A group of refugees have met for Saturday lunch for the last four years with Fr Peter Keeling and some parishioners of St Francis, Middlesbrough. On 5th December, they gathered to plant trees in the church grounds for National Tree Week. Promoted by the BBC, this was...
A Retreat Day, in preparation for the Rite of Election, will be on Saturday 6th February 2010 at All Saints Lower School, Nunnery Lane, York. All who are to be baptised or received into the Catholic Church at Easter are invited to attend, together with their sponsors,...
The Rite of Election will be on Sunday 21st February, the First Sunday of Lent, at 3pm in St Mary's Cathedral. The Mass of Thanksgiving for all those involved will be held on the Vigil of Pentecost, Saturday 22nd May.
After beginning to read Isaiah's prophecies during Advent, the READ-A-BOOK-A-MONTH bible-challenge continues with the histories during January and February, reading the First and Second Books of Kings. Here are exciting accounts of confrontations between kings and...
Drawn on Monday 7th December 2009 £100 Winning No 32 £75 Winning No 230 £50 Winning No 155 £30 Winning No 46 £25 Winning No 140 Next meeting and monthly draw - Monday 4th January New members welcome. Ask for details on 01642 247831
On Saturday 21st November 2009, the Union of Catholic Mothers celebrated their 50 years in the Middlesbrough Diocese. Members from Filey, Scarborough, Hull, Middlesbrough and York met at the Bar Convent, York. Their National President, Mrs Sheila Goodchild, joined...
A Talk by Lucy Beckett It was with enormous pleasure that on Wednesday 21st October the Cleveland Newman Circle were able to welcome Lucy Beckett who shared something of her long-held fascination with Cardinal Pole. It was against the historical background of the...
On 17th November 2009, The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, hosted an event bringing regional religious leaders together at Bishopthorpe Palace. The Archbishop of York introduced the event and listened to representatives from the Yorkshire and Humber Faith Forum...
Bishop Terence Drainey's open letter to the Prime Minister Gordon Brown regarding the closure of the Corus steelworks and the effects this will have on families on Teesside has been posted to the main diocesan web site and is available to download as a pdf here....
