Our Partners
The Centre for Catholic Studies is pleased to be working in partnership with:
- Arts and Humanities Research Council
- Brentwood Ursuline Sisters
- British Teilhard Network
- CAFOD
- Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre
- Capuchin Franciscans of GB
- Capuchin Franciscans of Australia
- Capuchin Friars, St Augustine Province, US
- Carmelite Nuns in Great Britain
- Catholic Historical Society of Ireland
- Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain
- Community of St Francis
- Conference of Religious in England & Wales
- Charles Plater Trust
- Community of St Francis
- Conference of Religious in England and Wales
- Congregation of Jesus
- Congregation of La Retraite (Britain and Ireland)
- Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of Peace
- Conventual Franciscan Federation (US)
- Durham University Catholic Chaplaincy
- English Benedictine Congregation
- Faithful Companions of Jesus
- Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood
- Franciscan Province of Ireland
- The Hartley Trust
- Institute of Our Lady of Mercy
- Jesuits in Britain
- Little Company of Mary
- Mater Ecclesiae
- National Board of Catholic Women
- Newman Association
- Northern Diaconal Formation Partnership
- RC Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
- Religious of Christian Education
- Sisters of Mercy (Oaklea)
- Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus
- Society of the Sacred Heart
- The Society of St Francis
- The Tablet and The Pastoral Review
- Trustees of Ushaw College
- University of Notre Dame, Australia
- University of Notre Dame, Indiana
- and many Generous Individuals of Vision
Publications for Partners and Prospective Partners
- CCS Annual Review 2021/22
- CCS Annual Review 2022/23
- CCS Annual Review 2023-24.pdf
- CCS Annual Review 2024-25
- CCS Annual Review 2025-26.pdf
Annual Friends' and Benefactors' Event
Individual supporters and representatives from our partner organisations are invited to our annual Friends and Benefactors event. Normally taking place in June in historic Durham City, this is an opportunity for our partners to meet with each other and with CCS staff and postgraduate students to hear about the CCS’s current research and recent outreach activities, and to share information and ideas for future CCS initiatives. There are presentations from CCS staff and students, with plenty of time for dialogue both during the meetings and informally during social time. The day concludes with a Mass of Thanksgiving for the CCS, and those planning to attend are also invited to arrive in Durham the evening beforehand for the annual Bishop Dunn Memorial Lecture and dinner at Ushaw.
If you are interested in becoming a partner and would like to find out more about the CCS, please contact the CCS Manager, Theresa Phillips, at theresa.phillips@durham.ac.uk or on +44 (0) 191 33 43952.
What Difference Does the CCS Make?
A series of talks from the 2022 Friends' and Benefactors' Day
Karen Kilby and Sr Barbara Stafford RLR
Karen Kilby (Bede Professor of Catholic Theology at the CCS) and Sr Barbara Stafford RLR (partner and observer of the CCS) are introduced by Prof. Paul D. Murray (Dean-Director of the CCS)
Jane Swadling
Trustee of the Charity of the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre
Florence O'Taylor
CCS PhD student doing research with women recovering from substance addictions


