by Michael McG | Mar 24, 2022 | Courses, Vocations, Adult Formation, Diocese, Evangelisation
GodCalls Adventure, from the National Office for Vocation, is a free, 40-day self-guided course that aims to help you grow in holiness and root each day in prayer. There are downloadable recourses to guide you in how to plan your days putting God at the centre of your...
by Michael McG | Feb 16, 2022 | Diocese, Obituaries
A popular retired priest has died in a Redcar care home after being in ill-health for some months. He was 86. Monsignor John Heslin was a well-known figure in Saltburn’s town centre and lived in Garnet Street for nearly 20 years after retiring. Known as Father...
by Michael McG | Feb 7, 2022 | Voice Column, Catholic Voice, Diocese
Most of us will know that February 11 is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. It is also, fittingly, the World Day of Prayer for the Sick.Each year, the Holy Father sends a message out to all of us on this occasion. In his message he first of all reminds us that it was...
by Michael McG | Dec 2, 2021 | Diocese, Safeguarding
Victim Support launched Safe Spaces as a joint Anglican and Catholic Church project to provide a vital support service for survivors of church-related abuse. Although the churches fund the service, it is run independently by the Victim Support, one of the leading...
by Michael McG | Nov 1, 2021 | Diocese, Obituaries
Father John James McKeever – known to many throughout the diocese as Father Jack – sadly died at James Cook University Hospital on Sunday October 31 at 7.45pm. Father Jack was born on March 7 1933 in Ardee, County Louth. He attended St Patrick’s seminary in Thurles...
by Michael McG | Sep 3, 2021 | Voice Column, Catholic Voice, Diocese
The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has inaugurated a special day for Grandparents and the Elderly on July 25. In his message he reminds us that Jesus promised his disciples he would be with them always (cf Mt 28.20). He says that in fact, the whole Church cares and loves...
