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‘Year of St Paul’ Diocesan Celebration

by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Bishop Terry, Event Calendar, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough

Pope Benedict XVI declared 28th June 2008 to 29th June 2009 the ‘Year of St Paul’ to celebrate the 2,000th anniversary of St Paul’s birth. It was the Holy Father’s intention that during this year we all came to know better ‘the immense...

Rebuilding lives, securing resilience for the future

by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, CAFOD Appeals, Organisations

Burma/Myanmar Cyclone one year on Survivors of Burma/Myanmar’s worst cyclone in living memory are facing continuing hardship one year on, but needs are being met with the support of both local and international organisations. Cyclone Nargis tore through the...

St Paul – In Our Time

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...

Singing for Baghdad Children’s Hospital

by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes, Sacred Heart, Middlesbrough

On Friday 8th May the Mosaic Singers put on a performance of songs from various musicals in aid of the Sacred Heart and St Patrick parish appeal for the Baghdad Childrens Hospital. Mark Turnbull introduced and closed the evening with his usual eloquence. John Hinman...

‘Year of St Paul’

by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough

On the second day of Lent, priests and people from across the Diocese came together at St Charles Borromeo, Hull, to celebrate the ‘Year of St Paul’ in music, song, word and prayer. The Liturgy was graced by the Presidency of Bishop Terence Drainey, the...

Riverside Glory!

by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events

A crowd of several hundred people gathered on the evening of Monday 18th May to watch the charity football match played at the Riverside Stadium. The match, which featured Gaizka Mendieta, once the world’s mot expensive footballer, and fellow Boro legend Craig...