Daily Archives: Saturday May 31, 2008

Riverside Footballers Reach Baghdad Goal

A crowd of over 800, including at least one Iraqi victim of kidnap and torture, turned out on a decidedly cool evening to cheer on the players at the Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough as they took to the field for a very special football match in aid of the Baghdad Children’s Cancer Hospital, a 40@40 event [...]

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Being part of The Solution

BBC newsman speaks on behalf of Fairtrade
During an obviously busy speaking schedule George Alagiah OBE, BBC newsman, Fairtrade Foundation patron and well-known Catholic found himself at the pristine Ahmadiyya Mosque in Hartlepool on a beautiful afternoon in early May speaking to an audience of around 100 people. Following introductions by Martin Green of the Hartlepool [...]

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Music in the Mass

One of the targets of the Diocesan Pastoral Plan was to encourage the singing of the Mass, especially on Sundays. However, a question which is often asked is what do we mean exactly when we talk about a ‘sung Mass’? This is a question I’ve been asked to respond to.
The liturgical commission of the diocese [...]

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Gold, Fair Trade and Co-operatives

CAFOD in Central America
By the time you read this, I will be in Honduras on the first part of an International Programme Visit which will also include visiting CAFOD’s Central America office and partners in Nicaragua. I feel very privileged that CAFOD has given me this opportunity to see for myself the impact of CAFOD’s [...]

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Bishop Terry with Ushaw Staff

Bishop Terence met socially with staff from Ushaw College on Tuesday 6th May at Bishops House.

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Bishop Terry with Ushaw Students

Bishop Terence met socially with students from Ushaw College on Thursday 1st May at Bishops House.

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Ushaw Bicentennial celebrations

Four months of celebrations to mark Ushaw College’s 200th anniversary are under way with the opening of an exhibition that runs until July. The exhibition, which is FREE, focuses the college’s origins, history, people and artefacts. It will be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm, until [...]

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Grand Opening Gala Concert hits the right note

The first of a series of six concerts to celebrate Ushaw College’s 200th anniversary went off to a great response. The Grand Opening Gala Concert took place on Saturday 26th April in Ushaw College’s St Cuthbert’s Chapel, and featured Ushaw Singers, Bede Wind Philharmonic and Bede Chorus. Around 300 people were at the concert, including [...]

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Ushaw College unveils restored Pugin sketches

Original sketches of Ushaw College by the architect who helped design the Houses of Parliament have been reproduced for the exhibition to commemorate the college’s 200th anniversary.
The sketches were drawn by English architect and designer Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. They date from the 1840s and show details from the architect’s designs for the college’s chapel. [...]

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Angels and Saints 10 years on

St Mary’s Cathedral 10th Anniversary of the Children’s Liturgy Group
In 1997, three mothers decided the Cathedral should have a Children’s Liturgy Group and with the support of the late Fr Gerard Smyth, our group started in the church hall. A few years later, as the number of children grew, the group split into two; the [...]

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