Miscellaneous | Middlesbrough Diocese

From Bridlington to the Cradle of English Christianity

by webmaster | Sep 4, 2010 | Miscellaneous, Parishes

Parishioners from Our Lady and St Peter, Bridlington, went as a parish community on a pilgrimage recently to the North East for three days with the main focus being Lindisfarne (Holy Island). A full 50 seat coach was the mode of transport. Ushaw College was the...

Change in the Diocese

by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Miscellaneous

After months of reflection, consultation and careful planning, Bishop Terry is proposing to re-organise the diocese. This is not change for the sake of change – the Bishop concluded that the present structures need renewing, to better serve the people, the...

Diamond Jubilee for Fr Joe Brennan

by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Miscellaneous, St Andrew's, Teesville, Parishes

Bishop Terry Drainey presided and twelve other priests concelebrated at a wonderful Mass to mark Fr Joe Brennan’s diamond jubilee at St Hida’s Roman Catholic Church in Whitby. Fr Joe, who was born in 1921 at Enfield in County Meath, entered Blackrock...

Carmelites’ Pilgrimage to Lourdes

by webmaster | Jul 29, 2010 | Miscellaneous, Event Calendar, Carmelite Spirituality Group, Organisations, Pilgrimage

The British Province of Carmelites Pilgrimage to Lourdes with the Catholic Association takes place on Friday 20th – Friday 27th August. Contact Johan Bergström-Allen on 01904 411521 for details of any of this or any other Carmelite events.

Seventh National Conference for Rural Catholics

by webmaster | Jul 28, 2010 | Miscellaneous, Event Calendar

7th-9th February 2011 Oakwood House, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AE The 2011 National Catholic and Rural Conference takes place in Maidstone, Kent. It will be of special interest to those who have to grasp the nettle of pastoral reorganisation or who are being reorganised...

York Nurses Honoured

by webmaster | Jul 28, 2010 | Miscellaneous

Two of our Lourdes nurses, Jean Naughton and Hugh Coyle, both from York, were awarded gold medals by Bishop Drainey for ten years service to the Diocesan Pilgrimage. Congratulations to them.