by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Organisations, Parishes, Bishop Terry
Fr Austin O’Neill’s body was received into St Aelred’s Church by Canon Jerry Twomey, Episcopal Vicar for the Central Vicariate and Austin’s successor as parish priest, on the evening of 7 May 2009 followed by Mass attended by many who could not...
by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Obituaries, Parishes
Fr Austin O’Neill, retired parish priest of St Aelred’s, York, died on Saturday 25 April after a long period of ill health. He was 73 and had been a priest for almost 48 years, 21 of which were at St Aelred’s. Education was close to his heart. He...
by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events
With the Year of St Paul drawing to a close readers may like to listen to a recent episode of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘In Our Time’ entitled St Paul. In this episode the host Melvyn Bragg and his guests Helen Bond (Senior Lecturer in the New Testament at...
by webmaster | Jun 5, 2009 | St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough, Parishes, Bishop Terry
A Mass of Thanksgiving will be offered in the Cathedral on Saturday 4th July at 12 noon to celebrate the 137 year long contribution to education in Middlesbrough by the FCJ Sisters. All past Newlands Orchestra members are invited to play (but please contact Miss C...
by webmaster | Jun 5, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Upon arrival in the Democratic Republic of Congo following his deportation from the UK, Blaise Kamba was arrested by plain clothes agents once he had left the airport. He was blindfolded and handcuffed, thrown into a jeep/van and taken to the prison he subsequently...