Author Archives: d.m.finn

In the January edition of the Voice, we included information on a significant event at York Minster on Saturday 21st April. We now include the link to the online questionnaire which we would like you to encourage everyone to complete. Results will be collated and announced at the York Minster event.
Archbishop John Sentamu and Bishop [...]

The ongoing work of the Diocesan Development Group and the Catenian Association to support the Diocesan Youth Mission Team has included a grand raffle.
The winning tickets were drawn at the Catenian Annual Clergy Dinner on Friday 20th January at the Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough.
The winners are:

1st Prize: Mr. John Lagan from Sacred Heart, Northallerton
2nd Prize: Mr. [...]

A group of saddle-sore cyclists have raised £6,000 through a 180-mile coast-to-coast bike ride – despite admitting that none of them knew how to repair a puncture or fix a chain!
The six-strong Teesside group travelled from Cumbria’s Walney Island on the west coast to Whitby on the east coast in just two-and-a-half days as part [...]

Sung Evening Vespers with Benediction each Wednesday at 6.00 pm followed at 6.30 pm by Sung Station Masses during Lent.
Why not make this your preparation for Easter?
With Middlesbrough Ladies Schola Cantorum
Everyone most welcome!

Around 12 years ago, Father Michael O’Connor asked me if I was interested in doing something to help pass the time now that I was officially retired. Retired! Well I was working part-time for Hull Daily Mail, a governor of St Richard’s Primary School, and about to start my own business as a marketing consultant. [...]

Every year, the Sanctuary of Lourdes set a pastoral theme for pilgrimages to focus on. For the last three years, the themes have been centred around prayer. The Lourdes Theme for 2012 is With Bernadette Praying the Rosary. The theme is the final part of the three year prayer theme. The theme aims to put [...]

Diocesan Youth Chaplain, Fr Paul Farrer, has written an article on the the effects of economic downturn for the young people in our own Diocese
Credit researchers Experian report that Redcar and Cleveland, Middlesbrough and Hull all make the top 10 places hardest hit by the economic downturn. They predict 10 years of hurt.
Our young [...]

The Trinity Centre, North Ormesby, are hosting Bridging The Gap on Thursday 23rd February, 9.30 am – 3.00 pm. It is a conference for all those concerned about the Christian response to those experiencing poverty in our communities. The income gap between rich and poor continues to grow in Britain. The scale and spread of [...]

You are invited to a Newman Talk in the meeting room of St Bernadette’s, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, on Thursday 23rd February 2012
7.30 pm    Coffee for all
7.45 pm    Dr George Herring will talk on The Oxford Movement: its historical and contemporary significance.
This talk will discuss, among other things, the Oxford Movement’s connection with Newman’s conversion to Catholicism.