Dear Sisters and Brothers Lent is always a gift to us, if we are willing to accept it. But in this Year of Faith it could be the best gift, the timeliest gift, the gift we desperately need, whether we realise it or not. I suppose the fundamental questions to ask oneself at this special [...]
Bishop Terry Drainey and members of the Middlesbrough Diocesan Women’s Commission have recorded a series of podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2012. Use the player below to listen to the podcast for Christmas. The theme is ‘Emmanuel, God is with us’.
Bishop Terry Drainey and members of the Middlesbrough Diocesan Women’s Commission have recorded a series of podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2012. Use the player below to listen to the podcast for the fourth Sunday of Advent. The theme is ‘Stillness Watching Waiting’.
Bishop Terry Drainey and members of the Middlesbrough Diocesan Women’s Commission have recorded a series of podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2012. Use the player below to listen to the podcast for the third Sunday of Advent. The theme is ‘How do I proclaim the Lord in my life?’.
Bishop Terry Drainey and members of the Middlesbrough Diocesan Women’s Commission have recorded a series of podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2012. Use the player below to listen to the podcast for the second Sunday of Advent. The theme is ‘Healing, letting go of the old’.
Bishop Terry Drainey and members of the Middlesbrough Diocesan Women’s Commission have recorded a series of podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2012. Use the player below to listen to the podcast for the first Sunday of Advent. The theme is ‘New Life’.
Bishop Terry Writes… Dear brothers and sisters, I hope all of us can say we have had in our lives some experience of unconditional love: from our parents, a grandparent, from significant people in our lives. Perhaps it will have been from a priest, a religious sister or brother. As we look back, our gratitude [...]
Bishop Terry Writes… Recently you will have seen, heard and read much about the “consultation” the Government is holding in order to change the legal definition of marriage so as to open the institution of marriage to same sex partnerships. You will also have listened to the Pastoral Letter sent out on behalf of all [...]
Bishop Terry Writes… I am told that the word “Lent” comes from an Old English word “lenten” which is an early version of our modern word “lengthen”. The lengthening referred to in this context is the hours of daylight as we move out of Winter into Spring. With the advent of electricity and then abundant [...]
Dear sisters and brothers Where would we be without adverts? Our world is peppered with them. Turn but a corner and your eyes are bombarded with them. Flick the switch and your senses are flooded with them. Enter any shopping Mall and your ears are blasted by them. As soon as you get to an [...]
