"We don’t come to pray together, but we come together to pray"* A unique event attracted Christian and Muslim women to honour Our Lady and pray for peace in June when around forty women met to pray for peace at St. Mary’s Chapel, the medieval pilgrim shrine at the...
Parishioners from Our Lady and St Peter, Bridlington, went as a parish community on a pilgrimage recently to the North East for three days with the main focus being Lindisfarne (Holy Island). A full 50 seat coach was the mode of transport. Ushaw College was the...
The York Newman Circle visited Gilling Castle on Saturday 10th July. There were 16 in the party and the talk and tour were given by Fr Anselm Cramer, Archivist of Ampleforth. Fr Anselm gave us a very good history of the Castle, starting with the period when the Castle...
The Knights of St Columba Council 95 (York) and the York Walsingham Association jointly arranged a Mass at Fairfax House, York, on 28th July. The celebrant was Fr Dominique Minskip who is currently chaplain to both organisations. The Mass was held in the saloon of...
CAFOD's Connect2 project offers your parish the unique opportunity to come on a journey with one of our partner communities in either Brazil, El Salvador, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Bangladesh or Cambodia so that you can find out how people live their lives on a daily basis...
The Events Timeline for the Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to England and Scotland can be seen at www.thepapalvisit.org.uk/timeline
At 3pm on Wednesday 11 August 2010, the feast of St Clare, Father Tony Barry returned to the Lord. May he rest in peace. Fr Tony was born on 6th February 1920 and arrived in Middlesbrough from Nottinghamshire. The family lived in St Joseph’s parish in Marton Road, and...
The diocese of Middlesbrough has up to a thousand pilgrims who will be going to all of the different events and that’s a great achievement. Every parish has a Parish Pilgrim Leader and we would like to thank all those leaders who have helped in so many different ways in ensuring all the information has been sent in a timely way and your co-operation and patience has been greatly appreciated. The full itinerary for Pope Benedict from 16-19 September 2010 is given here.
The official web site for the Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to England and Wales can be seen at www.thepapalvisit.org.uk Not only does the site contain information about Pope benedict and the itinerary of his visit, but it also contains information about the Catholic...
