by Michael McG | Aug 13, 2024 | Appeals and Special Events, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough, Parishes
A capacity audience packed St Mary’s Cathedral as award-winning classical singing group The Priests played the only mainland UK show of their farewell tour.The emotional evening – the first of an ongoing concert series – saw the three Northern Irish clerics bring the...
by Michael McG | Jul 10, 2024 | Appeals and Special Events, Postgate Society, postgate, Organisations
Cardinal Arthur Roche’s homily at the 50th anniversary Postgate Rally at Ugthorpe on Sunday July 7 2024… One of the more disturbing realities in today’s world is how quickly populist movements form and how the determined positions which mark them are often...
by Michael McG | Jul 10, 2024 | Appeals and Special Events, Synod of Bishops 2023, Catholic Bishop's Conference
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has issued a statement welcoming the Instrumentum laboris, the working document that will guide the work of the second session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the...
by Michael McG | Jul 8, 2024 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, Organisations, CAFOD Appeals, Catholic Bishop's Conference
A South Sudanese bishop has warned that food has been weaponised during the civil war in Sudan, with famine now looming in his neighbouring country because of the conflict.Speaking to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Bishop Alex Lodiong Sakor...
by Michael McG | May 23, 2024 | Appeals and Special Events, HCPT, Missio, Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), CAFOD, Catholic Bishop's Conference
Representatives from 25 Catholic charities gathered to recognise a decade of collaboration to promote legacy giving.The meeting, at Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales in London, marked 10 years since the official launch event of Your Catholic Legacy...
by Michael McG | May 7, 2024 | Appeals and Special Events
The diary of diocesan events is usually published in the year book but was omitted this year. Here are the important dates for 2024… RCIA RETREAT DAYSaturday January 27 RITE OF ELECTIONIn the cathedral at 3pm on Sunday February 18 (first Sunday of Lent) CHRISM...