Monthly Archives: September 2007

Outstanding results at St Mary’s College

This year’s students at St Mary’s College in Middlesbrough have achieved the best AS and A Level results in the College’s history. Sixteen subjects have a 100% pass rate, and no fewer than 14 students have gained three or more A grades in their A Levels.
Special mention must be made of the outstanding achievements of [...]

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St Hilda’s School delight

Miss Pam Crabtree, headteacher of St Hilda’s RC Primary School, Whitby writes, ‘We are delighted with our OFSTED Report.
‘It is an external recognition of all our good work, which, of course, will continue. The recognition of behaviour as outstanding affirmed our views of the high expectations we have and the high standards we maintain.’
In addition [...]

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The Langdale Legacy

A book review
The Langdale family were among those Catholic gentry families who maintained their faith in Penal times and enabled others to do so on and around their estate at Houghton Hall in East Yorkshire. In ‘The Langdale Legacy’, Martin Craven charts the family’s origin, their survival during the most hostile of the anti-Catholic persecutions [...]

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My happiness with the Fellowship

My happiness with the Fellowship, with those Masses and holidays, also anything else involved with the Fellowship. I will always be there for them within my happiness for I bless them all, and I won’t say goodbye because my happiness is still there and continuing. By making out I’m stopping what I’m doing just because [...]

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What is it like if you or someone in your family has mental health problems?

And what can your parish do to make a difference?

Find out at ‘Making Everybody Welcome’, the Families, Mental Health and Pastoral Care day conference at the Britannia Hotel, Wolverhampton on Saturday 20th October 2007.
With around one in six people developing a mental health problem at some point in their life many families turn to the [...]

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Tribute to Bill Baron

I first met Bill 26 years ago at a parish renewal weekend in St Peter’s, Scarborough. Not long after that, he became a regular visitor to our house. On one of his first visits, he presented us with Our Lady’s Miraculous Medal, and Bill and I began saying the Rosary together. One Wednesday evening we [...]

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Comings and Goings at St Bede’s Primary School

St Bede’s Primary School, Marske-by-the-Sea, was fortunate to have newly ordained Fr Simon Broughton celebrate the Leavers Mass on 20th July 2007.

After Mass, Mrs Siedle, Headteacher, presented Fr Broughton with a keepsake of his Ordination. The book was signed by the parishioners of St Bede’s.

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Heritage of the Diocese under Review

The diocesan stock of church properties includes sites both ancient (Ss Leonard and Mary, Malton) and modern (the Cathedral), and much built in between. The work undertaken during the preparation of the Pastoral Plan 2006 has increased awareness of our church buildings, and the importance that people attach to them. We need to ensure that [...]

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Welcome Mass at Sacred Heart

On the evening of Friday 14th September, the sounds of ‘All are welcome’ resounded around the Sacred Heart Church, Middlesbrough to welcome Fr Gerard Robinson and Fr Paul Dowling to the parish.

Mass was led by Mgr Gerry Dasey, assisted by Deacon Ray and attended by priests of the local area. Monsignor, in his homily, [...]

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Jubilee Celebrations at Our Lady of Lourdes and St Peter Chanel Parish, Hull

The celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the opening of our ‘new church’ commenced on Friday 20th July with a Race Night which was the brainchild of Annelise Bachik, whose ambition is to raise enough money to refurbish the kitchen of our parish hall.

The event was a huge success, well organised and attracted a good [...]

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