Daily Archives: Tuesday July 6, 2010

CAFOD Connect2 Bangladesh – Join us on our journey

What do you know about Bangladesh?
You will probably know that thousands of Bengalis now live in the UK and have made a huge contribution to our economy. And that Bangladeshi curry has become one of the UK’s favourite foods! But did you know that the Sundarbans in southern Bangladesh, which is home to the endangered [...]

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Not Gone But Forgotten

The Red Cross report “Not gone, but forgotten” has recently been released. It focuses on the severe poverty asylum seekers in the UK find themselves, as they struggle to find food and shelter. We do not have to look to the Third World to find refugees who need our support. They are living here amongst [...]

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Read-a-Book-a-Month

READ-A-BOOK-A-MONTH bible-challenge has slowed down since Easter, as author Mary Callan prepares for a family wedding and helps with a convalescence.

‘Everything had to slow down’ says Mary. ‘The next pamphlet is on its way at last: St Mark’s gospel and St Peter’s epistles.’ The three books are offered together since Mark is known to have [...]

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St Benedict’s, Redcar do the double!

The 14th Annual Football Tournament for primary schools in the Diocese was held at St Mary’s Sports College, Cranbrook Avenue, Hull on Saturday 22nd May 2010. This was the fourth time that the event had been held in Hull (St Mary’s 02, 07 and 2010 and St Richard’s, Hull 1999).

As many people will know, this [...]

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435 Years of Priestly Service to the People of our Diocese

Seven of our nine Jubilarians (see list below) joined Bishop Drainey and a large number of their brother priests at the Cathedral on 11th June to celebrate both their Jubilees and to draw to a conclusion the Year for Priests. They were joined by friends as well as current and former parishioners.

In his homily, the [...]

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A Golden Day for Sr Maria Varley CP

Fifty Years of Service
A Sister from the Cross and Passion based in St. Andrew’s Parish, Teesville, Middlesbrough, has celebrated fifty years of service. Sister Maria Varley CP celebrated her Golden Jubilee on Friday, May 14 with a Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated by Parish Priest Canon Edmond Gubbins and con-celebrated by Fr. Peter Johnson from Leeds [...]

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St Vincent’s Outdoor May Procession

The May Procession went without a hitch and we were heartened by visitors from surrounding parishes. Following a cloudburst, which contained rain, hail and snow all at once, we were holding our breath but the sunshine lasted just long enough.

The church was a blaze of flowers and the children looked lovely.

A wonderful memory for [...]

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Hedon and Withernsea First Holy Communions

At St Mary and St Joseph Catholic Church, Hedon on Sunday 13th June, one child made her First Holy Communion.

Photo copyright of Colin Brammer
She was joined by three others who all made their First Communions the previous Sunday at Saints Peter and John Fisher, Withernsea. Fr William Ryan, who is the parish priest for [...]

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Thousands Raised In Riverside Thriller

Mark Proctor’s team recovered from going two goals down to beat Emanuel Pogatetz and Ali Brownlee’s team 4-3 in the LOTSURF.com charity match thriller at the Riverside. And as well as having the experience of a lifetime, players contributed to a total of around £8,500 raised for two great causes.

Alastair McLeod opened the scoring for [...]

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Celebrating 40 years of Service

On 21st May, Fr Andrew Smith OPraem celebrated his Ruby Anniversary in Thirsk.

Following the celebration of Mass, a party was held, attended by his family, friends and parishioners of All Saints Church, Thirsk.

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