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Christmas Mass Times

by webmaster | Dec 14, 2011 | Miscellaneous

Christmas Mass times for many of our parishes can be found in the centre pages of the December 2011 issue of the Middlesbrough Catholic Voice. The Voice is available in pdf format here.

Providing hope in the Holy Land

by webmaster | Dec 14, 2011 | Miscellaneous

Friends of the Holy Land provide hope for over 500 around Bethlehem at Christmas. The Friends of the Holy Land are supporting 450 children under 12 from 150 families and 90 elderly people in Bethlehem and the surrounding area at Christmas. The children are either...

Reorganising Redcar

by webmaster | Oct 6, 2011 | Miscellaneous

In 2010 Bishop Drainey highlighted the fact that in the next 5-6 years there is likely to be only one priest to cover the Redcar, Marske and Saltburn area, which currently has a Mass attendance of approximately 1000. This presented the need for a substantial change in...

Death of Bishop Ambrose Griffiths OSB

by webmaster | Jun 24, 2011 | Miscellaneous

Bishop Ambrose Giffiths, Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle and former Abbot of Ampleforth, died peacefully on 14th June 2011 at the age of 82. He had retired as Bishop in May 2004 and returned to the Benedictine parish of St Mary, Leyland, where he had served as...

Wellsprings and CCRS

by webmaster | Jun 23, 2011 | Miscellaneous

Two wonderful opportunities for growth in faith, knowledge, and understanding “Wellsprings” – Our Diocesan Catechists’ Foundation Course Having had sixty participants complete the first year of Wellsprings and be commissioned as Catechists this month, we are delighted...

“Why I’m a Catholic”

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...