Another year has passed and our pilgrimage programme continues, Lourdes in May, Rome in early October and now we look towards our annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady in Walsingham on 31 October and 1 November. This will be the fifth year we have been together...
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Towards the end of last year, on the Friday before the Feast of Christ the King, there was a gathering of 500+ young people from all over the diocese at the Cathedral. It was a really good celebration. The title of the event was the...
After holding services in a school and other venues for 20 years, the parish of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux in Ingleby Barwick is to get its own church at last. The distinctive design includes a large number of windows, creating a bright area for worship. There will also...
The organisers of next month’s Middlesbrough Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes are expecting one of their busiest ever weeks at the French shrine after a big surge in bookings. Each year since 1953, hundreds of people from the Diocese have visited the site where the...
The General Election in May offers us, as Catholics, the opportunity to question those who seek our vote to judge how they will act for those most in need, and how they will act to support and strengthen families and individuals in their human dignity with the...
Faith leaders from different religions and denominations are coming together to sign a statement affirming their common principles, prior to the forthcoming General Election. The Rt Revd Paul Ferguson, the Church of England Bishop of Whitby, and the Rt Revd Terence...
The Bishop of Middlesbrough will be the chief celebrant at the funeral of a “faithful” priest who served parishes in Hessle, Middlesbrough, Market Weighton and Brotton. Father Michael Murray died peacefully in hospital in his hometown, Carlisle, on Tuesday March 10 at...
A priest who ministered to prisoners and the sick while serving five parishes in the Diocese of Middlesbrough will be flown home to his native Ireland for burial after a funeral Mass in Whitby. Father Joe Brennan died at 6am on Saturday March 7 in the Whitby Court...
The Tablet, one of the UK’s oldest publications will be celebrating 175 years of uninterrupted publication in May 2015 with a programme of lectures, concerts, liturgies and debates to reflect nearly two-centuries of cutting edge coverage. Acclaimed novelists David...
