by Michael McG | Jan 25, 2021 | Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), Organisations
Caritas Middlesbrough – the umbrella group for the many organisations in the diocese engaged in social outreach work – has produced its first newsletter. You can read the newsletter here…
by Michael McG | Jan 21, 2021 | National Board of Catholic Women, Organisations
The National Board of Catholic Women will host a Zoom seminar on racial justice on Friday February 12 from 7pm to 8.30pm.The seminar will ask what is racial justice, why does it matter and what can we do?A panel from the Catholic Association for Racial Justice will...
by Michael McG | Jan 20, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events, Bishop Terry, Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters, Year of St Joseph
On December 8 2020, Pope Francis wrote a letter to all the faithful to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of St Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. It is called Patris Corde or in English, With a Father’s heart. Among many other things he...
by Michael McG | Jan 19, 2021 | Year of St Joseph
In a new Apostolic Letter entitled Patris Corde (“With a Father’s Heart”), Pope Francis describes St Joseph as a beloved father, a tender and loving father, an obedient father, an accepting father; a father who is creatively courageous, a working father, a father in...
by Michael McG | Jan 18, 2021 | Depaul UK, Organisations
Depaul UK – a national homelessness charity that supports more than 3,400 young people each year – is calling on the government to build on its previous efforts to protect homeless people. With the current national lockdown in response to the more infectious strain of...
by Michael McG | Jan 18, 2021 | Bishop Terry, Bishop's Engagements
1 Celebrates Mass (live steamed) Of the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God at St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough 10am3 Celebrates Mass (live steamed) at St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough 10am4 Attends online meeting of Northern Church...
by Michael McG | Jan 15, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, CAFOD Appeals, Organisations
CAFOD Middlesbrough’s community participation coordinator CAROL CROSS introduces this year’s Lent Challenge, Walk for Water… It’s raining outside today, it’s cold and grey and my garden is flooded. I look out of the window with a sense of sadness and irony, just...
by Michael McG | Jan 15, 2021 | Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Organisations, Pope Francis
Iraq’s Christians say Pope Francis’ planned visit gives them hope that they do have a future in their homeland – despite the genocide they suffered. Project partners of Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in the city of Qaraqosh (Baghdeda), which is on...
by Michael McG | Jan 15, 2021 | Catholic Bishop's Conference, Liturgy and Music, The God Who Speaks
A range of resources have been made available in the run up to the Pope’s new Sunday of the Word of God on January 24 as part of the God Who Speaks initiative. Click on the links below for more information. Sunday of the Word of God Blessing of Bibles Commissioning of...
by Michael McG | Jan 15, 2021 | Organisations, SPUC
The Department of Health is holding a public consultation on whether to continue the practice of allowing abortion providers to send abortion pills to women so that they can perform their own abortion at home. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children is...
by Michael McG | Jan 15, 2021 | Friends of the Holy Land, Organisations
The physical reality of Easter is captured in a new book which brings together voices from the first Holy Week with those from across the Holy Land in today’s Covid-hit world. With forewords by Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Archbishop Justin Welby, Holy Week Voices...
by Michael McG | Jan 13, 2021 | Catholic Bishop's Conference, Diocese, Safeguarding
Plans to implement the recommendations of the Elliott Review and improve safeguarding structures and arrangements within the Catholic Church in England and Wales have been announced. More details are available in the PDF below…
by Michael McG | Jan 5, 2021 | Coronavirus, Lady Chapel
The weekly Mass at the Lady Chapel at Mount Grace has been temporarily suspended because of the new national lockdown and the worsening Covid-19 pandemic. A Vigil Mass is usually celebrated at 3pm each Saturday, but this will not take place for the present time,...
by Michael McG | Jan 5, 2021 | Ampleforth Abbey, Bishop Terry
Bishop Terry will preside in a ceremony at a date to be arranged to bless Dom Robert Igo, who has been elected ninth Abbot of Ampleforth. Dom Robert was elected on Tuesday January 5 in the presence of Abbot Paul Stonham OSB, delegate of the president of the English...
by Michael McG | Jan 5, 2021 | Encyclicals, Pope Francis
Since Pope Francis published his groundbreaking letter on the environment, Laudato Si’, in 2015, millions of people worldwide have joined the global movement to address the environmental crisis our world is facing.A group called Laudato Si’ Animators UK is inviting...
by Michael McG | Jan 4, 2021 | Pax Christi
Pax Christi, the international Catholic movement for peace, has produced a variety of online and paper resources to celebrate the theme for Peace Sunday on January 17, “A Culture of Care as a Path to Peace”. In his message to parishes, Pax Christi national...
by Michael McG | Jan 4, 2021 | Courses, Diocese
The Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst is offering two series of online events as we begin the year. The Drama Displayed: A Journey of Salvation is a free series of online talks from a range of speakers who will examine the key moments of salvation history, with...
