. Welcome to the official page of the Rochdale Circle (72) of
the Catenian Association page provided by Graham
Sivills of Rochdale (72) Circle in Province 1. My thanks to a
number of brothers who have written (e-mail) to me to encourage
me in putting up this page. This page was last updated on 29/09/01.and you are
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The Catenian Association is a social organisation of Catholic professional and businessmen. It has over 10,000 members world-wide and is centred in England with active provinces in Australia, Ireland, South Africa and Malta.
The Association exists primarily :
to foster brotherly love among its members to develop social
bonds among its members and their families to assist young
Catholics in the choice or pursuit of a career to administer
benevolent funds for its members and their families
The Catenian Association was formed in 1908 with the approval of Bishop Casartelli, fourth Bishop of Salford, in 1908. The first Circle was (and remains) Manchester No. 1. It began life as the Chums Benevolent Association but the name was changed to The Catenian Association in 1910. There are now about 300 Circles in existence, providing an environment for Catholic business and professional men to meet socially and to encourage each other and their families.
You may not know but there is a network of Catenian Brothers (Catnet) who swap e-mail addresses and ideas and it now has its own message board for discussions set up by Bro Kevin Beach of Norwood Circle. The message board can be accessed at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catenians. or fill in the box below
Rochdale Circle (72) is a dining circle and meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 8.00 pm at the Broadfield Hotel Any brothers visiting us will be assured of a warm welcome and an excellent meal. We have the lowest average age of the circles in Province 1 and try to involve our families as much as possible while keeping in touch with our older brothers and deceased brother's wives.
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Broadfield, Sparrow Hill, Rochdale, OL16 1AF Office phone : 01706 644085 FAX number : 01706 647384 |
Circle and Provincial Websites (Rather quirkily arranged in Alphabetic order by town or district)
At last! some new pictures for the gallery.
This is Rochdale's Circle Council out for an extended Council Dinner at the De Vere Hotel Blackpool
L to R Brothers President Greg Smith, Graham Sivills, Tony McNicholas, John Welsh, James Slater, Tony Giblin, Ray Boles, Gerry Deering, John Colligan, Peter Montgomery, Vincent McNicholas and Chris Bohills.
But first, Bro John Colligan and Bro Ray Boles on the Revolution.
Of course we knew it wouldn't be too long before one or other of them ended up in here !
Rochdale's Extended Family Caravan Weekend Barbecue at
Holgates Spring Bank Holiday 2001
Left to Right Brian Hampshire, Oldham, Past President Greg Smith,
Andrew Murray (Oldham), Provincial Vice President John Colligan,
Julie Murray, Ray Bowles, Ralph Gollcher, Pam Colligan, Mike
Brennan, Maggie Brennan.
Well... He got it
A welcome feature of the Rochdale Ladies Evenings is the large number of young people who love to come and share the evening with us.
In this picture, taken
at Accrington Ladies Evening at the Dunkenhalgh we see Past
President Ralph and Collette Gollcher
Talking about family activities, here's a shot of
some of our intrepid band of caravaners having a midsummer
barbecue in Cumbria. (1997) From left to right, Bros Bernard
McGourley and Grandchildren, David Kershaw, Graham Sivills, Malcolm Jones, Jim McTague (Bury and
Rossendale), John Woodhouse and Andrew Murray (Oldham)
It wasn't all bad news though because we were able to dry off in the clubhouse and dance the evening away to 'Jimmy James and the Vagabonds'. Pictured here are Bros Brian Hampshire (Oldham) and Jim and Pam McTague (Bury and Rossendale) with Bob and Stephanie Dunbar in the background.
