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Website Aims To Secure Churches’ Future

by Michael McG | Feb 28, 2017 | Diocese

A new website that makes it easy for churches and chapels in Yorkshire and the Humber to look after their architectural heritage has been launched. MaintenanceBooker www.maintenancebooker.org.uk was set up by church buildings support charity the National Churches...

A statement regarding a civil case in Leeds starting on Monday 31st October

by Michael McG | Oct 28, 2016 | Diocese

The Diocese of Middlesbrough condemns unreservedly any action which causes harm or distress to others. Abusive behaviour has absolutely no place in the Catholic Church, or anywhere in society, and is against everything we stand for. It was with great sadness that we...

Asylum seekers can step into our shoes!

by Michael McG | Jul 15, 2016 | Miscellaneous, Organisations, Parishes, Schools and Colleges

Young asylum seekers arriving from war-torn Syria and other troubled parts of the world will be helped to blend into in their new surroundings thanks to kind-hearted Teesside churchgoers. More than 70 pairs of trainers were donated, as well as £300 in cash, after an...

The true story of Bishop Lacy and Our Lady of Perpetual Succour

by Michael McG | May 3, 2016 | Diocese

Cardinal Vincent Nichols recently celebrated the 150th anniversary of the return of the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help to public veneration. He took part in a procession and Mass at the Church of Saint Alphonsus Liguori in Rome where the icon is housed and which...

New Ingelby Barwick Church prepares for Dedication

by webmaster | Apr 15, 2016 | Parishes, Schools and Colleges

The Catholic community in Ingleby Barwick are preparing for the official opening of their new church, 22 years after the parish was founded. The Bishop of Middlesbrough, the Right Reverend Terence Patrick Drainey, will dedicate the church to St Thérèse of Lisieux on...

Statement from the NCSC

by webmaster | Feb 18, 2016 | Diocese, Safeguarding

Statement from the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission on the obligation to report suspected sexual abuse to civil authorities Following recent press coverage the following statement was issued by Cardinal O’Malley From Vatican Radio – 15 February 2016 Statement...