Bishop’s Letter For First Sunday Of Lent
Pastoral Letter Of Terence Patrick Drainey, Bishop of Middlesbrough Dear Sisters and Brothers, When Covid-19 first began to make its appearance, I thought, I presumed, I hoped it would be a one-day-wonder and would disappear as quickly as it came. After all, we had...
A Letter From Bishop Terry: The Year of St Joseph
On December 8 2020, Pope Francis wrote a letter to all the faithful to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of St Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. It is called Patris Corde or in English, With a Father’s heart. Among many other things he...
Bishop Terry’s Pastoral Letter For The Feast Of The Holy Family
This letter was to be read out in churches throughout the diocese on the weekend of December 26 and 27...
Bishop Terry’s Pastoral Letter For Advent
Dear Brothers and Sisters, We have been through some dark times in 2020. We have learned some new words that we probably would never have used before – pandemic, lockdown, coronavirus, Covid19 – to mention but a few. Perhaps you, like me, and many others, have...
