In this month’s Voice there are many important articles, but I would just like to draw your attention to two in particular. Our Diocesan Justice and Peace Organisation, in the light of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ – On The Care Of Our Common Home, are...
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Young People’s Call To World Youth Day
Young people are being offered the opportunity of a lifetime by joining Pope Francis and a party from our diocese heading to World Youth Day 2019 in Panama. Bishop Terry and Monsignor Gerard Robinson will lead the group attending the six-day event in the Central...
Ushaw: 450th Anniversary Conference For Douai Foundation
Ushaw College with the Centre for Catholic Studies at Durham University are celebrating the 450th anniversary of the founding of the English College at Douai with a special anniversary conference: ‘450 Years Pioneering Catholic Education: Past, Present, Future’ at...
Three Decades Of Service
A much-loved priest who spent 32 years at St Paulinus in York from its foundation as a parish has died in Ireland at the age of 94. Father Pat Grant was born in Thurles, Co Tipperary, on November 14 1923 and attended St Patrick’s Seminary in his hometown. He was...
New Catholics Given Warm Welcome At Rite Of Election
Candidates and catechumens were given a warm welcome as they began the final part of their journey towards being received into full communion with the Catholic Church. Canon Pat Hartnett led the traditional Rite of Election and Call To Continuing Conversion, which...
New Bus Will Provide Vital Lifeline In Ghana
An appeal has been launched to help buy a new bus so that sisters including Middlesbrough-born Sister Pat Pearson can continue providing vital services to vulnerable communities in Ghana. In January, Monsignor Gerard Robinson visited the Padre Pio Rehabilitation...
Day of Prayer And Pilgrimage To Holy Island
Parishioners from Middlesbrough are invited to join those from other dioceses on a Day of Pilgrimage and Prayer to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne on Saturday June 2. Now in its fifteenth year, the day will be a special one to pray for seafarers and for the work of...
Opportunities For Young People With CAFOD
Calling young people aged 18 to 30! CAFOD is looking for volunteer climate champions to take part in an international workshop in summer 2018 on sustainability with other Catholic young people from across Europe. The Catholic charity is also offering a free one-day...
Pastoral Letter for Second Sunday of Lent 2018
Dear Sisters and Brothers, What goes up must come down. Breathe in then breathe out. These are truths, facts that most of us would not deny. We take them for granted as self-evident. In a way they are parts of a greater truth, a natural law: the law of gravity and...








