by Michael McG | Jul 24, 2020 | Diocese, Schools and Colleges
Children at St Wilfrid’s Primary School in York followed in their patron’s footsteps to rise to a challenge set by their teacher as part of their home-schooling. Year 4/5 teacher Dan Jones was inspired by St Wilfrid, who walked the 6,000 miles from York to Rome three...
by Michael McG | Jul 9, 2020 | Jubilees
More than 4,000 people viewed a Mass celebrated on Facebook to mark the diamond anniversary of the priestly ordination of Father Peter Ryan. Born in Limerick in the Republic of Ireland, Father Peter has ministered in the Diocese of Middlesbrough throughout that time,...
by Michael McG | Jul 6, 2020 | Diocese, Obituaries
Tributes have been paid to the former long-serving parish priest of St Joseph’s in Pickering Father Bill East, who died on Wednesday July 1 after a long illness. Father Bill, who was 72, spent 11 years at St Luke’s Parish Church in Pallion, Sunderland, from 1983...
by Michael McG | May 11, 2020 | Coronavirus, Diocese, Schools and Colleges
A Year 9 student from St Francis Xavier School in Richmond has set his own “pedal power” challenge to help raise funds for his school’s Technology Department to supply face visors to key workers. Dean Cunningham, aged 13, has been completing circuits on his bike every...
by Michael McG | May 1, 2020 | Diocese, Obituaries
We pray for the following priests of our diocese whose anniversaries are during May… 1 1994 Rev John Eaves-Tinsley Middlesbrough 1 2007 Rev Anthony J F Storey ...
by Michael McG | Apr 20, 2020 | Coronavirus, Education Service, Schools and Colleges
The technology department at St Francis Xavier School in Richmond has been helping the national effort in the fight against Covid-19 by producing face masks for local care homes, hospitals, prisons and the ambulance service. Sandra Bradley and Stuart Lister in the...
