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Blind Card Raises 500 Euros!

by webmaster | Jun 10, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events

A ‘blind card’ that went round at Lourdes for Fr Paul Farrer’s bungee jump off the Transporter Bridge raised 500 Euros! The prize of £60.00 was claimed by Paddy, a parishioner of Holy Name of Mary Parish in Middlesbrough. Bernie...

Rocking in Support of Baghdad Children

by webmaster | Jun 10, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events

In a quiet moment during the recent Middlesbrough Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes the Knights of St Columba presented a cheque for £3,500 to the Baghdad Children’s Hospital Appeal, the proceeds from the ‘Rocking in the Aisles’ event earlier this year....

Shadow Foreign Secretary Applauds Diocesan Initiatives

by webmaster | Jun 9, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events

Speaking recently on the subject of ‘Practical Politics, Principled Faith’ as part of the ‘Cardinal’s Lectures 2008 – Faith and Life in Britain’ the Rt Hon William Hague MP said, “I am conscious… of the extraordinary work of many active members of...

Cardinal presides at Mass for Ushaw Bicentenary

by webmaster | Jun 9, 2008 | Miscellaneous

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor presided at a Mass at Ushaw College on Sunday 25th May to celebrate the College’s 200th anniversary. The Head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales was chief celebrant at the 12 noon Mass, which was also concelebrated...

Noye’s Fludde

by webmaster | Jun 9, 2008 | Event Calendar, Schools and Colleges

A major grant from the National Lottery ‘Awards for All’ scheme has been awarded to a Community Children’s Opera Project to be undertaken as part of a continuing partnership between Ampleforth College and the North Yorkshire Music Service. It is...