CAFOD Press Release/h3> The Catholic aid agency, CAFOD, is hosting a conference to look at the issue of HIV and AIDS in the developing world. The event, which takes place on November 22nd in York, aims to raise awareness about the broad causes and effects of HIV and...
2009 ‘I hope in God it will be seen that women in time will do much’ 2009 marks 400 years since Yorkshire woman Mary Ward (1585-1685) pioneered the first uncloistered religious order of women modelled on the freedom and mobility of the Jesuits. Born into a network of...
All the pupils and staff of Holy Name School, Hull, gathered together with Maureen Dyer, the Headteacher and Fr Stephen Maughan to celebrate Mass in Holy Name Church for the last time in October. It was a joy to see the church full of children and, as always, they...
On 23rd October, Bishop Terence Drainey of Middlesbrough blessed a new chapel at More House, the Catholic Chaplaincy building in the York suburb of Heslington. More House is a Grade II listed building that was once the Anglican vicarage. It was purchased as a...
Going up the mountain, Jesus called unto him whom he would himself and they came to him. (Mark 3:13) In these words St Mark, in his Gospel, describes the call of the Apostles as a group - they were the first priests. Down the years that call of Jesus echoes round the...
St Charles, Hull, where he had been ordained a priest in July 1957, was packed to the doors for Fr Michael O'Connor's Funeral Mass on 31st October. Bishop Drainey was the principal concelebrant and he was joined by almost 60 Diocesan priests and Marist Fathers...
Saturday 15 November 2008, 6.30pm at St Andrew’s RC Church, Fabian Road, Teesville. For many years the Catholic Community in Middlesbrough Diocese has generously supported CAFOD. Whether you have lobbied your MP, given at Fast Days, set up a Direct Debit, mentioned...
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Catholics Against Unemployment and Social Evils (C.A.U.S.E.) A reminder to all our kind donors and helpers that the time has come to launch our annual appeal to provide hampers for needy families at Christmas. If you can spare just a little by way of donations or time...
