by webmaster | Dec 1, 2015 | Appeals and Special Events
by webmaster | Nov 20, 2015 | Appeals and Special Events, Miscellaneous
Lord Jesus Christ, You have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him. Show us your face and we will be saved. Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress and...
by webmaster | Nov 20, 2015 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Sister and Brothers, As we listen to the words of the readings at Mass they help us to reflect on God’s overwhelming, merciful love for us. Like Judah and Israel of old, he will save us and make us dwell in confidence. We know that the words of the psalm are...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2015 | Appeals and Special Events
The Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization in Rome have realised a selection of publications for use during the Upcoming Jubilee year of Mercy. They are available in booklet form from amazon or via the vatican website. Vatican Website...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2015 | Organisations
The Diocesan Women’s Commission have kindly put together an advent prayer leaflet as a tool for guiding prayer through the weeks of December. It can be downloaded here: Advent Prayer Leaflet
by webmaster | Nov 11, 2015 | Bishop Terry
The celebrations marking the 5th centenary of the birth of the Carmelite nun Saint Teresa of Avila closed in Britain with a day of festivities held at Aylesford Priory in Kent on 17th October 2015. The historic Aylesford Priory was first home to a Carmelite community...
by webmaster | Nov 4, 2015 | Voice Column
From the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8 2015, until the Feast of Christ the King, November 20 2016, our Holy Father Pope Francis has declared an Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy. In so many ways, and running through all that he says, Pope Francis has...
by webmaster | Oct 13, 2015 | Appeals and Special Events
A message from the Church leaders concerning the future of the SSI plant in Redcar. The people of Teesside remain deeply uncertain and concerned about the potential for future steel production in the region. In recent days we have watched and listened as discussions...
by webmaster | Oct 3, 2015 | Appeals and Special Events
Teessiders are using the power of prayer to support steelworkers and their families. Worshippers from across the area will gather for a #KeepItAlight prayer vigil at Saint Andrew’s Catholic Church in Teesville on Thursday October 8 at 7pm. The candlelit vigil is the...
by webmaster | Oct 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
As you are aware, Pope Francis has dedicated this year to the Consecrated Life. It began on the First Sunday of Advent last year and continues until the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord next year, 2016. In September we had a two-day celebration entitled “Living...
by webmaster | Sep 28, 2015 | Event Calendar
Tickets are now available for the two evening lectures that will take place as part of the Tablet’s 175th Anniversary Conference. Full details are below. The Tablet’s 175th Anniversary Conference – Public Lecture Monday 2nd November 2015 Prof. Stanley...
by webmaster | Sep 11, 2015 | Appeals and Special Events
The Catholic Truth Society is asking for your help to buy urgently needed Bibles for prisoners in Britain’s jails and young offender institutions. Since its Prison Appeal was launched, the CTS has raised £12,500 towards its target of £30,000 from members and...
by webmaster | Sep 11, 2015 | Miscellaneous
Supporting the work of evangelisation in England and Wales Theme: PROCLAIM God’s Mercy Home Mission Sunday is celebrated today and is themed: PROCLAIM God’s Mercy. On this day we are encouraged to pray for the work of evangelisation in England and Wales, remembering...
by webmaster | Sep 1, 2015 | Voice Column
The month of September is one of those major turning points in the calendar year. The nights draw in ever more quickly, the holiday season comes to an end and we find ourselves wondering where the summer went. September also brings many important beginnings. Pupils...
by webmaster | Aug 15, 2015 | Appeals and Special Events
The Catholic Truth Society launched its Prison Appeal 2015 at Easter this year with an Appeal to Members and Supporters of CTS. So far they have raised just over £12,500 of their target of £30,000 by Christmas 2015. There is some way to go!...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2015 | Voice Column
The Holy Father’s Encyclical Letter entitled Laudato Si’ (the title of St Francis’ Canticle of Creation) – On the Care for Our Common Home, is addressed to all people of goodwill. In it he invites us to renew our attention to situations of environmental degradation...
by webmaster | Jul 13, 2015 | Miscellaneous
The day in the Church’s year dedicated to celebrating the dignity of life and praying for the protection of human life. This year we look at how to cherish life while we can and accept death when it comes. www.dayforlife.org There will be a mandatory second...
