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‘Noah, where were you when we needed you?’

by webmaster | Jul 2, 2008 | Miscellaneous

So said the caption on a photo display showing the effects of the great flood visited on Hull last June. The monsoon like storm brought several months of rainfall on the city in just a few hours. Result. Thousands of homes and businesses were severely damaged and the...

McEwan Cup 1958

by webmaster | Jul 2, 2008 | Miscellaneous

This team photograph from 1958 may be of interest to readers. It is of the football team that won the McEwan Cup for St Philomena’s Boys Club in that year. St Philomena’s is now the Sacred Heart, of course. The team played in the Middlesbrough and District...

“Oh Boy!” that was some wedding!

by webmaster | Jul 2, 2008 | Miscellaneous

Fr Pat Keogh, along with 140 or so people from Teesside, set off recently for the beautiful village of Arpino in Italy to marry Lucia Rovardi and Chris Tomlinson, both of whom hail from Middlesbrough. Lucia, a former student at Newlands School, is a singer and...

A Phoenix Rising

by webmaster | Jun 18, 2008 | Miscellaneous

Readers of the Voice may remember that, late last year, St Mary’s Primary School, Grangetown received an excellent school inspection just prior to the retirement of the headteacher Mrs Lemmon. Unfortunately before Mrs Lemmon could step down and enjoy a...

Calling Rural Catholics!

by webmaster | Jun 10, 2008 | Event Calendar, Miscellaneous

The Fifth National Catholic and Rural Conference will take place at Belmont Abbey, Hereford, on 9th – 11th February 2009. Main presentations include future food security, livestock ethics, the sharing of church buildings and the challenge of welcoming the rural...

Cardinal presides at Mass for Ushaw Bicentenary

by webmaster | Jun 9, 2008 | Miscellaneous

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor presided at a Mass at Ushaw College on Sunday 25th May to celebrate the College’s 200th anniversary. The Head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales was chief celebrant at the 12 noon Mass, which was also concelebrated...