As the month of August begins, a group of around 30 young adults will be travelling to Lisbon to join World Youth Day. The journey begins on July 31 and they will return on August 7. Together with hundreds of thousands – probably millions – of young people...
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Plans underway for Assumption Pilgrimage
Our annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Grace to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption will take place on Sunday August 13. There will be Rosary from 2.30pm followed by Mass at 3pm. Car parking is available in a field at the top of North End (the...
Book now for Walsingham pilgrimage
Our annual pilgrimage to Walsingham, led by Bishop Terry, is from Saturday September 30 to Sunday October 1. If you would like to express an interest in booking a place or to receive further information, email Dawn Cummings at bishopsecretary@rcdmidd.org.uk. Please...
Diocesan Choir joins Scarborough celebrations
The Diocesan Choir continues the celebrations for the 165th anniversary of St Peter’s Church, Scarborough, with sung evening prayer in the church on Sunday September 16 at 5pm.Members of the choir come from all corners of the diocese and perform at major services such...
Pope invites us to put the Eucharist at centre of our lives
The new Pope Video invites us to place the Eucharistic celebration at the centre of our lives: “It is the presence of Jesus, it is deeply transforming.”Pope Francis affirms that the Eucharist “gives us the courage to go out of ourselves, and to open ourselves to...
Cardinal Tagle speaks at CAFOD event
CAFOD invites you to join an online talk, “Mission Unleashed: Embracing the Social Dimension of Evangelisation”.Cardinal Luis Tagle will speak on the Church’s mission and the fundamental links between evangelisation (sharing Christ and his Good News) and social...
Nominations open for National Church Awards
Nominations are open for the National Church Awards, with churches across the UK now able to enter in categories for architecture, volunteering, tourism and more.Organisers say that with the future of many churches uncertain and under threat, there has never been a...
Help Stella Maris help seafarers this Sea Sunday
“The seafarers had several shopping trolleys filled with fresh fruit and vegetables, bottled water, rice pasta, and other items, when the supermarket manager appeared and said they were not allowed to buy in bulk at this particular branch,” said Rev Doug Duncan,...
Women invited for reflective fellowship morning
Women from the diocese are warmly invited to “Nurturing our spiritual life”, a reflective annual morning of fellowship hosted by St Bede’s Pastoral Centre in Blossom Street, York.Our morning together will introduce a way of praying, exploring how we can pray with...









