Hundreds of pilgrims came from all over the diocese to the annual Postgate Rally in honour of the English and Welsh Martyrs and Blessed Nicholas Postgate. The rally takes place in Egton Bridge and Ugthorpe in alternate years and this time was held in Ugthorpe, which...
Bishop Terry’s Homily from the Lourdes Grotto Mass, May 2018… So how many of you watched the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19? I know it was a really difficult choice for some between the cup final and the wedding. There were crowds queuing up at...
Many of our parishes have been organising Share the Journey walks to support the global Share the Journey campaign led by Pope Francis and Caritas Internationalis and stand up for the rights of refugees and migrants. Scarborough Catholic Parishes' confirmation group...
Dear Brothers and Sisters, “Do whatever he tells you.” (John 2.5) I write this letter to you while in Lourdes with the Diocesan Pilgrimage, and these words have lodged firmly in my heart – it is the theme of Lourdes this year taken from the Gospel of the Wedding Feast...
As we leave the Easter Season behind us, with all its joys, celebrations and rich liturgy, we enter into the month of June. From a very natural point of view we hope that June will be a month of warmth and sunshine – sadly, this is not always the case! However, the...
Catholics from our diocese are invited to attend the National Eucharistic Congress and hear an inspirational speaker who has been described as “one of the Church’s best messengers”. Bishop Robert Barron is the keynote speaker at the all-day event at the Liverpool Echo...
Parishioners in Redcar have come up with a small way of promoting the Cause for the Canonisation of Blessed Nicholas Postgate by having badges made and offered for sale. In recent years the previous four parishes that served Redcar, namely Sacred Heart, St...
Inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, the Diocese of Middlesbrough Justice and Peace Commission has launched its environment policy at All Saints’ School in York. The event contributed to activities around the globe for Earth Day on April 22 and the...
The Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission is delighted to welcome Dr Anna Rowlands as this year’s Anthony Storey Memorial Lecture speaker. Anna is a political theologian and an expert on Catholic Social Teaching and is St Hilda Associate Professor of Catholic Social...
