Parishes | Middlesbrough Diocese

Honours for two Holy Cross parishioners

by webmaster | Mar 3, 2010 | Organisations, Parishes

It must be quite unusual for two parishioners to receive papal honours on the same day but two from Holy Cross parish, Cottingham, recently did so. Kathleen Burgan was presented with the Bene Merenti for services to the church, including playing the church organ over...

Canon Michael Bayldon’s Ruby Jubilee – the homily

by webmaster | Feb 28, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes

Homily given at Canon Michael Bayldon’s Ruby Jubilee by Canon Michael Ryan Congratulations on your new church. All the hard work and numerous meetings have come to fruition – well done. Congratulations to Michael and thanks for asking me to say these few...

Christian Unity Service at Guisborough

by webmaster | Feb 28, 2010 | Miscellaneous, Parishes

Churches Together in Guisborough held prayers and an ecumenical celebration for Christian Unity Week 2010. The week started at the Salvation Army Citadel then moved through the week to St Nicholas Church with the Rev Graham Pacey, the Methodist Church with Rev Isabel...

Canon Michael Bayldon – Ruby Jubilee

by webmaster | Feb 28, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes

Canon Michael Bayldon is the Parish Priest at St Paulinus RC Church at Guisborough and on Monday 22nd February celebrated his Ruby Jubilee of 40 years as a priest. Fr Michael, as he likes to be known, was ordained as a priest on 22nd February 1970 by Bishop John...

Royal seal of approval to a match made in Heaven

by webmaster | Feb 25, 2010 | Parishes

Two very special parishioners at St Patrick’s, Thornaby, had much to celebrate recently. Mary and Tom Catnach celebrated their Diamond Wedding Anniversary on 26th November 2009 and the icing on their cake was a beautiful telegram from Her Majesty the Queen. The...

Fr Marsden’s homily delivered at Fr Joe O’Brien’s funeral

by webmaster | Feb 20, 2010 | Obituaries, Parishes

When talking about priests the phrase ‘men set apart’ is often used. The trouble is that such an image can expresses superiority – not servants but masters. And when the cracks and failings of human finiteness show in priests, waves of shock, horror...