News from around the Archdiocese of Liverpool
Synod 2020 Themes
At the end of September 2019 all the Synod Members gathered at The Edge (Wigan) to receive the report from the listening stage of our Synod journey and to hear the announcement of the four themes that have emerged from all the listening that has taken place from
Liverpool Seafarers Centre named world’s best
A Liverpool ecumenical charity has been named as the world’s best seafarers’ centre in an awards ceremony as part of London International Shipping Week
A facelift for Holy Rosary
Summer 2019 has seen some major changes at Holy Rosary, Old Roan. It all began with the problem of how to clean the huge curtain that was the backdrop of the sanctuary?
Inspiring children with the Maritime Project
Pupils from All Saints Roman Catholic School in Bootle were treated to a full day of activities in the ‘Sea to Store Challenge’, run by trainee teachers from Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU)
Our Lady of the Assumption, Gateacre
The newly established Lay Formation Fund enabled a group of people to take part in an event in London examining parish renewal
The Tiger and
the Kid
Archbishop Downey was concerned. How could he ensure that Liverpool’s black Catholics were welcomed into the Church and kept safe from worldly temptations?
New Cardinal in our midst
For Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, Sunday 1 September began with a visit to the Anglican parish of Our Lady and St Nicholas, just a stone’s throw from the Pier Head
Two new appointments at All Saints Multi Academy Trust
All Saints Multi Academy Trust has appointed a new CEO and the Academy of St Francis of Assisi has welcomed a new head of school
Formation Fund grant for SFX
Following a grant from the archdiocesan lay formation fund parishioners from Saint Francis Xavier’s church took part in a Retreat at St Beuno’s Jesuit Spirituality Centre
Bellerive begin bicentenary celebrations
Pupils at Bellerive FCJ Catholic College in Sefton Park have taken part in an ‘International Day of Kindness’ to mark the beginning of a special year of celebrations
Ministry Research Project
The Archdiocese of Liverpool, in collaboration with Liverpool Hope University, has been successful in gaining funding from the Porticus Trust for a Ministry Research Project
Remembering the Liverpool priest
The ripples reached the Archdiocese of Liverpool when the citizens of the Belgian town of Geel commemorated the 75th anniversary of their liberation from Nazi occupation
ASFA students become Language Ambassadors
A select group of students from the Academy of St Francis of Assisi (ASFA) have been given the important role of Language Ambassadors this academic year
