by webmaster | Jun 23, 2011 | Miscellaneous
Twenty-four heartfelt, profound and challenging stories I take absolutely no credit for the idea behind “Why I’m a Catholic”. Whilst discussing plans for evangelisation during Lent and Easter, it was Canon John Lumley who hit upon the idea of...
by webmaster | Jun 23, 2011 | Miscellaneous
Happiness is very much in the news at the moment. The National Wellbeing Survey is now under way to measure our quality of life, and an initiative to create a happier society ‘Action for happiness’ has just been launched. In their search for what makes us...
by webmaster | Jun 4, 2011 | Miscellaneous
On World Communications Day we pray for communications professionals. The theme this year is ‘Truth, Proclamation and Authenticity of Life in the Digital Age’. The Catholic Communications Network (CCN) provides support for the bishops of England and Wales and the...
by webmaster | May 28, 2011 | Miscellaneous
The bishops of England and Wales are re-establishing the practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays as a penance to identify with Christ on the cross. The Bishops’ Conference stated, “Every Friday is set aside by the Church as a special day of penance,...
by webmaster | May 28, 2011 | Miscellaneous
The Mary Thompson Fund, of which Bishop Terry is a patron, supports refugees and people seeking asylum in the Tees Valley. On Saturday 25th June, from 10.30am until around 4.30pm there will be a Sponsored Walk from The Lion Pub at Blakey Ridge in aid of the Mary...
by webmaster | May 27, 2011 | Miscellaneous, Parishes
Some 80 people joined in a hymns-and-readings service held outside the supermarket at Saltburn-by-Sea, North Yorkshire, on Good Friday when Mgr Ricardo Morgan, of Our Lady of Lourdes parish, urged people to spread Christ’s message in their everyday lives, not only in...