by Michael McG | Jan 4, 2021 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
Pope Francis has chosen to highlight human fraternity for the first intention of the new year, with a focus on communion with those of other religions.Director of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network Father David Stewart tells us more…A greater sense of human...
by Michael McG | Dec 26, 2020 | Bishop Terry, Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters, Miscellaneous
This letter was to be read out in churches throughout the diocese on the weekend of December 26 and 27...
by Michael McG | Dec 18, 2020 | Lady Chapel, Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
There will be Mass at the Lady Chapel in Osmotherley at 3pm on Saturday December 19. However, after this we will not be celebrating any Masses up at the Lady Chapel on Christmas Eve or Boxing Day due to the Covid restrictions and social distancing. The next Mass will...
by Michael McG | Dec 17, 2020 | Bar Convent, Pastoral Centres
York’s Bar Convent says it’s “overwhelmed” after more than 1,000 angels were created to adorn the windows of its stunning Grade II-listed building this Christmas. People of all ages and from across the UK, including nine schools, and angels even came from as far as...
by Michael McG | Dec 16, 2020 | Apostleship of the Sea, Organisations
This Sunday (December 20) is Sea Sunday, when the Church prays for all those who live and work at sea.Seafarers and fishers are among the heroes of this pandemic, ensuring that food, medicine and other vital equipment continues to be delivered to us. Please support...
by Michael McG | Dec 9, 2020 | Lourdes
Members of the UCM in St Aelred’s Parish in York have been busy knitting blankets for our Lourdes pilgrims during lockdown. Requests went out over the parish’s WhatsApp for any spare wool people had and arrangements were made for delivery. The ladies then knitted the...
by Michael McG | Dec 8, 2020 | Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Organisations, Pope Francis
Iraq’s Christians have welcomed news that Pope Francis is set to go to Iraq next spring – the first time any pontiff will have visited the country. Syriac Catholic Archbishop Nizar Semaan of Hadiab-Erbil warmly greeted the announcement that Pope Francis will visit...
by Michael McG | Dec 8, 2020 | Music for the Mind, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
Monsignor Gerard Robinson will lead a carol service for people living with dementia at St Mary’s Cathedral in Middlesbrough on Sunday December 13 at 3pm, to be streamed live on the diocesan YouTube page. The service, which has been organised by the Music for the Mind...
by Michael McG | Dec 7, 2020 | Adult Formation, Evangelisation, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
Catholics throughout the diocese are invited to join us on three Tuesday evenings during the Season of Advent as we come together in prayer. The theme for our season of prayer is “Praying together as a diocese – Advent 2020.” All are streamed on the diocese Facebook...
by Michael McG | Dec 4, 2020 | Bishop Terry, Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Brothers and Sisters, We have been through some dark times in 2020. We have learned some new words that we probably would never have used before – pandemic, lockdown, coronavirus, Covid19 – to mention but a few. Perhaps you, like me, and many others, have...
by Michael McG | Dec 4, 2020 | Bishop Terry, Bishop's Engagements
1 Celebrates Mass (live steamed) at St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough 10am3 Attends meeting of Northern Province via video conference 9am6 Celebrates Mass (live steamed) at St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough 10am8 Attends meeting...
by Michael McG | Dec 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Bradford, is the setting for The Priest – a film that charts life in the parish of Mary, Mother of God from the beginning of Lent to Easter Sunday, the most important season in the Church’s liturgical calendar. As a priest, Father Paul Grogan supports people in...
by Michael McG | Dec 4, 2020 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
By Fr David Stewart SJ As this awful year has unfolded and as the second wave of the pandemic has spread across many lands, fears began to grow about our Advent and our Christmas. Would we be able to celebrate together, or even be together? The Pope’s prayer intention...
by Michael McG | Dec 4, 2020 | Catholic Bishop's Conference, Coronavirus
Bishop Richard Moth, chair of the Department of Social Justice of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has issued the following statement in response to recent announcements concerning the development of Vocid-19 vaccines… The development of a...
by Michael McG | Nov 27, 2020 | CAFOD, Organisations
Our Catholic family in the Diocese of Middlesbrough has always been generous in our compassion for people living in poverty around the world.We know that every life created by God is precious and we can show our compassion through CAFOD, the official overseas...
by Michael McG | Nov 19, 2020 | Friends of the Holy Land, Organisations
As uncertainty continues around Christmas celebrations in the UK this year, the situation in the place where the Nativity story began is desperate, an aid charity has warned as it launched an appeal for funds. Ecumenical charity Friends of the Holy Land, which...
by Michael McG | Nov 19, 2020 | Diocese, Education Service, Schools and Colleges
St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Academy Trust – the family of 17 schools serving the central region of the diocese – has unveiled its new brand identity, website and vision to “bring joy, hope, opportunity and purpose for our children in an uncertain world.”...
