by Michael McG | Jun 4, 2018 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Brothers and Sisters, “Do whatever he tells you.” (John 2.5) I write this letter to you while in Lourdes with the Diocesan Pilgrimage, and these words have lodged firmly in my heart – it is the theme of Lourdes this year taken from the Gospel of the Wedding Feast...
by Michael McG | Mar 29, 2018 | Sacraments, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough, Bishop Terry
Priests from throughout the Diocese of Middlesbrough reaffirmed their ministry by renewing the promises made at their ordination at the annual Mass of Chrism in St Mary’s Cathedral. There was standing room only as around 750 worshippers swelled the congregation, with...
by webmaster | Feb 24, 2018 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Sisters and Brothers, What goes up must come down. Breathe in then breathe out. These are truths, facts that most of us would not deny. We take them for granted as self-evident. In a way they are parts of a greater truth, a natural law: the law of gravity and...
by Michael McG | Jan 24, 2018 | Bishop Terry
I would just like to say a great thank you to everyone who has been praying for me over these last weeks since my accident. As you will probably know, I slipped on the ice while out walking the week before Christmas and severed the tendon in my knee. This required an...
by webmaster | Dec 31, 2017 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Brothers and Sisters, In our gospel we have three generations of people represented. First of all there are the newly-weds, Mary and Joseph and their pride and joy, Jesus, their first born; a young couple and their baby. They are eager to do everything right,...
by Michael McG | Dec 22, 2017 | Bishop Terry
Bishop Terry is awaiting surgery after slipping on ice and sustaining knee injuries on Monday (December 19). He will require up to four months to recover after his operation, although he will have access to emails during some of that time. As is usual in such cases,...