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Eighteen-year-old Chantel Birtwistle of Our Lady’s RC School, Royton recently won “Best Student” prize at an award evening held at Rochdale’s Norton Grange Hotel.
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Over 40 Cornerstone volunteers took the opportunity to take time out from their busy lives to spend Saturday reflecting on their mission with their Bishop, Terence Brain.
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Fr Maurice Murphy, at the age of 95, has celebrated the 70th anniversary of his ordination to the Sacred Priesthood. The Bishop and all the priests of the Diocese join in wishing Fr Murphy a very Happy Anniversary and 'Ad Multos Annos'.
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On Sunday 18th July, 2010, Bishop Terence Brain celebrated Mass in Salford Cathedral in Thanksgiving for the work of the Holy Family (St. Emily) Sisters who will soon be leaving the diocese after working here for thirty-seven years.
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Bishop Terence presided and twenty-two priests concelebrated at a Mass in St John's Cathedral, Salford, on Wednesday July 14th, 2010, in thanksgiving for the work of Mr Martin Lochery who retires at the end of this term as Director of Education&...
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Pilgrims attending World Youth Day in Madrid next year will see a monstrance from the 15th century that is known as “the finest example of Spanish silverwork of all time.” The Monstrance of Arfe will be used during a time of Eucharis...
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Spanish soccer player Andres Iniesta, who scored the winning goal during the World Cup final in South Africa, has promised to walk the Way of Saint James, which leads to Santiago de Compostela.
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At the beginning of July 2010, various young people from the diocese went to Oscott College in Birmingham for the Invocation weekend. It was a weekend to help young people discern their vocation.
Read below for two accounts from our young people. V...
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Final preparations are being made for the Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes, and some places remain available for anyone wishing to join us. The pilgrimage takes place from Friday 30th July - Friday 6th August.
We particularly have the ca...
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The beatification of Cardinal Newman, the 19th-century theologian who is considered by many to have anticipated the Second Vatican Council, could mark a significant step in helping to draw a line under the controversies of the post-conciliar period.
That...
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For all the concerns over protests and security, Benedict XVI’s state visit to Britain could well be one of his most successful and historically significant to date.
The apostolic voyage, which the Holy Father is said to be eagerly looking forward ...
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Even the very young can show strength and courage against evil, Benedict XVI today (July 7th) reminded youth, urging them to do the same.
The Pope made this appeal when he gave his traditional greeting to youth, the sick and newlyweds at the end o...
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Pope Benedict XVI yesterday reflected on the "silent but beautiful life" of his namesake, St Joseph, who is portrayed in a new fountain that the Pope inaugurated today in the Vatican Gardens.
The fountain has six bronze panels detailing six mom...
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Scottish Bishops Invite All to Participate
A Vatican spokesman is confirming Benedict XVI's September 16th-19th trip to the United Kingdom.
In a statement released today, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, affirm...
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A large group from our diocese, compromising young people, priests, seminarians, consecrated laywomen and religious sisters and brothers recently joined in a two-day festival celebrating and promoting vocation in the Church.
Invocation 2010, held from 2n...
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Mark Wiggin, the new director of CARITAS Diocese of Salford, reports on a recent successful garden party.
Good weather and good company blessed the annual ‘Rescue’ garden party held in the grounds of our East Didsbury offices o...
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Benedict XVI appointed Cardinal Marc Ouellet, archbishop of Quebec, as prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
Cardinal Ouellet, 66, succeeds Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, 76, who resigned fo...
