The Catholic Parish of Mother of God and Saint Wilfrid
Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, S7 1DX
Sheffield South Deanery
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LATEST BULLETIN
August 18th 2019
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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [Read More...]
Divine Renovation – Clearing out the Junk
The April edition of the Hallam News carried a report on The Divine Renovation Conference attended by a group from the Hallam Diocese. This is another instalment of the message of that conference, which was designed to bring parish communities from maintenance to … [Read More...]
Creation Celebration
When people from all over the Diocese of Hallam gathered with Bishop Ralph at St Marie’s Cathedral for a Creation Celebration, he renewed Pope Francis’ call in ‘Laudato Si’, “Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not … [Read More...]
Icon Painting at Turvey Abbey
A report on the Icon Painting Course at Turvey Abbey, 30 April – 5 May Turvey Abbey is a Grade II listed Jacobean style house, located in the village of Turvey in Bedfordshire. The house is dated 1605 on the north facade and 1608 on the south facade. The building is … [Read More...]
Pilgrimage to Medjugorje
John Rigby, parishioner of St William of York, Sheffield, relates his experience of this special place. In June a group of thirty pilgrims, mostly from Hallam Diocese, visited the Marian shrine in Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Our spiritual director, Rev Lee … [Read More...]
Holy Trinity Students Travel to the Somme
Each year, Holy Trinity School, Barnsley, takes a group of students to the WWI Battlefields. This year forty Year 9 students, along with their teachers, embarked on a journey to the Somme, to remember and honour the fallen. During the trip, they visited memorials and … [Read More...]