Monthly Archives: February 2011

Pastoral Letter for Education Sunday 2011

Bishop Terry Drainey has issued a pastoral letter for Education Sunday 2011.
Click here to read it.

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‘Come and Sing’

An opportunity to join in singing some of the world’s greatest choral music
Led by Timothy Craig Harrison with Martin Richardson (organ)
Saturday 5th March 2011, 1.30pm-4.30pm
At St Joseph’s Church, Green Lane, Newby, Scarborough
All welcome. £2.00 per person
To book a place please e-mail parish@middlesbroughrccathedral.org or tel (01642) 597750

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Pope Idol

Have you got what it takes?
Middlesbrough Diocesan Youth Service presents the search for the stars of the year!
Pope Idol 2011 takes place on Saturday 5th March, 7.30pm

Tickets: £7.50 from the Box Office: (01642) 815181 or call Fiona on 07791 146017
Proceeds to Diocesan World Youth Day Pilgrimage 2011
The evening, if true to recent form, promises to [...]

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Rocking in the Aisles 2011

£4000 raised for Youth Mission team
Clergy, young people and friends entertained a packed Middlesbrough Theatre to raise money for MYMission, the Diocesan Youth Mission Team on the 14 – 15 January. The variety show, compered by Canon Gerard Robinson boasted some new acts as well as some familiar faces!

The show was a great success and [...]

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‘Mary’s Meals’ Haircut

Milly Cooper (19), Gap student at St Martin’s Ampleforth School, has been growing her hair continuously since she was about nine years old and has always planned that the final cut would be to raise money for a good cause. Arriving in England in January 2010, and being introduced to the school charity, ‘Mary’s Meals’, [...]

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Creative Sparks: Advent and Christmas Banners

To help us enter the spirit of the liturgical season, the Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Peter Chanel in Hull joined forces in September last with the Year 10 Art and Design class at St Mary’s College. After an initial presentation of the brief and a visit to the Church, the students [...]

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CAFOD Lent Fast Day

Lent Fast Day will be on Friday 18th March.
For further information, please contact David or Carol on (01904) 671767 or e-mail middlesbrough@cafod.org.uk

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Re-Membering – Truth, Hope and Life in El Salvador

In November 2010, a group of people from CAFOD and the Romero Trust made a Pilgrimage to El Salvador to mark the 30th Anniversary of the deaths of the missionaries in El Salvador on 4th December 1980. They were: Ita Ford; Maura Clark; Dorothy Kazel and Jean Donovan.
Margaret Siberry, CAFOD Diocesan Manager for Leeds, shares [...]

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A successful collaborative Advent project

During the mid-November meeting of the fledgling parish council of St Bede’s parish in Marske, it was agreed that we should (belatedly) launch an Advent project to raise £750.00 to donate to CAFOD to provide a water supply for a needy community. It was felt that this would be a marvellous way for our parish [...]

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Hull Knights re-established

The Knights of St Columba has been re-established in the city of Hull and the Deputy Supreme Knight of the Order, Bro Bertie Grogan, travelled from London to formally announce the re-erection of Council No 45 Hull and to install its Officers.

We have been active with the Apostleship of the Sea recently and presented a [...]

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