Our diocesan Justice and Peace Commission is delighted to welcome Chris Cole as the speaker for its January Peace meeting in York. Chris is the co-ordinator of Fig Tree, a new initiative to engage the Christian community on peace and security issues. Fig Tree...
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Choral Services At The Cathedral
The following choral services will take place at St Mary’s Cathedral in Middlesbrough during the month of January… Sunday January 6 at 10am: Solemn Mass of Epiphany (Cathedral Choir) Sunday January 13 at 10am: Solemn Mass (Cathedral Choir) Wednesday January 16 at 6pm:...
Pastoral Letter for the Third Sunday of Advent
Dear Sisters and Brothers, “Merry Christmas”, “cheers mate”, “have a good one”. We hear a lot of that around this time of the year. Well, “’Tis the season to be merry” and all that. But truly, what is Christmas joy, Christian joy and happiness? Believe it or not, John...
A Time Of Faith-Sharing And Fellowship
York Carmelite Spirituality Group and HCPT Group 122 invite you to a time of faith-sharing and fellowship at Thicket Priory Carmelite Monastery, Thorganby, York YO19 6DE on Saturday February 9. The event has been organised close to the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes...
Summer Retreat Focuses On God’s Plan
God’s Plan for the Fullness of Time is the theme of a Foyers de Charité Retreat to be held at the Diocese of Leeds' Hinsley Hall Pastoral Centre this summer. The preacher will be Monsignor Keith Barltrop, with help from Foyers' members and past retreatants. Foyers...
Bishop Terry's December 2018 Voice Column
Coming just before the Ad Limina visit to Rome and my meeting with the Holy Father, the experience of Adoremus in Liverpool last September was shunted into a lower slot in the memory banks! So I would just like to offer a few thoughts of reflection on that...
Bishop Unveils Plaque For Pilgrimage Of Grace Leader
Bishop Terry unveiled a plaque in honour of martyr and Pilgrimage of Grace leader Robert Aske near the place of his execution in York. The plaque, near Clifford’s Tower, was a joint project between York Civic Trust and the Knights of St Columba. Aske, a lawyer,...
Timetable For Dowry Visit Unveiled
The timetable has been unveiled for events during the Dowry Tour of Our Lady of Walsingham to St Mary’s Cathedral in Middlesbrough. The statue, which usually resides in the shrine’s famous Slipper Chapel, is being taken around the country for two years as part of the...
Deacon John Dies After Long Illness
Deacon John Steel, who served in several parishes in our diocese as well as working as diocesan safeguarding coordinator, has died at the age of 73 after a long illness. Born in Easington Colliery, County Durham, on March 14 1943, John had a variety of managerial jobs...








