In the Pope Video for March, Pope Francis requests prayers for the new martyrs of our day, that they might “imbue the Church with their courage and missionary drive”.A martyr is a Christian who bears witness to the Gospel until death without resorting to violence.“The...
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Please donate to CAFOD’s Lent Appeal
Share this film in your parish this Lent and give to CAFOD’s Lent Appeal today to help hardworking people like James get the tools they need to feed their families. https://vimeo.com/907870859 Can you remember the first question Jesus asked his disciples when he...
Bishop Terry’s Pastoral Letter for 1st Sunday in Lent 2024
Dear sisters and brothers, Where would we be without adverts? Our world is peppered with them. Turn but a corner and your eyes are bombarded with them. Flick the switch and your senses are flooded with them. Enter any shopping Mall and your ears are blasted by them....
Open meeting about St Peter’s Church, South Bank
An open meeting will be held in St Andrew’s Hall, Teesville, on Tuesday March 5 2024 from 7pm until 8.30pm in order to communicate information about the present state of St Peter’s Church, South Bank. The Diocese of Middlesbrough has been concerned about the...
Bishop Terry’s Pastoral Letter for Lent 2024
Dear Sisters and Brothers, Where would we be without adverts? Our world is peppered with them. Turn but a corner and your eyes are bombarded with them. Flick the switch and your senses are flooded with them. Enter any shopping mall and your ears are blasted by them....
Pope Francis: Lent is a time of conversion and freedom
“When our God reveals himself, his message is always one of freedom,” Pope Francis says in the opening of his Message to the faithful for Lent 2024.Recalling the Exodus of the Hebrew people from Egypt, the Holy Father explains that our journey through the desert can...
Online retreat looks at learning to trust God’s promises
A free Zoom mini-retreat morning will take place on Saturday February 24 with the theme “I have chosen you – trusting God's Promises”.The meeting is hosted by “ADoRE” one of the longest-running charismatic days of renewal in the country.Organisers says the session...
Bishop Terry’s February Voice column
Liturgically, the Feast of the Presentation (February 2) is the end or completion of the Christmas Cycle or Season.We move from the expectation of the coming of the Messiah, through the Incarnation, the Feast of the Holy Family to the visit of the three Wise Men at...
Pope Francis prays for the terminally ill and their families
The Pope Video for February, the month in which the Church celebrates the World Day of the Sick, contains an appeal that the terminally ill “will always receive the necessary medical and human care and assistance”.The Pope also states that families play a “decisive...









