about the St Vincent de Paul Society – SVP – have covered a range of aspects of the society including its founder, its history and more recently how it works and what it does locally. This article is the start of an occasional series presenting factual accounts of SVP activity, taken from the SVP publication ‘Changing Lives’, where … [Read More...]
Heating our Common Home!
Angela Wood brings us up to date on CAFOD’s recent work on HEATING OUR COMMON HOME. The sun shone warmly as CAFOD supporters, along with members of Christian Aid and Sheffield Wildlife Trust, met with Louise Haigh MP for Sheffield Heeley to discuss the actions needed to urgently address the problems of Climate Change. This hard-working MP was … [Read More...]
Caritas News – the Deaf Community in Hallam
Stuart Hanlon, Director of Caritas-Diocese of Hallam, writes: After many years of dedicated service to the Deaf Community in Hallam, Sr Clare Smith and Fr Don Stoker are retiring. All those who have benefitted from this service are grateful for the help they have been given. The Diocese wishes to maintain and develop this service and are … [Read More...]
St Mary’s, Chesterfield Mini Sparkle Walk
School Governors play a vital role in the life of our schools across the Diocese. One such Governor was Glynn Davidson, who was a Governor at St Mary’s Primary School, Chesterfield for many years. Former Headteacher, Marian Bolton, said of Glynn, “Physically he was a great bear of a man. We all knew him, however, as a gentle giant, who was … [Read More...]
Regional Golf Competition Success
This year’s Circle President of Barnsley Catenians, Pat Horbury, won the Catenian Province 3 Golf Competition at Knaresborough Golf Course, North Yorkshire, ahead of fellow Catenians from Circles from four Dioceses – Hallam, Nottinghamshire, Leeds and Middlesbrough. Pat and his wife, Christine, are parishioners of St Teresa’s Parish, Darton, … [Read More...]
Special 90th Birthday at Moorends
Hazel Dawson, parishioner of St Joseph and St Nicholas, Moorends, celebrated her 90th Birthday in style at the end of August. Following morning Mass parishioners and Parish Priest, Fr Santosh Vazhappally, held a party for her with a special birthday cake. Other parishioners surprised Hazel with a ‘make over’ of her garden, planting a standard … [Read More...]