Two consignments left our diocese for Baghdad Central Training Hospital for Children over the summer and both consignments reached the hospital thanks to the support from the British Embassy and the Iraqi Ministry of Health in the City. The last consignment to the...
On Friday 14 December at 7.00 pm Bishop John will return to the Diocese for a Mass of Thanksgiving, and in preparation for that celebration the following article is offered as a simple appreciation of Bishop John’s fourteen years as Bishop of the Diocese of...
A Catholic and lost contact? You are welcome! The door of your local Catholic church is open to you. Whatever your situation or circumstances, however much time has lapsed since your last visit to a church, there is a place for you. If you are feeling afraid or...
Sr Mary Raphael (Teresa Harrison) was born in Hull on 20th October 1907. The family lived in the Spring Bank area and numbered three boys and seven girls. The two remaining are Sr Raphael and Sr Benedict (now 98). Sr Raphael spoke recently of her memories of a secure,...
All roads led to Scarborough on 20th October for the Diocesan Music Day. People travelled from all over the diocese for a truly uplifting and useful day on music in the liturgy led by the Director of Music for the Portsmouth Diocese and noted composer Paul Inwood....
‘Homilies to feed mind, heart and soul in a wholesome way’: that’s how Bishop John Crowley describes Follow Me! Preaching in the Year of Matthew, by Bill East. This book of homilies by a parish priest who is also a scholar, has just now been published by Dominican...
The author - Fr Peter Corcoran of the Society of Mary (Marists), subtitles his book, 'Unheard voices from the Gospels'. I prefer the subtitle: 'Mary's thoughts for TODAY' I know Fr Peter as a very 'down to earth … both feet on the ground type of person' … and he is....
Boyce and Stanley Age to Age Tour Jo Boyce and Mike Stanley played to a packed St. Andrew's Church on Sunday, September 30, for the Middlesbrough leg of their Age to Age national tour to promote their newly released album. The tour and album marks the tenth...
A local aid worker recently travelled to Mozambique to visit some of the most deprived communities in the southern African country. David Cross, an Ingleby Barwick resident, is CAFOD's Diocesan Manager for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough. He travelled to...
