by Michael McG | Aug 27, 2024 | Friends of the Holy Land, Organisations
World Water Week has been organised every year since 1991 and is centred on water cooperation, for peace and security in its broadest sense.This year, from August 25 to 29, the theme Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future asks us to recognise...
by Michael McG | Aug 16, 2024 | Pope's Prayer Intention
(Vatican City, 23 July 2024) – Pope Francis’s prayer intention for August is for political leaders. The Pope Video accompanies the Pope’s request in that context, as he invites politicians “to be at the service of their own people.” In his...
by Michael McG | Aug 14, 2024 | Appeals and Special Events, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough, Parishes
It is a great privilege to be invited by Father Steven to give the homily at his first Mass in this beautiful cathedral.It is a day I am sure you will not forget, if for no other reason than the “air of firstness” about it: the first full day in the priesthood, the...
by Michael McG | Aug 14, 2024 | Appeals and Special Events, Lourdes, Miscellaneous
We are pleased to announce we have organised a Lourdes Hospitalité Ball for 2024. After the success of last year’s event, we wanted to celebrate in style, so we are returning to the picturesque setting of Gisborough Hall, Guisborough.The date for our ball is Friday...
by Michael McG | Aug 13, 2024 | Appeals and Special Events, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough, Parishes
A capacity audience packed St Mary’s Cathedral as award-winning classical singing group The Priests played the only mainland UK show of their farewell tour.The emotional evening – the first of an ongoing concert series – saw the three Northern Irish clerics bring the...
