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Bell ringers from the Cathedral Church of St Marie are appealing for more Catholics to learn to ring. The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers has launched a bid to train more ringers in time for them to “Ring for … Read More
by Angela Powell, Community Participation Co-ordinator CAFOD. Pope Francis has declared Sunday 13 November 2022 to be the sixth World Day of the Poor, with the theme of “For your sakes Christ became poor” (2 Cor 8:9). “Jesus Christ… for … Read More
By Kate McCullough Travelling long distances with young children is never easy. None of the group of three volunteers and an interpreter expected the ride from Manchester Airport over the Snake Pass with our newly arrived refugee family to be … Read More
On Saturday October 8th the Immaculate Conception, Herringthorpe hosted a parish day for the parishioners of the Immaculate Conception and St. Gerard’s, Thrybergh with parishioners from Blessed Trinity, Wickersley also attending. Over 80 parishioners ranging from 3 months old to … Read More
The chaotic scenes from Kabul airport of desperate families trying to find sanctuary were the inspiration that led the parish of St Gerard’s Thrybergh to contact both Rotherham Metropolitan Council (RMBC) and the Refugee Council. Families from Afghanistan were arriving … Read More
A conference focusing on the cost of living crisis has heard calls for Sheffield to give the poor a voice of their own by setting up a Poverty Truth Commission. The calls came from community worker and Methodist lay minister … Read More
Charities and other agencies in Sheffield are being stretched to the limits by the growing cost of living crisis, attendees at a Church Action on Poverty pilgrimage and conference in the city have been told. Political, religious and community leaders … Read More
By John Wood On the 15th May 2022 Pope Francis canonized Charles de Foucauld who is considered a pioneer of interreligious dialogue. Born in 1858, Charles was a French aristocrat and religious, whose work and writings led to the foundation … Read More
By James Hall As you age, your body and mind go through many changes. It’s up to you to decide how you want to handle these shifts, both physically and mentally, and how you want to approach daily life and all … Read More
By Kate McCullough Who are the refugees that Pope Francis, in his 2015 initiative, asked that ‘every parish, every religious community, every monastery, every sanctuary in Europe’ should host? It is heartening that this year, amid media hype about small … Read More
