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Bishop Terry talks to York Carmelites about St Teresa

by webmaster | Dec 31, 2009 | Bishop Terry, Carmelite Spirituality Group, Organisations

On 31st October, the Bishop of Middlesbrough, Rt Rev Terence Drainey, spoke to York Carmelite Spirituality Group about the great Carmelite Saint and Doctor of the Church, Teresa of Jesus of Avila. Some 30 participants packed into the home of the Corpus Christi...

Tree-mendous!

by webmaster | Dec 31, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley, Parishes

A group of refugees have met for Saturday lunch for the last four years with Fr Peter Keeling and some parishioners of St Francis, Middlesbrough. On 5th December, they gathered to plant trees in the church grounds for National Tree Week. Promoted by the BBC, this was...

Middlesbrough UCM Celebrates Golden Jubilee

by webmaster | Dec 31, 2009 | Organisations

On Saturday 21st November 2009, the Union of Catholic Mothers celebrated their 50 years in the Middlesbrough Diocese. Members from Filey, Scarborough, Hull, Middlesbrough and York met at the Bar Convent, York. Their National President, Mrs Sheila Goodchild, joined...

‘The Last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury’

by webmaster | Dec 31, 2009 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Organisations

A Talk by Lucy Beckett It was with enormous pleasure that on Wednesday 21st October the Cleveland Newman Circle were able to welcome Lucy Beckett who shared something of her long-held fascination with Cardinal Pole. It was against the historical background of the...

CAFOD Holy Hour

by webmaster | Dec 10, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes

CAFOD Holy Hour at Christ the King Church, Trenchard Avenue, Thornaby on Thursday 10th December, at 7.30pm. It is an opportunity for us to pray for a positive outcome from the UN Climate Change talks in Copenhagen. All are welcome.

Vigil for friends removed to danger

by webmaster | Dec 9, 2009 | Event Calendar, Justice and Peace

On Friday 18th December, 12.40-13.30pm there will be a vigil, the fifth annual vigil, to remember friends who sought sanctuary in the United Kingdom and were removed from this country back to danger during 2009. This will be held at All Saints’ Church, Linthorpe...