Walking the Hathersage Pilgrim Ways
The Blesseds’ Padley Chapel Windows Three of Padley Chapel’s stained glass windows, depict the Bl Nicholas Garlick, Bl Robert Ludlam and Bl Richard Simpson, who as Missionary Priests, in Elizabethan…
An Invitation to Become Synodal- Retreat at Home
A short time after each parish in the diocese had responded to Pope Francis’s invitation to reflect on how well we, as a church, are travelling together, a few words…
Walking the Hathersage Pilgrim Ways
‘Padley – its Martyrs and Restoration 1588-1933’. There’s no author’s name on this little red booklet, but it’s clearly the work of Mgr Charles Payne V.G.(Nottingham Diocese), who was the…
Becoming Synodal- Retreat at Home
The Diocese is inviting every parish to a “retreat at home” on becoming synodal. This retreat is designed to introduce the practice of synodality, and uses the April 2022 diocesan…
42nd Hallam Diocesan Walsingham Pilgrimage
The 42nd Hallam Diocesan Walsingham Pilgrimage took place on 22 July when Bishop Ralph led 105 pilgrims including priests and deacons from the diocese. Pilgrims travelled by coaches from Barnsley,…
Young people see the vibrancy of the church during world Youth day
Hallam Youth joined the 1,000 young people from England and Wales and took part in World Youth Day, Lisbon. We had a few meetings before going but, as the participants…
Previewing the Synod – A historic moment in the life of the Catholic Church
Two years after Pope Francis gave all Catholics the opportunity to make their views known on the mission of the Church in the 21st Century, the first of two Synod meetings…
Parish Riverside Walk for the Season of Creation
The Season of Creation runs from 1st September (the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation) to the feast of St. Francis of Assisi on 4th October.The Season offers…
THE WORKING DOCUMENT FOR THE SYNOD: SUMMARY AND REVIEW
(adapted from a reflection from Fr Tom Magill, Diocese of Motherwell, with permission) The Instrumentum Laboris, the working document for the two sessions of the XVI ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SYNOD OF…