St. Peter-in-Chains - Doncaster at Chequer Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN1 2AA UK - This section contains the history of the parish of Saint Peter-in-chains and the history of the Diocese of Hallam.
This section contains the history of the parish of Saint Peter-in-chains and the history of the Diocese of Hallam.
Foreword from the Bishop
A message from the Bishop on the consecration of the new Church, 1988 St. Peter's parish In Doncaster has a long and glorious history. All the surrounding parishes In the Doncaster area were founded from St. Peter's. In those days the Church was on Prince's Street and It was a Church much loved ...
A Brief History of the Parish of Saint Peter-in-chains (1867 - 1967)
The 1st August 1867 saw the solemn opening of the first Catholic Church to be seen in Doncaster since the Reformation. On that occasion, the Bishop of Beverley, the Rt. Rev. R. Cornthwaite, sang Pontifical High Mass before a crowded congregation and afterwards was guest of honour at a luncheon in ...
Clergy of the Parish
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About Father Augustine Christopher O'Reilly
Born in Tuam, the Ecclesiastical Capital of the Western Province of Ireland in the County of Galway, Fr Gus is one of eight children (six surviving) born to Joseph (d) and Bridle O'Reilly. He has two brothers and three sisters, all of whom are married and have made him uncle twenty-two times .... so ...
The Diocese of Hallam - Part One
Older than England, Younger than Everyone Our Catholic community in this region originates before Yorkshire was Yorkshire, before Derbyshire was Derbyshire and certainly before the nations of these islands became defined as they are today. But although Christianity in Hallam is much older ...
Diocesan History of Hallam - Part Two
The Padley Martyrs We have more detailed accounts of two other local priests, Robert Ludlum, born near Sheffield, and Nicholas Garlick, a former Tideswell schoolmaster. The agents of Lord Shrewsbury arrested Ludlum and Garlick at the Padley Manor House of Sir Thomas Fitzherbert. Padley, ...
US bishops release proposed new directive on nutrition, hydration
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has published a proposed new directive on providing nutrition and hydration for patients in a “persistent vegetative state.” The current directive reads: ...
Archbishop Dolan rips New York Times for anti-Catholicism
Calling anti-Catholicism a “national pastime,” Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York has denounced The New York Times for the “unfairness against the Catholic Church” displayed in its pages in the past two weeks.
“The most ...
Holy Father Receives President of Kazakhstan
The Holy See Press Office released the following communique at midday today:
"Today, Friday 6 November 2009, His Holiness Benedict XVI received in audience Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Mr Nazarbayev subsequently went on to meet Cardinal Secretary of ...
Mass For Deceased Cardinals And Bishops
This morning in the Vatican Basilica the Pope presided at the traditional November Mass for the souls of cardinals and bishops who died over the course of the year. Members of the College of Cardinals concelebrated with the Holy Father.
At the beginning of his homily, Benedict XVI ...
Theological Debate And Defence of the Faith
Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis during this morning's general audience to the twelfth-century debate between St. Bernard of Clairvaux and Abelard, proponents, respectively, of the monastic and scholastic approaches to theology.
The Pope began by recalling that theology "is ...
Stability of Moral Values Dignifies Society
Today the Holy Father received the credential letters of the new ambassador of Panama, Delia Cardenas Christie.
In his address, the Pope highlighted that "the identity of Panama, which for centuries has been forged as a mosaic of ethnicities, peoples, and cultures, presents itself ...