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Vision Aid Overseas – Wanted Urgently!

by webmaster | Aug 3, 2008 | Organisations

The Knights of St Columba are collecting spectacles, frames and lenses which are no longer of use to you. These items are used to assist people in the Third World who need spectacles but who are unable to afford them. Churches in the diocese have been contacted. If...

CAFOD responds to Ethiopian food crisis.

by webmaster | Aug 3, 2008 | CAFOD, Organisations

CAFOD has pledged an initial 80,000 Euros to partners who are providing vital support to people affected by the worsening food crisis in Ethiopia. CAFOD’s aid is part of an initial 200,000 Euro joint response with Trocaire and SCIAF. It is a first phase response and...

Pure Gold?

by webmaster | Aug 3, 2008 | CAFOD, Organisations

Carol Cross is looking out for opportunities to speak to parish groups about her visit to the San Martin gold mine in the Siria Valley, Honduras so if you think your parish or friends would like to hear about it, she’d be only too willing to come along to do...

The Postgate Rally 2008

by webmaster | Aug 2, 2008 | Parishes, Pilgrimage

A thoroughly wet afternoon didn’t dampen the spirits of the pilgrims who gathered at Ugthorpe for the annual Postgate Rally in honour of Blessed Nicholas Postgate and the martyrs of England and Wales, though it did mean that the pilgrims had to gather in St...

50th Anniversary Assumption Pilgrimage

by webmaster | Aug 2, 2008 | Bishop Terry, Event Calendar, Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley, Parishes

to the Lady Chapel, Osmotherley Sunday 17th August, starting with the Rosary at 2.30 pm followed by Mass at 3pm. [gmap map:10] Principal Celebrant and Preacher Rt Rev Terence Drainey, Bishop of Middlesbrough Free Parking – Lifts up to the Chapel and refreshments...