by Michael McG | Nov 16, 2020 | Diocese, Education Service, Schools and Colleges, Youth
After a year when so many of us have been separated from loved ones, the theme “Together” has been chosen as schools are invited to the first-ever National Youth Funday on Friday November 20. Youth ministry teams from across England and Wales will host this exciting...
by Michael McG | Nov 13, 2020 | Catholic Bishop's Conference, Diocese, Safeguarding
A statement from the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales Cardinal Vincent Nichols and vice-president Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP… The Catholic Church in England and Wales welcomes the report from the Independent Inquiry into...
by Michael McG | Nov 12, 2020 | Bar Convent, Pastoral Centres
As part of the Christmas story, York’s Bar Convent will be celebrating angels and all that they symbolise – from faith, love and comfort to strength, protection and guardianship. During lockdown the convent is creating a Christmas display of angels for the...
by Michael McG | Nov 12, 2020 | Appeals and Special Events, Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), Organisations, World Day of the Poor
A message from Episcopal Vicar for Christian Discipleship CANON JOHN LUMLEY ahead of the fourth World Day of the Poor, which takes place this Sunday (November 15).Last year we were able to host a hugely inspiring event in St Mary’s Cathedral involving various...
by Michael McG | Nov 12, 2020 | St Aelred's
Father Bill Serplus has raised an impressive £2,395 for York Mind with a challenging 25-mile coastal walk from Whitby to Redcar. The parish priest of St Aelred’s in York came up with the idea after being asked what he would do for his annual sponsored event. “Everyone...
by Michael McG | Nov 12, 2020 | Catholic Bishop's Conference, Diocese, Safeguarding
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) investigation report into the Roman Catholic Church of England and Wales was published on November 10 2020.This investigation report examines the extent of institutional failings by the Roman Catholic Church in...
by Michael McG | Nov 5, 2020 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
We continue our fervent prayer for all of humanity this month, as the whole world continues to suffer from the pandemic, yet we keep in our prayer another concern that will affect us all, now and in the generations that follow us.Pope Francis asks us to pray with him...
by Michael McG | Nov 5, 2020 | Coronavirus, Depaul UK
Depaul UK chief executive Mike Thiedke says the Covid crisis is placing thousands of young people at risk of harm and abuse.The youth homelessness charity CEO was speaking at the launch of the final report in a five-year research project “Danger Zones and Stepping...
by Michael McG | Nov 5, 2020 | Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Coronavirus, Organisations
The coronavirus pandemic has left Bethlehem’s tourism-reliant economy in tatters, according to a shop owner, who has appealed to pilgrims, saying he longs for the day when they can safely return. Rony Tabash, owner of the Nativity Store in Bethlehem, told Catholic...
by Michael McG | Nov 5, 2020 | Catholic Bishop's Conference, Coronavirus
A statement from the president and the vice-president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England And Wales on the national lockdown… On Wednesday November 4, Parliament passed into law the Regulations governing many aspects of activity in the whole of England...
by Michael McG | Nov 1, 2020 | Catholic Bishop's Conference, Coronavirus
Places of worship are expected to be required to end all acts of collective worship except funeral ceremonies during the one-month lockdown that begins on Thursday (November 5). Introducing the response to this news below from the president and vice-president of the...
by Michael McG | Oct 29, 2020 | Adult Formation, Coronavirus, Evangelisation
During November and throughout Advent we will be invited to come together to pray as a diocese. This initiative begins on All Saints Day, Sunday November 1. Please join us for Evening Prayer of the Church. Sunday November 1 at 7pm (All Saints Day): Evening and Night...
by Michael McG | Oct 29, 2020 | Parishes
A much-awaited Confirmation took place at St Aelred’s in York on Sunday October 25. Father Bill Serplus Confirmed Joanna Bowe, with her husband David as her sponsor. A wonderful celebration joined by the parishioners who were in church and all the people who were on...
by Michael McG | Oct 27, 2020 | Adult Formation, Courses, Diocese, Evangelisation
Join one of our information sessions to find our more about how you could take this course and help your parish…
by Michael McG | Oct 26, 2020 | Bishop's Engagements
Bishop Terry’s official engagements for the month of November. 1 Celebrates Mass for the Feast of All Saints (public/live steamed) at St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough 10am4 Attends Education Sub Committee meeting via Zoom video conference...
by Michael McG | Oct 26, 2020 | A Letter From Madonna House
CHERYL ANN SMITH, director of Madonna House, Robin Hood’s Bay, wrote this piece after the murder of a homeless regular visitor to one of her previous communities in Winslow, Arizona, in 1990… It was a Saturday, after a long and tiring week. We had just filled our...
