Monthly Archives: May 2009

John Paul Centre 250+ Club Draw May 2009

Date of Draw – 11th May 2009

£100 Winning No 49
£75 Winning No 295
£50 Winning No 15
£30 Winning No 331
£25 Winning No 203

Next Meeting and Monthly Draw
Monday 1st June 2009
New members welcome
Ask for details Tel: 01642 247831

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Breaking the Silence

[ Saturday June 6, 2009; 10:30 am to 1:00 pm. ] “Killing them softly”

Rape as a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Women as victims within the UK Asylum System

A seminar followed by a short question and answer session and workshops on Saturday June 6th 2009, 10.30am – 1pm in the Clarendon Building 1st Floor Lecture Theatre (behind Dickens Inn).

Presented by the University of [...]

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Get your final bids in now!

The deadline for bids to play in the charity football match at the Riverside Stadium is tomorrow (Thursday 7th May 2009) at noon.
The match on Monday May 18th at 6pm, to be refereed by former World Cup ref Mr George Courtney, will raise much needed funds for Teesside Hospice.
This year the teams will have player [...]

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Vocations Sunday podcast

Bishop Terry has issued a pastoral letter for Good Shepherd (Vocations) Sunday.
Click here to read Bishop Terry’s pastoral letter for Vocations Sunday.

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World Day of Prayer for Vocations to Priesthood and to the Consecrated Life

Dear brothers and sisters
“The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest.”
Do we take the Lord at his word? Do we believe that what Jesus says in the Scriptures is true, valuable and meaningful for our lives today? If the [...]

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Time Running Out for Bids for Charity Match

Former Boro and Spain star Gaizka Mendieta is reminding fans that time is running out to bid to play alongside him at the Riverside Stadium in a charity match for Teesside Hospice.
There’s been a late change of line-up for the game with Boro legend Craig Hignett stepping in to replace Bryan Robson as the player-manager [...]

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John Paul Centre Spring Fayre

[ Saturday May 9, 2009; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Saturday 9th May, 1pm.

Tombola, raffles, cake stall, bottle tombola, bric-a-brac and afternoon tea.

Entrance only £1.50.

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‘How can I close the House of God?’

[ Saturday May 16, 2009; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] These were just about the last words spoken by Fr Ragheed Ganni, 34, an Iraqi priest serving in Mosul two years ago when the persecution of Christians in that part of Iraq was particularly severe. He had been told by militants to close the church and leave the city. Then on 3rd June 2007, as [...]

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Mendi and Robbo to help Fr Paul

[ Monday May 18, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Two of Europe’s greatest midfielders of the modern era will come face-to-face at the Riverside on May 18. Spanish superstar Gaizka Mendieta has agreed to join his fellow Boro legend Bryan Robson in a very special charity match organised by Fr Paul Farrer and pals in aid of Teesside Hospice. Former Boro boss Robson and [...]

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Walk for Life

[ Sunday May 10, 2009; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] with Our Lady and the English Martyrs
Sunday 10th May at York

Praying for the Healing of Wounds caused by Abortion and Witnessing to the Sanctity of Life (with blessing of Very Rev Bishop Arthur, Leeds, and Bishop Terence, Middlesbrough, Bishop Seamus, Hexham and Newcastle)

NB. There will be Adoration of Blessed Sacrament in St Wilfrid’s next to [...]

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