by Michael McG | Aug 24, 2023 | Appeals and Special Events
Award-winning singer-songwriter Katie Doherty will bring her band The Navigators back to Whitby for a special concert in aid of the Diocese of Middlesbrough Lourdes Sick Fund.St Hilda’s Parish is once again organising the show, which will take place in the Chapel On...
by Michael McG | Aug 1, 2023 | Appeals and Special Events
Bishop Stephen Wright has been installed as the 15th Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle at a Solemn Mass of Installation in St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle.The Mass was celebrated in honour of Our Blessed Mary Immaculate, a patron of the diocese who looks down from one of...
by Michael McG | Aug 1, 2023 | World Youth Day, Pope's Prayer Intention, Appeals and Special Events, Pope Francis
Pope Francis’ monthly prayer intention for August is for World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal.The Pope invited the Church to pray for this intention in this month’s The Pope Video, which is entrusted to the entire Catholic Church through the Pope’s Worldwide...
by Michael McG | Jul 29, 2023 | Appeals and Special Events, Lady Chapel
Our annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Grace to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption will take place on Sunday August 13. There will be Rosary from 2.30pm followed by Mass at 3pm. Car parking is available in a field at the top of North End (the...
by Michael McG | Jun 9, 2023 | Appeals and Special Events, Talks, Retreats and Lectures, Evangelisation
Bishop David Oakley will be the keynote speaker at a free online mini-retreat to show how forgiveness is a powerful element in helping us to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.The meeting is hosted by ADoRE, one of the longest-running charismatic days of renewal in...
by Michael McG | May 24, 2023 | Appeals and Special Events, Talks, Retreats and Lectures, Evangelisation
The Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission is delighted to welcome Christine Allen as this year’s speaker for the Anthony Storey Memorial Lecture, “Signs of Hope in a Troubled World”.Christine has been the director of CAFOD since the spring of 2019. She held leadership...