by webmaster | May 27, 2011 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations
‘Just One World – Walking with the Northern Saints’ The CAFOD northern diocesan offices are all holding pilgrimages this year. Hallam’s was held on May Day and our own pilgrimage will follow on from the Leeds Diocesan pilgrimage when we collect the...
by webmaster | May 27, 2011 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations
Sunday 9th July A coach is being organised to go from Hull to Holy Island for our joint annual pilgrimage with Hexham and Newcastle Diocese by Mrs Teresa Ulyatt ([01482] 845355 or e-mail...
by webmaster | May 27, 2011 | CAFOD, Organisations
My new role has begun in earnest and there is lots to keep me on my toes in the months ahead but before I dive into that, I would like to send a sincere message of thanks to everyone in the Diocese who contributed in any way to Lent Fast Day and to the many people who...
by webmaster | May 27, 2011 | CAFOD, Organisations
David Cross writes, You may be aware that I am no longer CAFOD’s Diocesan Manager for the Diocese of Middlesbrough. For the next twelve months I have been seconded to take on the role of Head of Regions North to take over from my colleague Paul Crowe who has...
by webmaster | May 27, 2011 | Miscellaneous
Are you over 18? Thinking about what to do in September? Want to strengthen your faith and share it with others? Why not join the 2011/12 MYMission Team? In September 2010, I moved up to Middlesbrough and joined the Middlesbrough Youth Mission Team. We are a group of...
by webmaster | May 27, 2011 | Miscellaneous
to the James Cook University Hospital and his Parish If it was to offer sympathy, a smile or just a listening ear, Kevin McBride has been someone hundreds of patients over the years have been pleased to meet and talk to. The chaplaincy visitor has dedicated his time...
by webmaster | May 27, 2011 | Parishes
The West Hull Parishes Youth Group has recently celebrated its fourth birthday. The event was celebrated with a party and birthday cake. The group meets on a weekly basis and the ages of members range from 8–19 years. As well as the weekly meetings, the group tries to...
by webmaster | May 27, 2011 | Event Calendar, Organisations
Life AGM will be held on 25 June at Zoe’s Place, Crossbeck House, Normanby, from 11.00am – 3.00pm. All members are welcome as also are those who would like to learn more about the organisation and its work. A light lunch will be provided. If you will be...
by webmaster | May 27, 2011 | Organisations, Parishes
Members of the Catholic Women’s League in the Diocese of Middlesbrough gathered at Our Lady and St Peter, Bridlington, for their Branch Annual General Meeting on Saturday 9th April. The meeting was preceded by Mass concelebrated by Canon David Grant, Parish...
by webmaster | May 27, 2011 | Event Calendar, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
At Middlesbrough Theatre on Saturday 16 July 2011 Matinee 2.30pm £7.50 Concessions £5 Evening Performance 7.30pm All tickets £8.50 Song – Dance – Laughter featuring Priests and Celebrity Guests St Mary’s Cathedral and friends are raising funds for a...
by webmaster | May 27, 2011 | John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
Drawn on Monday 9th May 2011 £100 Winning No 155 £75 Winning No 204 £50 Winning No 60 £30 Winning No 286 Next meeting and monthly draw – Monday 6th June 2011 New members welcome – ask for details Tel (01642)...
by webmaster | May 26, 2011 | Religious Communities
Ampleforth College Golf Club’s new Clubhouse was opened and blessed by the Procurator of Ampleforth Abbey, Fr Wulstan Peterburs. The clubhouse was financed and built by the members of the Club themselves in just six months. The Chairman of the Club, Mr Richard...
by webmaster | May 14, 2011 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Sisters and Brothers After a long hard winter it has been lovely to enjoy both some spring weather, and the first green flush of the leaves on the trees which for so long have seemed barren and lifeless. New growth encourages new hope. I think this is true of...
by webmaster | May 14, 2011 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Sisters and Brothers After a long hard winter it has been lovely to enjoy both some spring weather, and the first green flush of the leaves on the trees which for so long have seemed barren and lifeless. New growth encourages new hope. I think this is true of...
by webmaster | May 13, 2011 | Bishop Terry, CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
CAFOD Middlesbrough will be welcoming Monsignor Héctor Fabio Henae, who is the Director of the Colombian Bishops Social Programme and two community activists, along with Francis McDonagh, CAFOD’s Regional Representative for South America to Middlesbrough...
by webmaster | May 12, 2011 | Event Calendar, Religious Communities
Wondering about God? Think God may be wondering about you? Why not join the Faithful Companions of Jesus on 27th – 29th May 2011 at Broadstairs, Kent The weekend is organised by the sisters, Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ) and will provide opportunity for...
by webmaster | May 9, 2011 | Bishop Terry, Event Calendar, Parishes
The first year of ‘Wellsprings’ – the Diocesan Catechists’ Foundation Course, is rapidly approaching its conclusion. Of the 64 parishioners who commenced the course last September, nearly 60 will complete it in July. They’ve been meeting...