by webmaster | Jul 8, 2015 | Appeals and Special Events, Miscellaneous
On Friday 11 September the House of Commons will debate and vote on a Bill to legalise assisted suicide. This will put the most vulnerable people in our society at risk. Please contact your MP, urging them to attend the debate and vote against the Bill. Archbishop...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2015 | Miscellaneous
The Catholic Church in England and Wales is possibly the first Church in the UK, or indeed the world, to offer safeguarding e-learning to every parishioner free of charge. Do you work with children, young people or adults who may be vulnerable? Are you a parent who...
by webmaster | Jun 30, 2015 | Voice Column
What a great pleasure it was to welcome Bishop John back to the diocese last month. There was a great turnout from all parts. Thanks to everyone who made such a great effort to be there and a great big thanks to all those who were involved in the organisation of the...
by webmaster | Jun 18, 2015 | Bishop Terry, Miscellaneous
Bishop of Middlesbrough Terence Patrick Drainey today welcomed the Papal Encyclical on the environment by inviting people to share responsibility for the world around us. Speaking as Pope Francis’ long awaited document was made public, Bishop Terry said we can all...
by webmaster | Jun 17, 2015 | Event Calendar
This Saturday (June 20th) at 7pm, a spectacular new opera, especially written to commemorate the 800th anniversary of King John’s sealing of Magna Carta at Runnymede, will be performed at Sain t Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough. In an historic and exciting...
by webmaster | Jun 13, 2015 | Appeals and Special Events
A former comedian who became a priest is helping to raise funds for the Diocese of Middlesbrough Lourdes Fund. Father Frankie Mulgrew, son of top Irish comic Jimmy Cricket, studied theology at Ushaw College and Durham University before being ordained a priest in...
by webmaster | Jun 7, 2015 | Diocese
On 4th June 2015, the traditional feast of Corpus Christi, a special service took place to re-dedicate the high altar in the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey in the North York Moors National Park. A number of Carmelites were among the ecumenical worshippers taking part. An...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2015 | Voice Column
Last month I had the great privilege and joy of accompanying a group of permanent deacons and their wives from our diocese on a pilgrimage to the shrines of St Teresa of Ávila and St John of the Cross in Spain. It is the 500th anniversary of the birth of St Teresa so...
by webmaster | May 1, 2015 | Voice Column
During the course of this month, some of us will be travelling in pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes. Allow me to share some thoughts on this year’s pilgrimage, both for those who are able to physically travel there and everyone who will remain at home in...
by webmaster | May 1, 2015 | Bishop Terry, Justice and Peace
The Catholic Social Action Network have sent a letter to the press on this Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker signed by it’s Chair, Bishop Terence Drainey. It reads: “SIR – today marks the feast day of Saint Joseph the Worker, the day when we celebrate the...
by webmaster | Apr 29, 2015 | Pilgrimage
Another year has passed and our pilgrimage programme continues, Lourdes in May, Rome in early October and now we look towards our annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady in Walsingham on 31 October and 1 November. This will be the fifth year we have been together...
by webmaster | Apr 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Towards the end of last year, on the Friday before the Feast of Christ the King, there was a gathering of 500+ young people from all over the diocese at the Cathedral. It was a really good celebration. The title of the event was the...
by webmaster | Apr 25, 2015 | Parishes
After holding services in a school and other venues for 20 years, the parish of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux in Ingleby Barwick is to get its own church at last. The distinctive design includes a large number of windows, creating a bright area for worship. There will also...
by webmaster | Apr 16, 2015 | Pilgrimage
The organisers of next month’s Middlesbrough Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes are expecting one of their busiest ever weeks at the French shrine after a big surge in bookings. Each year since 1953, hundreds of people from the Diocese have visited the site where the...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2015 | Voice Column
The General Election in May offers us, as Catholics, the opportunity to question those who seek our vote to judge how they will act for those most in need, and how they will act to support and strengthen families and individuals in their human dignity with the...
by webmaster | Mar 23, 2015 | Justice and Peace
Faith leaders from different religions and denominations are coming together to sign a statement affirming their common principles, prior to the forthcoming General Election. The Rt Revd Paul Ferguson, the Church of England Bishop of Whitby, and the Rt Revd Terence...
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2015 | Miscellaneous, Obituaries
The Bishop of Middlesbrough will be the chief celebrant at the funeral of a “faithful” priest who served parishes in Hessle, Middlesbrough, Market Weighton and Brotton. Father Michael Murray died peacefully in hospital in his hometown, Carlisle, on Tuesday March 10 at...
