Monthly Archives: September 2009

Focolare Mariapolis in York 2009

Light shone out through any remaining grey clouds over Yorkshire in August at the annual Focolare Mariapolis as the theme was ‘Love is light’. This referred to the Christian search for wisdom and the light that comes from living the Gospel.

Nearly 700 people attended, including many families with small children and over 100 [...]

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The Canon Mortell Memorial Window

The stained glass window in St Margaret Clitherow’s Church, Haxby, York, dedicated to the memory of the late Canon John Mortell, has now become a reality thanks to the generosity of many people throughout the parish, the Diocese and beyond who loved and respected him as the first parish priest of this beautiful church.

The window [...]

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Ecumenical Service at the launch of Clipper Round The World Yacht Race

Fr Colum Kelly, the Apostleship of the Sea’s Chaplain to the Port of Immingham, led an ecumenical service for participants in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race on Sunday 6th September. This multi faith service was attended by the crews and by invited guests.

It was an opportunity for everyone to focus on the [...]

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Creation in Crisis

[ Wednesday October 14, 2009; 10:30 am to 11:30 am. ] On 14 October, 10.30am at St. Francis’ Church Hall, Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, a Justice and Peace meeting, “Creation in Crisis”; speakers Mike Edwards and Gerard Russell.

All are welcome.

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Who is Saint Therese?

[ Saturday September 26, 2009; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] The relics of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux will be in York Minster on her feast day, 1st October, before being taken to Middlesbrough Cathedral the following day.

The York Carmelite Spirituality Group welcomes everybody interested in learning more about this Doctor of the Church to a free introductory talk about her life and message at The [...]

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York Aquinas Reading Group

Come and read the summa theologiae in the company of friends and with a little help from the English Dominican Province!
We’re meeting on the 3rd Friday of each month at English Martyrs Church, Dalton Terrace, York.
The first meeting will be on Friday 18th September where we will look at the opening question of the summa, [...]

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The relics of St Therese arrive in England

The relics of St Therese have arrived in Folkestone at the start of the visit to England.
For more details please see the BBC news site.

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St Therese: The Novice

It was Christmas Day, 1886, and the 14 year old Thérèse hurried quickly home from Church. It was the custom, in France, for children to leave their shoes by the hearth and then parents would fill them with gifts. By the age of 14 most children, however, had grown out of this custom but Celine, [...]

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St Therese in Middlesbrough

God shows his approval of the veneration of relics by granting healings and other graces. This is especially the case with St. Thérèse, where miracles began happening at her tomb soon after her death, and have continued wherever her relics have travelled.

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Schedule for the visit of the relics of St Therese to Middlesbrough

The online calendar can be seen below or by following this link.

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The schedule can also be viewed as a movie (with audio) below. This file is 7.5Mb so may take a while to download.

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