Padraig Staunton, who is in the Upper Sixth at Ampleforth has been awarded an organ scholarship to Corpus Christi College, Oxford for 2009 where he will study Classics. Padraig started to play the organ when he entered the College in 2004 with Mr William Dore, the...
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Aelred of Rievaulx
On 15th October 2008, the Cleveland Newman Circle welcomed one of their own, Mr Kevin Ryan, who shared with the group something of the life and work of one of the greatest churchmen of the 12th Century. Aelred was born in 1110 in Hexham, Northumberland, from a line of...
Calling Parish Gift Aid Organisers
Dear Colleague Further to the recent series of presentations that were held at three different venues around the Diocese during week commencing 20 October 2008, I thought it might be useful to prepare some notes that briefly explain the simplicity and flexibility of...
Youth Band ‘Shout to the Lord’ for Zöe’s Place
St Andrew's Parish Youth Band rocked the foundations of St Andrew's Church when they performed their concert of Christian Worship Music entitled 'Shout to the Lord' on Wednesday 29th October. People from various parishes in the Middlesbrough area descended on...
Peace Sunday 2009
Celebrated in England and Wales on Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday 18 January The theme for 42nd World Day of Peace message by Pope Benedict XVI is: Combating Poverty : Building Peace The theme chosen by the Holy Father highlights the need for the human family...
From Gangland to the Promised Land – in York
There were three books that helped me decide that I wanted to become a Catholic. The first was the Bible. The second was by an American apologist and theologian. The third was a little more unusual. It was the story of a former London gangster turned Catholic...
St Joseph’s Travel Club visit Bruges
At the end of October, St Joseph's Travel Club enjoyed another short break. A group of 40-odd from several Middlesbrough parishes, Yarm, Whitby and even Tottenham undertook the long trip to Bruges. As usual, Debby had found a first-rate hotel, within easy reach of the...
Your Used Stamps Please!
Don't throw away those used stamps after Christmas. Peter Derry has been collecting them to help the Redemptorist Missions for over 20 years. Peter is a parishioner of St Edward's and St Peter's in Scarborough. Please send your stamps (and postcards pre-1940) to him...
New web address for Northallerton parish
www.sacredheartna.org.uk The new address for the Sacred Heart Parish, Northallerton's web site. This site offers automatic translations into Polish, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Czech.
