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Accra, Ghana
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Diocese
Achadh Na Sileann - Aughnasheelin Ns
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Catholic Primary School
Achill Sound Convent Ns - Achill Sound Con ns
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Catholic Primary School
ACTA - A Call to Action - Northmpton
A national body/movement with a local group in the Diocese. “We are a group of Catholics, some of whom are ordained, brought together by our love of Christ’s Church and our anxiety about its future. Still inspired by the Second Vatican Council, we want to contribute fully to the life or our church so that we may be a more effective sign of the kingdom of God. To do this, we
believe that an atmosphere of openness and dialogue, both with each other and
without Bishops, needs developing. We desire to help create a climate of trust and respect for all where
this dialogue may be fostered.” Since the first national meeting in autumn 2012 there have been
national conferences, in Leeds, Liverpool and London. Members of the local group attended
Organisation > Diocesan
Adrigole N S - Adrigole N S
ENGLISH
Catholic Primary School
Adult Choir - Gosport
The adult choir sings every Sunday at the 11 am Mass (except for the children`s Mass). Choir Practice is held periodically. If you would like to join the choir contact Sister M. Victoria at the Parish Office for more information.
Parish > Liturgy Group > Music Ministry
Adult faith formation - Milton Keynes
Adult faith courses take place at intervals in different Cluster parishes.
Parish > Liturgy Group > RCIA/Adult Formation
Adult Mental Health Forensics - Roseberry Park, Middlesbrough
Organisation in the Diocese of Middlesbrough
Chaplaincy > Psychiatric Unit
After School Club - Athersley
Church in the Diocese of Hallam
Parish > Parenting Support
Afternoon Club - Eastleigh
Church in the Diocese of Portsmouth
Parish > Pastoral Group > Friendship
Aghacasla National School - Aghacasla N S
ENGLISH
Catholic Primary School
Aglish N S - Aglish
ENGLISH
Catholic Primary School
Ahiara - Nigeria
Diocese
Diocese
Aibhistin Naofa - S N Cluain Tuaiscirt
ENGLISH
Catholic Primary School
Aid to the Church in Need - Northampton
Directly under the Holy See, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) supports the faithful wherever they are persecuted, oppressed or in pastoral need. ACN is a Catholic charity helping to bring Christ to the world through prayer, information and action. Founded in 1947, the organisation is now at work in about 140 countries throughout the world. The charity undertakes thousands of projects every year including emergency relief for suffering Christian communities, providing transport for clergy and lay Church workers, construction of church buildings, funding for priests and Sisters and help to train seminarians. Since 1979 almost 51 million copies of ACN`s Child`s Bible have been printed in 191 languages and distributed worldwide. ACN is a registered Catholic charity in England and Wales (1097984) and Scotland (SC040748).
Organisation > Diocesan
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
