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Kenya’s hidden food crisis

by Michael McG | Jun 21, 2022 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, CAFOD Appeals, Organisations

Millions of people are impacted by the food crisis in East Africa, as CAFOD director Christine Allen witnessed while visiting communities in Kenya. On the long road to Marsabit, a nine-hour drive, we saw charcoal sellers and women sitting behind small tables piled...

A Synod for the World

by Michael McG | Jun 14, 2022 | Appeals and Special Events, Synod of Bishops 2023

The full text from JENNY SINCLAIR’s keynote talk at the Diocese of Middlesbrough’s Synod Day, a special gathering of clergy, laity and religious to mark the completion of our first step in becoming a “synodal” church and fulfilling our contribution...

Bishop Terry’s June Voice column

by Michael McG | Jun 1, 2022 | Voice Column

World Meeting of Families Wednesday June 22—Sunday June 26 2022 The theme for the tenth World Meeting of Families (WMOF) is Family Love: a vocation and a path to Holiness. The World Meeting of Families was instituted by Pope St John Paul II in 1994. The week is...

World Meeting Of Families Resource pack

by Michael McG | May 25, 2022 | Appeals and Special Events, World Meeting of Families

The Tenth World Meeting of Families (WMOF) takes place in Rome from Wednesday June 22 to Sunday June 26. Canon John Lumley has sent this letter to all parishes… For this event, (which normally takes place every three years), the theme is Family Love: A Vocation...

Inspiring speaker for Storey lecture

by Michael McG | May 23, 2022 | Evangelisation, Talks, Retreats and Lectures

Inspiring speaker Dr Carmody Grey will give this year’s Anthony Storey Memorial Lecture, which is organised by the Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission. Dr Grey, who is assistant professor of Catholic theology at Durham University, will speak on the subject of...