by Michael McG | Jun 11, 2020 | Miscellaneous
York storyteller F Mary Callan has found lockdown an unexpected opportunity. With other events cancelled it has spurred her to post Inside Stories from the Bible on Youtube. “I decided to film a character a day for 40 days ending at Corpus Christi,” says Mary. “In...
by Michael McG | Jun 10, 2020 | Coronavirus, Miscellaneous, Catholic Bishop's Conference
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has thanked the Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation for its “exceptional and magnificent” £1m donation to help Catholic charities cope with poverty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Cardinal Nichols praised the donation as “a remarkable gift...
by Michael McG | Jul 8, 2019 | Miscellaneous, Book Reviews
The life of a Middlesbrough diocesan priest who had an extraordinary impact on the people he served is celebrated in a new biography. Father Tony Storey – known to many simply as “Storey” – was a gifted writer and preacher whose intellect, inspirational style and...
by Michael McG | Jun 5, 2019 | Miscellaneous
Churches throughout the country are being invited to join next year’s celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. VE Day 75, on the weekend of May 8 to 10 2020, will be an international celebration of peace. Churches are being asked to ring...
by Michael McG | May 16, 2019 | Miscellaneous, CAFOD
CAFOD Middlesbrough has organised a coach to take supporters to the Time Is Now mass lobby of parliament for climate and environmental action in London on Wednesday 26 June. The coach leaves from outside of St Francis of Assisi at Acklam at 5.45am–6am. If you would...
by Michael McG | May 1, 2019 | Miscellaneous
We continue to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection and will conclude the month with his Ascension, which brings us the absolute promise to remain with us in a new, original way. The warmer, longer days of spring have duly arrived – blossom and new crops flourish,...