by webmaster | May 9, 2011 | Miscellaneous
A number of practising and prospective Catechists in the southern parts of the Diocese expressed disappointment that the first course of ‘Wellsprings’ didn’t have a cohort based in Hull. The good news is that we plan for the Catechists’...
by webmaster | May 9, 2011 | English Martyrs, York, Evangelisation, Event Calendar, Parishes
I’m just giving early notice of event for all Catechists throughout the Diocese. The annual Catechists’ Day of Renewal will be held at English Martyrs, York, on Saturday 15th October. This is a day designed for everyone working in catechesis, irrespective...
by webmaster | May 3, 2011 | Visit to Colombia
With Chris Bain, Director of CAFOD and Francis McDonagh, Andes Programme Manager 17th-26th March 2011 A year ago, Chris Bain, the Director of CAFOD, asked if I would be willing to accompany him and Francis McDonagh, the Andes Programme Manager, to visit some of their...
by webmaster | May 3, 2011 | Appeals and Special Events, Bishop Terry, CAFOD, Organisations
With Chris Bain, Director of CAFOD and Francis McDonagh, Andes Programme Manager 17th-26th March 2011 A year ago, Chris Bain, the Director of CAFOD, asked if I would be willing to accompany him and Francis McDonagh, the Andes Programme Manager, to visit some of their...
by webmaster | May 3, 2011 | Appeals and Special Events
Liturgy has been changing, developing, ever since the early Church began to move away from its Jewish origins, so renewal has been characteristic of liturgy for over 2,000 years. In 1570, acting on the advice of the Council of Trent, Pope Pius V published a detailed...
by webmaster | May 2, 2011 | Apostleship of the Sea, Organisations
Container traffic into Teesport is steadily increasing and figures show it rose 15% just in the last year. The Evening Gazette recently reported plans for a multi-million pound expansion of Teesport’s container terminal facilities. The move is part of a wider...
by webmaster | May 2, 2011 | Appeals and Special Events
The Taste and See Day of Bite-Size Spirituality on Saturday 19th March 2011 was the third such event held in York, and the largest yet with some 300 participants. The idea behind Taste and See is to offer Christians different ways of expressing their faith....
by webmaster | May 1, 2011 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations
Have you any keen runners in your parish or school community who would like to raise funds for CAFOD? If so, sign-up for the Middlesbrough 5K Fun Run on Sunday 15 May and obtain your CAFOD sponsorship pack from the CAFOD Middlesbrough Office. To sign-up for the Fun...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2011 | Parishes, St Wilfrid's, York
17 year-old James Digby has been raising money for the past couple of years to help fund the building of a Catholic church in Livingstonia in Malawi. He has raised over £3,500 (which goes a very long way in Malawi!), almost entirely from generous donations from the...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2011 | Pilgrimage
This being the 950th anniversary of the Shrine of Our Lady, founded in 1061, Bishop Terence feels it is an appropriate time to re-establish an annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Walsingham. The first, of hopefully many, will leave on the morning of 8th October with an...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2011 | Pilgrimage
March sees the start of the ‘Pilgrimage Season’. True to form, the first of the year, for ‘Our Lady of Perpetual Help’ Walsingham group weekend took place on 12th/13th March. No one knows when this group first started but as the title suggests,...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2011 | Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
Two thousand and eleven celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Red Box and the support given by the Catholics of England and Wales to countless missionaries, missions and people in countries where the Church is young and poor. Today the iconic Red Box, unique to...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2011 | Parishes
Mgr Ray Charlton writes, I was interested in the article published in the April edition of the Catholic Voice regarding the Old Tabernacle discovered by Fr Dominique Minskip in St Bede’s Church Choir, Hull. I think I may be able to help. In the 1930s, Mgr...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2011 | English Martyrs, York, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes
The ASCENT Movement in the North East Region is holding the above day, which will be led by Fr Matthew Burns OSB on Wednesday 18th May in English Martyrs Parish Hall, Dalton Terrace, York. The day will begin at 10.30 am and finish at 3.30 pm. All are welcome. The...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2011 | Apostleship of the Sea, Event Calendar, Organisations
The Apostleship of the Sea ‘Stella Maris’ Eighth Annual Day of Prayer and Pilgrimage to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne is to be led by the Rt Rev Declan Lang, Bishop of Clifton and Bishop’s Conference Chair of International Affairs on Saturday 25th...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2011 | Miscellaneous
Trinity Mission In March, the MYMission Team were busy planning and leading a full school Mission Week on both sites at Trinity Catholic College in Middlesbrough, exploring the idea of ‘Sacrifice’. Each year group spent a day with the team, RE and drama staff. The...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2011 | Event Calendar, Parishes, Schools and Colleges, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
