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Stella Maris - England and Wales, UK
Stella Maris (Apostleship of the Sea) is the official maritime agency of the Catholic Church in Great Britain. Stella Maris is a registered charity (No 1069833) reliant on the annual Sea Sunday appeal and donations to sustain its ministry. Ninety percent of world trade is carried by ship, however, seafarers and fishers often work in dangerous conditions suffering loneliness, deprivation and even exploitation. Stella Maris deploys chaplains and ship visitors who welcome merchant seafarers and fishers to our shores and provide for their pastoral and practical needs - regardless of creed or nationality. Catholic seafarers and fishers are also given the opportunity to receive the sacraments. In addition, Stella Maris provides chaplains on board cruise ships, works to maintain seafarers` centres inside ports, and collaborates with industry bodies to speak up for seafarers` and fishers` rights. Stella Maris relies on a network of valued contacts and volunteers to sustain its development. If any parish would like to hear more about offering prayer, volunteering or financial support to help the work please email us.
Organisation
Stella Maris
Deanery in the Diocese of Portsmouth
Deanery
Stella Maris Seafarers` Centre - Portsmouth
In partnership with the Mission to Seafarers, the Sailors` Society and Queen Victoria`s Seamen`s Rest.
Chaplaincy > Seafarers
Stephen DeCesare, UK
RI professional sacred composer
Organisation
Stepping Hill Hospital - Stockport
Organisation in the Diocese of Shrewsbury
Chaplaincy > Hospital
Stevenage
Deanery in the Archdiocese of Westminster
Deanery
Stewards - Milton Keynes
Welcoming our brothers and sisters to Mass, and especially those joining for the first time.?Includes escorting to a place to sit.Also assisting in car park management.If you would like to assist, please talk to one of the team on Sunday
Parish > Pastoral Group > Welcome & Hospitality
Steyning - Steyning
see ADUR VALLEY
Parish Redirection
Stockport and Tameside
Deanery in the Diocese of Shrewsbury
Deanery
Stockport Local Authority
Organisation in the Diocese of Shrewsbury
Local Authority
Stockton
Cluster of Parishes in the Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle.
Cluster
Stoke Heath HMYOI - Stoke Heath
Organisation in the Diocese of Shrewsbury
Chaplaincy > Prison
Stonehouse Hospital - Bishop`s Castle
Organisation in the Diocese of Shrewsbury
Chaplaincy > Hospital
Stroud
Deanery of Stroud in the Diocese of Clifton.
Deanery
Sts Padre Pio & Philomena Prayer group - Guernsey
Group meets at home of Jenny & BIll, last Thursday of each month
Parish > Prayer Group > Scripture
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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
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