Dear Brothers and Sisters
There are many voices clamouring for my attention during the course of every single day; from the moment I wake to my radio alarm until I fall asleep listening to soothing music. Some stridently demand that I listen to them, others mellifluously insinuate my desperate need of them if I am to [...]

“The Year of Faith will also be a good opportunity to intensify the witness of charity.”

Will it make a real difference?
Will the effects of the Year of Faith be felt beyond the doors of our Churches and in the wider world? There is a danger that the Year of Faith might be seen as concentrating [...]

Training Days:
As well as the training days already announced there will now be an extra mop-up session – you need to attend one of these sessions if you want to work as a Branc in Lourdes.
There will be a session in Hull on Saturday 20th April 10:30 for an 11:00 start in the Sacred Heart [...]

The following Brancardier meetings have been arranged
The Hull meeting will be on Tuesday the 19th March in The Humber Social Club (formerly the Royal Hotel), starting at 19:30
36 New Bridge Rd, Hull HU9 2RG
The Middlesbrough meeting will be on Thursday 21st March in the St Francis Social Club, also starting at 19:30
Acklam Rd, Middlesbrough [...]

Bishop Terence Drainey who is currently in Rome, has expressed, on behalf of
the faithful of the Diocese of Middlesbrough, great joy and delight at the
election of Pope Francis and pledges the love and prayers of the Catholic
community of Teesside, North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and Humberside as the
new Holy Father assumes the responsibilities of the Successor [...]

Dear Sisters and Brothers
Lent is always a gift to us, if we are willing to accept it. But in this Year of Faith it could be the best gift, the timeliest gift, the gift we desperately need, whether we realise it or not. I suppose the fundamental questions to ask oneself at this special time [...]