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Anselme – can you help?

by webmaster | Apr 28, 2009 | Justice and Peace

Following the recent arrest of Anselme Noumbiwa (who now faces deportation back to a very uncertain future in Cameroon) could all concerned by this development please contact either the Immigration Minister Phil Woolas, the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith or your own MP....

Urgent – Vigil for Anselme

by webmaster | Apr 28, 2009 | Event Calendar, Justice and Peace

There will be a ‘vigil’ at St Mary’s Stockton for Anselme Noumbiwa on Tuesday 28th April, 4-7. Justice First hope to contact MPs etc. Anselme is a Cameroonian Christian who faces a grave threat in his home country as a result of his beliefs. He was...

‘How can I close the House of God?’

by webmaster | Apr 19, 2009 | English Martyrs, York, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes

These were just about the last words spoken by Fr Ragheed Ganni, 34, an Iraqi priest serving in Mosul two years ago when the persecution of Christians in that part of Iraq was particularly severe. He had been told by militants to close the church and leave the city....

Serving Beneath Mary’s Banner

by webmaster | Apr 19, 2009 | Organisations, Parishes

The Legion of Mary, an international organisation, open to men and women, young and old, in which successive Popes have expressed an interest, has a number of branches in the Diocese of Middlesbrough. Each branch’s weekly meeting concerns itself with prayer and...

Read all about it

by webmaster | Apr 19, 2009 | Organisations

Edna Hunneysett is well-known to many Voice readers for her pioneering book ‘Carers in the Community: ‘Why have you forsaken me?” and for her great work providing friendship and spiritual support for families and carers of people with mental...

CAFOD Pilgrimage to Holy Island

by webmaster | Apr 19, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes

CAFOD Pilgrimage to Holy Island will be on Saturday 13th June. Join us at 11.00 am on the Mainland side of the Causeway. This joint event with our friends from Hexham and Newcastle Diocese is continuing to grow in popularity. For those unable to walk across the...