Daily Archives: Friday October 26, 2007

Bishop John Crowley, a deeply caring man

On Friday 14 December at 7.00 pm Bishop John will return to the Diocese for a Mass of Thanksgiving, and in preparation for that celebration the following article is offered as a simple appreciation of Bishop John’s fourteen years as Bishop of the Diocese of Middlesbrough.

During the weeks and months since Bishop John stepped [...]

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Queen Elizabeth honours Dr Jim Whiston

Congratulations to Dr Jim Whiston on receiving the OBE. Although this honour was in recognition of his outstanding service to science, it would be remiss of us, were we to let this moment pass without expressing our appreciation for the numerous contributions Jim generously makes to both the local and national Church.

Long before he [...]

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A Vocations Initiative

St Hilda’s Parish in Whitby is currently sponsoring one of our students for the priesthood and has also been able to make a donation to the House of Formation recently established in Middlesbrough.
Fr Neil McNicholas, parish priest at St Hilda’s, explained that St Hilda’s is in a very healthy position financially at the moment as [...]

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Assistant Centre Manager – The Endsleigh Centre

Assistant Centre Manager – c £19k
Sister Catherine Ryan requires an Assistant Manager to support her in the development and running of this retreat and business centre.
The Endsleigh Centre
481 Beverley Road, HULL HU6 7LJ
Conference and Retreat Centre
The ideal candidate would share responsibility for the day to day management of the Centre, working within the [...]

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The Peace of Heaven in a Place of Hell

On Tuesday 2nd October Rev Len Collings, Principal Chaplain at St Mary’s College, Middlesbrough and two of the College’s students, Sarah Walkington and Francis Rowney, took part in the Holocaust Educational Trust to Auschwitz. Here Rev Len shares his thoughts on this traumatic experience.
From this

to this

just because they were different.
These two pictures [...]

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Sing Alleluia!

Who would think there is so much of interest and surprise in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal. We had a whole day’s entertainment and illumination out of it at St. Francis, Middlesbrough. Thanks to our guest Philip Jakob, full-time music adviser in the diocese of Hallam. Using the Laudate hymnbook, he [...]

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Fr Patrick Cope’s Silver Jubilee

Fr Patrick Cope celebrated his Silver Jubilee as a priest in rather unusual circumstances – a prison chapel.

As he works full-time in the prison service, it seemed fitting that this is where his Mass of Thanksgiving should take place. With the permission of the prison authorities (on their own admittance a rather unusual request!) [...]

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CAUSE Christmas Hamper Campaign 2007

Catholics Against Unemployment and Social Evils
A reminder to all our kind donors and helpers that the time has come to launch our annual appeal to provide hampers for needy families at Christmas. If you can spare just a little by way of donations or time to help, it will go a long way and be [...]

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Polish Mass at Bridlington

[ Saturday November 24, 2007; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Msza Swieta bedzie od prawiona
W tym Kosciele po polsku 24go Listopada
O godz 7.30
Witamy
Our Lady and St Peter, Bridlington

There will be a Mass in Polish at Our Lady and St Peter, 32 Victoria Road, Bridlington, followed by a social in the hall, at 7.30 pm on Saturday 24th November 2007.

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Bishop Crowley Golf Trophy

Eleven priests played for this trophy at Filey Golf Club on Monday 17th September.

The event was organised by Fr Sean O’Donnell and sponsored by Hayes and Finch. The winner was Canon Michael Ryan (for the second year running!). In the evening, the priests were treated at the Convent to a royal meal courtesy of [...]

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