September 2010 saw the historic visit of Pope Benedict XVI with powerful, memorable scenes in the Piazza at Westminster Cathedral, at the Big Assembly, Twickenham, and in Hyde Park. Thousands of young people joyfully celebrating faith and being affirmed in their voice...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2011 | Event Calendar, Miscellaneous
A Quiet Day of Reflection on the Life and Work of a Medieval Mystic Saturday 7th May 2011, 10am – 4pm, More House Catholic Chaplaincy, Heslington, York Led by Anthony Finnerty (Trustee of the Eckhart Society) The day is structured around Meister Eckhart’s...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2011 | Miscellaneous
This year’s Pope Idol took place on 5th March at Middlesbrough Theatre. Schools from across the Diocese provided entrants for the event with young people travelling from as far afield as Hull and Bridlington to take part. The afternoon rehearsals provided an...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2011 | Miscellaneous
Legend of the international Folk scene Vin Garbutt is now the star of a film which tells the story of his life. Director, Craig Hornby has done a fantastic job of capturing Vin’s personal story, including how his Catholic faith and his pro-life stance has affected his...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2011 | Evangelisation, Parishes, RCIA, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
Rite of Election – 13th March 2011 After a wet and dull journey to the Cathedral on the First Sunday of Lent, it was appropriate that we emerged into brilliant sunshine after the joyful celebration of the Rite of Election. Once again, the Cathedral was packed...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2011 | Parishes
Laetare, Rejoice Sunday, and rejoice we did. It was a very special occasion for Maureen and Les Roberts, parishioners of St. Augustine’s Church, Redcar as they celebrated their Golden Wedding, 50 very full years of marriage. Being a quiet retiring pair they kept the...
by webmaster | Apr 29, 2011 | English Martyrs, York, Parishes
The monthly Bible study sessions get under way again at English Martyrs Church Hall in Dalton Terrace, York, following the recent Lent study course shared with Our Lady’s parish. Again a shared set of occasions, they are informally structured and genuinely...
by webmaster | Apr 29, 2011 | Event Calendar, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
To celebrate 25 years since the laying of the Foundation Stone of our Cathedral, we are holding a Festival of Flowers from Friday 23rd September to Sunday 25th September. The theme of the Festival is to be ‘The Life of Mary’ and we hope this will be a...
by webmaster | Apr 29, 2011 | English Martyrs, York, Parishes
Eight hundred people from all over the country made a pilgrimage to York to honour St Margaret Clitherow on her Feast Day, 26th March. She was honoured with the first Sung Latin Mass to be celebrated at the High Altar of York Minster since the reign of Queen Mary...
by webmaster | Apr 29, 2011 | Event Calendar
The 16th York Catholic History Day will take place on 4th June at the Bar Convent. As usual, the talks will cover several aspects of Catholic life in the region and will appeal to a wide audience. Martin Craven, local historian and author who spoke at the 2009 History...
by webmaster | Apr 29, 2011 | John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
Drawn on Monday 4th April 2011 £100 Winning No 35 £75 Winning No 90 £50 Winning No 233 £30 Winning No 79 Next meeting and monthly draw – Monday 9th May 2011
by webmaster | Apr 28, 2011 | Parishes
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is pleased to announce the success of its fifth Design Awards Scheme. This biennial scheme is intended to give support and recognition to projects which have achieved high design standards. Fifteen projects were assessed on the...
by webmaster | Apr 18, 2011 | Bishop Terry, CAFOD, Organisations
This Lent I am giving up something which is very precious to me and I expect very precious to most people – TIME. There seems so little of it and it goes so quickly. Each day I am trying to spend a little more time with the Lord in prayer and quiet refection so...
by webmaster | Apr 13, 2011 | Miscellaneous
The English Baccalaureate (EBacc) was introduced in 2010 and is awarded to all students who achieve GCSEs at grades A*-C in English, Mathematics, Science, a Humanities subject and a Modern Foreign Language. However, the list of recognised Humanities subjects does not...
by webmaster | Apr 4, 2011 | Bishop Terry
Spirituality of Children and Young People Responding to Bishop Terence’s invitation, over 150 Headteachers, Clergy, Chairs of Governors, Chaplains and Chaplaincy Co-ordinators from across the Diocese gathered in The Royal York Hotel, York on 15th February for...
by webmaster | Apr 4, 2011 | Liturgy and Music
Did you know that the translation of the Mass which we currently use is going to change? The texts we have now have been in use since 1970 and in September, we will begin to use a revised translation. Over the coming weeks/months, there will be short articles in the...
by webmaster | Apr 2, 2011 | Bishop Terry, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
Sunday 17th April – Palm Sunday 6.30pm Vigil/Blessing of palms with Bishop Terence 10.00am Mass with Bishop Terence 5.00pm Mass Monday 18th April 9.15am Mass Tuesday 19th April 12 noon Chrism Mass Wednesday 20th April 9.15am Mass 7.00pm Service of Reconciliation...
