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Executive Director Opening At Catholic Bishops’ Conference

by Michael McG | Jul 12, 2019 | Catholic Bishop's Conference, Jobs

An opportunity has arisen to work with the General Secretary to further develop the Bishops’ Conference Secretariat as a centre of knowledge and capability in support of the bishops of England and Wales. This post would suit someone with broad and deep knowledge and...

Bishop Terry's July 2019 Voice Column

by Michael McG | Jul 8, 2019 | Voice Column

I write this as the Government has announced it will cut greenhouse emissions to “net zero” by 2050. Many applaud, many say “too little, too late”. Allow me to let you in on a discussion that the Bishops of England and Wales had recently at their bi-annual...

Friendships Forged On Knock Pilgrimage

by Michael McG | Jul 8, 2019 | Pilgrimage

Many new friendships were made as pilgrims from Scarborough, Middlesbrough, Whitby and Redcar travelled to Knock for the 140th anniversary of the Apparition of the Virgin Mary. We arrived very tired at our hotel in Kiltimagh, ten minutes from Knock, on Monday evening,...

Miracles Exhibition Comes To Scarborough

by Michael McG | Jul 8, 2019 | Adoremus (Eucharistic Congress), Sacraments

Scarborough Parishes is hosting an exhibition of Vatican-approved Eucharistic Miracles of the World during July, the month of the Most Precious Blood. The exhibition was part of the Adoremus Eucharistic Congress in Liverpool last September. This is a wonderful...

Nourishing The Faith Of Seafarers

by Michael McG | Jul 8, 2019 | Apostleship of the Sea

As we prepare to celebrate Sea Sunday on July 14, we look at the work of Stella Maris, the Apostleship of the Sea… As Catholics in England, we take it for granted that we can always get to Mass somewhere. If you’re a Catholic working at sea, however, it can be months...