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Sheffield Deanery Looks Forward
The Chapel at Kirk Edge As some will know, Sheffield is now a single deanery. In the Mass count taken in October, 2017 there were nearly 5000 people at Mass across the deanery, spread over forty Sunday Masses – plus one Mass at the Carmelite monastery at Kirk Edge, Hallam’s powerhouse of prayer and peace, where the sisters pray daily 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...]
Renewing the Liturgy: Six Simple Steps, 3 and 4
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 3 and … [Read More...]
SVP – What we do in Hallam
Readers may have been following the history of the Society of St Vincent de Paul in recent editions and will therefore be aware of its early years, its development over the last 175 years and the nature of the organisation it is today. Last month’s article focused on the reason why people volunteer to help those in need and this month the focus is … [Read More...]
McAuley Resolve
McAuley Catholic High School, Doncaster – Headteacher, John Rooney shares details of an important initiative that has begun at the school. Resolve How many New Year’s Resolutions remain intact I wonder? In reality we probably don’t take many of them too seriously … being fitter, changing diet, modifying ‘bad’ habits … so not keeping to them is … [Read More...]
Changing Lives – one voucher at a time
Ernest is a Polish graduate who lived in Sheffield for nine years, with regular employment and staying in his own accommodation. However, following an injury, he lost both his job and then his home, and for three years he had been sleeping rough, surviving by begging on the streets. Agnes, welfare worker at St Wilfrid’s Centre His life turned … [Read More...]
St Vincent’s experiences the best of times … and the worst of times
On 15 and 16 February, St Vincent’s Panto Players gave three performances of that well-known traditional pantomime A Tale of Two Cities, at St Vincent’s Church, Crookes, Sheffield. Charles Dickens would surely have been turning in his grave. Indeed the famous author made a few appearances during the show, making clear his displeasure with what … [Read More...]
Parishioners get their Teeth into Fair Trade
Mother of God Church, Sheffield Parishioners of Mother of God Parish, Sheffield generously supported and enjoyed Fairtrade Fortnight, 24 February to 10 March. After every weekend Mass, they were able to buy ethically produced goods, sourced from the ‘Good Taste’ shop on Whitham Rd in Broomhill. As well as excellent chocolate and many other … [Read More...]
Celebration Mass and LGTB Ministry
We gathered on Sunday, 9 December at the Bar Convent, York to celebrate the first anniversary of the inauguration of the new ministry that gives an explicit welcome to LGBT+ Catholics, their families and friends. Every second Sunday of the month since December, 2017, the Sisters of the Bar Convent have welcomed hundreds from across the north of … [Read More...]