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Urgent – Vigil for Anselme

by webmaster | Apr 28, 2009 | Event Calendar, Justice and Peace

There will be a ‘vigil’ at St Mary’s Stockton for Anselme Noumbiwa on Tuesday 28th April, 4-7. Justice First hope to contact MPs etc. Anselme is a Cameroonian Christian who faces a grave threat in his home country as a result of his beliefs. He was...

Lourdes latest

by webmaster | Apr 19, 2009 | Miscellaneous

Visit the Middlesbrough Lourdes site middlesbroughlourdes.co.uk for information about the forthcoming pilgrimage to Lourdes. Please subscribe to the newsfeed for the very latest news. Don’t forget to register as a visitor to the site, especially if you are going...

‘How can I close the House of God?’

by webmaster | Apr 19, 2009 | English Martyrs, York, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes

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....

FCJ Thanksgiving Mass

by webmaster | Apr 19, 2009 | Bishop Terry, Parishes, Religious Communities, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough

A Mass of Thanksgiving will be offered in St Mary’s Cathedral, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough on Saturday 4th July at 12 noon to celebrate the contribution to education in Middlesbrough by the Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ Sisters) from 1872-2009 The chief...

Serving Beneath Mary’s Banner

by webmaster | Apr 19, 2009 | Organisations, Parishes

The Legion of Mary, an international organisation, open to men and women, young and old, in which successive Popes have expressed an interest, has a number of branches in the Diocese of Middlesbrough. Each branch’s weekly meeting concerns itself with prayer and...