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Bury Hospice - Bury
At Bury Hospice we recognise that many people find comfort, hope and inner peace through spirituality, and while it may be found through religion, many people also find it through music, art or the natural world. Our chaplains are able to offer support to all patients and their families and friends irrespective of faith or belief. Many people who have no religious beliefs may find it helpful to have someone with whom to discuss their hopes, fears and worries.The chaplains make regular visits to the in-patient unit and the day hospice, and are available to see outpatients on request.
Chaplaincy > Hospice/Nursing Home
Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh - USA
Diocese
Diocese
Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic - USA
Diocese
Diocese
CAFE Group - Eastleigh
Church in the Diocese of Portsmouth
Parish > Prayer Group > Bible Study
CAFOD - Abingdon
The Parish Covenant with the Poor (see `About` section) commits us to continuing support for CAFOD
Parish > National Society > Cafod
CAFOD - Liverpool
CAFOD is the official international aid agency of the Catholic Church in England & Wales and a member of Caritas Internationalis. Our mission is to work alongside the world`s poorest people. We believe our Catholic values are best shown through our love for others, and by working for justice and an end to poverty, enabling local people to create a sustainable future for themselves and advocating to change the structures which can make this difficult.
As part of Caritas Internationalis, the second largest social action network on the planet with a local presence in 165 countries and territories, we enable members of the Church in the archdiocese to reach out to their sisters and brothers across the world to wherever the Church is to be found, to help the poorest people in the remotest areas, war zones and places where structures need the greatest support. Across the archdiocese, together with the support of the clergy and schools, our parish and school volunteers educate, encourage and inspire this support enabling people to give, act and pray to help build the Kingdom of God around the world.
Organisation > Diocesan
CAFOD - Northampton
Organisation in the Diocese of Northampton
Cafod
CAFOD - Northampton
Organisation in the Diocese of Northampton
Cafod
CAFOD - Northampton
Organisation in the Diocese of Northampton
Cafod
CAFOD - Northampton
Organisation in the Diocese of Northampton
Cafod
Cafod - Milton Keynes
Help us to support our brothers and sisters around the world
Parish > National Society > Cafod
Cafod - Totton
To Promote the work of CAFOD
Parish > National Society > Cafod
Cafod - Ringwood
Church in the Diocese of Portsmouth
Parish > National Society > Cafod
Cafod - Fordingbridge
Church in the Diocese of Portsmouth
Parish > National Society > Cafod
Cafod - Farnborough
Church in the Diocese of Portsmouth
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Useful Definitions in the Catholic Church
What is a Catholic Bishops' Conference?
An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. ... Individual bishops do not relinquish their immediate authority for the governance of their respective dioceses to the conference (Wikipedia).
What is an Archdiocese?
Dioceses ruled by an archbishop are commonly referred to as archdioceses; most are metropolitan sees, being placed at the head of an ecclesiastical province. A few are suffragans of a metropolitan see or are directly subject to the Holy See.
The term 'archdiocese' is not found in Canon Law, with the terms 'diocese' and 'episcopal see' being applicable to the area under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of any bishop.[8] If the title of archbishop is granted on personal grounds to a diocesan bishop, his diocese does not thereby become an archdiocese (Wikipedia).
What is a Diocese?
The group of churches that a bishop supervises is known as a diocese. Typically, a diocese is divided into parishes that are each overseen by a priest.
The original dioceses, in ancient Rome, were political rather than religious. Rome was divided into dioceses, each of which was made up of many provinces. After Christianity became the Roman Empire's official religion in the 4th century, the term gradually came to refer to religious districts. The Catholic Church has almost 3,000 dioceses. The Greek root of diocese is dioikesis, 'government, administration, or province.' (Vocabulary.com).
As of April 2020, in the Catholic Church there are 2,898 regular dioceses: 1 papal see, 649 archdioceses (including 9 patriarchates, 4 major archdioceses, 560 metropolitan archdioceses, 76 single archdioceses) (Wikipedia).
What is a Deanery
A subdivision of a diocese, consisting of a number parishes, over which presides a dean appointed by a bishop. The duty of the dean is to watch over the clergy of the deanery, to see that they fulfill the orders of the bishop, and observe the liturgical and canon laws. He summons the conference of the deanery and presides at it. Periodically he makes a report to the bishop on conditions in the deanery.www.catholicculture.org
What is a Parish?
In the Roman Catholic Church, a parish (Latin: parochia) is a stable community of the faithful within a particular church, whose pastoral care has been entrusted to a parish priest (Latin: parochus), under the authority of the diocesan bishop. It is the lowest ecclesiastical subdivision in the Catholic episcopal polity, and the primary constituent unit of a diocese. In the 1983 Code of Canon Law, parishes are constituted under cc. 515-552, entitled 'Parishes, Pastors, and Parochial Vicars.' Wikipedia
