The Retreat Association is supporting a series of quiet days across the UK in 2011. These are ecumenical events held in Retreat Houses and are open to all. Thinking of leading a Quiet Day? On Wednesday 18th May at the Endsleigh Centre in Hull there will be an...
Two couples from St Andrew's Parish, Teesville, have celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversaries and have been presented with bouquets of flowers on behalf of the parish by Parish Priest, Canon Edmond Gubbins, to mark their milestone. Terry and Margaret's Golden...
We haven't even made our Pilgrimage to Lourdes for 2011 yet but planning for 2012 is large in our minds. I would like to share our plans with you all as quickly as possible, so that we can all begin to prepare for what will be a Pilgrimage with a difference for us...
I love rooting around in attics, especially those in presbyteries and churches. In the past, it has brought me several valuable archival 'finds', most notably the discovery of an 18th century account book detailing the funds supporting Yorkshire 'missions' (or...
Tony McAvoy, who is the Lay Port Chaplain and North East Regional Co-ordinator for the Apostleship of the Sea, was a guest speaker at Redcar and Cleveland's Catenian Circle meeting on 16th February 2011. With 95% of goods imported to the UK arriving by sea, Tony and...
In his Lenten message this year, Pope Benedict XVI, calls us to reflect on justice, on how each person can be given their 'rightful due'. The port chaplains of the Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) took up this call on Ash Wednesday. The Holy Father says that each person's...
The death has occurred in Ireland of Canon Thomas Nugent. As a young priest, Fr Nugent served in our Diocese at St Mary's, Grangetown and St Peter's, Scarborough 1954-1956. He then returned to his native Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. He died in Lismore on 28th...
The Fourth Anthony Storey Memorial Lecture entitled 'The Natural World - A Depressing Problem or an Opportunity for Grace?' will be given by Mary Colwell, TV, radio and internet producer, consultant on the relationship between religion and the natural world, and,...
The Youth Group from St Andrew's Parish, Teesville, will perform the Voices of the Passion on Wednesday 13th April 2011 in St Andrew's Church, Fabian Road, Teesville, starting at 7.00 pm. The Voices of the Passion is a different and youthful way to portray the events...
