by Michael McG | May 12, 2021 | Novenas, Appeals and Special Events, Catholic Bishop's Conference
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference is inviting all Catholics in England and Wales to respond in prayer and action to the urgent climate change issues we all face. The God Who Speaks team offers this Novena of readings and prayers drawn from the Bible and recent...
by Michael McG | May 11, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events, Coronavirus, CAFOD, Organisations, CAFOD Appeals
Speaking at a Mass streamed lived from Delhi to the UK, director of Caritas India FATHER PAUL MOONJELY has given this very moving account of the Covid crisis in his homeland… My dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus, it is indeed such a gratifying and graceful...
by Michael McG | May 6, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events, Pope Francis, Rosary
A special day of prayer for young people and the mission of our Catholic schools will take place on Monday May 24 – the Feast of Mary, Mother of the Church – as part of the Rosary Stronghold Mission. Its aims are for the Rosary to be prayed in our schools that day and...
by Michael McG | May 6, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events, Pope Francis, Rosary
Pope Francis has invited Catholics and 30 Marian shrines around the world, including the shrine at Walsingham, to dedicate this month to a marathon of prayer for an end to the Covid-19 pandemic. The month of May will be dedicated to a “marathon” of prayer,...
by Michael McG | May 5, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events, Coronavirus, CAFOD, Organisations, CAFOD Appeals
A message from CAFOD Middlesbrough community participation coordinator CAROL CROSS about a special appeal to help with the coronavirus crisis in India…Few people can fail but be moved with compassion by the tragedy unfolding in India. The second wave of coronavirus is...
by Michael McG | Mar 22, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events
Well-wishers are being asked to buy a chicken for a leprosy care centre in Zimbabwe this Easter in memory of a Cumbrian missionary who was born 100 years ago this year and is now on the path towards sainthood. John Bradburne was born in Skirwith in 1921 and...
