Officers

Department of Parish and Family Catechesis

Deputy Director: Fr Eddie Clare, B.Sc., S.T.L.
Responsible for the management of the DPFC, policy development and development of catechists’ associations and DPFC resources.

Catechetical Advisor: Sr Gillian Murphy SP, B.Ed, M.Ed
Responsible for the development of catechists and catechists’ associations, particularly in the Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Coventry deaneries.

Evangelisation Advisor: Miss Nicola Hurley, OCV, B.A (Hons), M.A
Responsible for the development and implementation of parish-based evangelisation strategies.

Please visit the Maryvale Institute website for details of Maryvale staff involved in catechetical formation.

Day of Pilgrimage
St Dominic’s Stone
Saturday 31st August

To mark the Year of Faith, St Dominic’s in Stone is having a day of pilgrimage on Saturday 31st August.

Day with Our Lady of Fatima
St Francis of Assisi, Handsworth
Saturday 8th June

St Francis of Assisi are delighted to invite you to their first ‘Day with Our Lady of Fatima’ of celebration and devotion.
10am – 4pm

Saturday 25 May
Ecclesiasticus 17:1-15 • St Bede (Memorial)Today we celebrate the feast of one of England’s greatest saints: St Bede, known as the Venerable Bede. He was born in Monkton, Jarrow, in the year 673 AD. At the age of seven he was sent to live at St Peter’s Monastery in Wearmouth and later moved to the new foundation of St Paul in Jarrow. He remained there for […]