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2015 | Obituaries
A priest who ministered to prisoners and the sick while serving five parishes in the Diocese of Middlesbrough will be flown home to his native Ireland for burial after a funeral Mass in Whitby. Father Joe Brennan died at 6am on Saturday March 7 in the Whitby Court...
by webmaster | Mar 13, 2015 | Miscellaneous
The Tablet, one of the UK’s oldest publications will be celebrating 175 years of uninterrupted publication in May 2015 with a programme of lectures, concerts, liturgies and debates to reflect nearly two-centuries of cutting edge coverage. Acclaimed novelists David...
by webmaster | Mar 12, 2015 | Voice Column
“Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.” So many songs talk about home or going home. Home is important to most of us in society. It’s where our roots are, it’s where our foundations lie. It’s where we learned how to be the person we are. And yet for...
by webmaster | Mar 10, 2015 | Flame2, Youth
In his role as Bishop for Youth, Bishop Terry Drainey delivered a special message from Pope Francis to 8000 young people gathered for the Flame2 youth event at Wembley Arena last weekend: ‘His Holiness Pope Francis presents His special greetings to all those persons...
by webmaster | Mar 9, 2015 | Bishop Terry, Miscellaneous
As Bishop for Youth, Bishop Terry Drainey delivered a message from Pope Francis to 8000 young people gathered for the Flame2 youth event at Wembley Arena last weekend: ‘His Holiness Pope Francis presents His special greetings to all those persons who are...
by webmaster | Mar 7, 2015 | Obituaries
Tributes have been paid to Canon Gerald Cox, who has died at the age of 80 after serving parishes throughout the Diocese of Middlesbrough across five decades. Canon Gerry was born in Hull on July 11 1934, the son of Albert and Catherine and brother of Peter and John....
by webmaster | Feb 21, 2015 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Sisters and Brothers, “Lord, tell me what you want me to do; show me the way I’m supposed to go; give me a bit of a clue as to the next move.” Surely we have all prayed like this on some occasions in our life? The psalmist in today’s readings obviously...
by webmaster | Feb 11, 2015 | Liturgy and Music, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
Visitors to Saint Mary’s Cathedral in Middlesbrough can enjoy a series of lunchtime recitals from some of the country’s leading musicians this summer. The Tuesday lunchtime recital series will take place each week starting on May 5 with the visit of renowned trumpeter...
by webmaster | Feb 6, 2015 | Pilgrimage
The Diocesan Lourdes Hospitalite have organised a Mass in Saint Mary’s Cathedral on Wednesday 11 February at 7.00 pm for all Lourdes Pilgrims, past, present and future and for anyone else who would like to join them. Mass will be followed by refreshments in the...
by webmaster | Feb 3, 2015 | Miscellaneous
The Centre for Catholic Studies is holding a Study Day: ‘Catholic Perspectives on Poverty’ on Saturday 21 March 2015 at Ushaw College, Durham. The Centre for Catholic Studies, Durham University in association with The Newman Association and The National Board...
by webmaster | Feb 1, 2015 | Voice Column
If you don’t take advantage of the month of February then before you know where you are, you’re already half way through the year. That might sound a bit odd. But what I mean is that you can’t keep on thinking that you are still at the beginning of the year, and have...
by webmaster | Jan 1, 2015 | Voice Column
So we begin a new year. May it be a blessed and peaceful one for us all. We have many things to look forward to during the course of this year. Each of us will have our own personal wish-list and expectations. However, as a country we will be having a General Election...
by webmaster | Jan 1, 2015 | Bishop Terry
So we begin a new year. May it be a blessed and peaceful one for us all. We have many things to look forward to during the course of this year. Each of us will have our own personal wish-list and expectations. However, as a country we will be having a General Election...
by webmaster | Dec 27, 2014 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Sisters and Brothers, .. the child’s father and mother stood there wondering at the things that were being said about him….. How many parents must have found themselves in this position, standing there wondering at the things that were being said about their...
by webmaster | Dec 14, 2014 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Brothers and Sisters, What tension, suspense, and drama we witness in today’s readings especially the Gospel. You can feel the electricity in the air as the words move backwards and forwards between John the Baptist and the priests and Levites. Just listen again....
by webmaster | Dec 5, 2014 | Miscellaneous
Desperate young people are being offered an alternative to sleeping on the streets of Middlesbrough with the creation of a new safe-house network. Depaul UK’s Nightstop North East project pairs young people with volunteer families and individuals who have a spare room...
