by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Liturgy and Music, Organisations
On Wednesday 24th February, the Cleveland Newman Circle were privileged to hear Fr Philip Gillespie, Vice President of Ushaw College, Durham, present an excellent exegesis on the history and development of The New Missal, which is expected to be in use throughout...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Evangelisation, RCIA
Or is your group struggling at the moment? The Diocesan RCIA Working Group would be very pleased to visit any parish to talk about setting up a group, or to come along to one of your meetings. Please contact Fr Michael Keogh at St Patrick’s, Thornaby on (01642)...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Bishop Terry, Cleveland Newman Circle, English Martyrs, York, Event Calendar, Parishes, RCIA, Sacraments
After the great celebration of Easter, Bishop Terry invites everyone to the Vigil Mass of Pentecost, in thanksgiving for all who have been received into the Church this Easter, and in previous years. The Mass will be at English Martyrs Church, Dalton Terrace, York on...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Evangelisation, Parishes, RCIA, Sacraments, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
‘I have called you by your name; you are mine’ 21st February 2010 In spite of the snow on the First Sunday of Lent, there were very few empty seats in St Mary’s Cathedral for the Rite of Election. Only Our Lady and St Peter’s Parish in...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | CAFOD, Organisations
CAFOD in Kenya As we prepare to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord, we may reflect upon the message of Anthony Muheria, Bishop of Kitui Diocese, Kenya as he meets some of those people CAFOD is helping in his Diocese and asks ‘not for sympathy, but to...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Justice and Peace
Britain has a proud history of providing sanctuary to people fleeing from persecution and tyranny. Our tradition has been part of what makes Britain great. However, that tradition is under threat. In recent years providing sanctuary for people has become a political...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Event Calendar, Justice and Peace
This year’s Anthony Storey Memorial Lecture on 8th May entitled ‘The Greatness of King Lear’ will be given by Professor Tom McAlindon and chaired by Marion Hall – both close friends of Tony Storey. Many have said that King Lear is...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Miscellaneous
The following unsolicited personal reflection on Assisted Suicide was received at the office of the Middlesbrough Catholic Voice. Unable to include the item in the April 2010 issue of the Middlesbrough Catholic Voice for reasons of space, and unwilling to savagely...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Liturgy and Music
Many of us are familiar with the delightful CDs produced by the musician Val Goldsack. She uses contrasting voices (both speaking and singing) to create unique spiritual resources. They are at the same time restful and inspiring, simple and profound, providing a...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Bernadette's, Middlesbrough
Cleveland Newman Circle presents a talk by Fr Michael Sharratt entitled ‘Galileo and The Church’ on Wednesday 21st April, 7.45pm (coffee from 7.30pm) at St Bernadette’s, Nunthorpe. All are welcome. Fr Michael studied Philosophy and Theology in Rome...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Miscellaneous
A North East Inter Faith Forum, titled ‘Faith Communities Can Change Lives’ was held in Newcastle on 4th March. Participants included representatives of faith communities in the North East, the Prison and Probation Service, other statutory bodies and faith...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Diocese, Organisations, Parishes
On Sunday 21st February, Holy Name of Mary (Middlesbrough) Foundation of the Union of Catholic Mothers held a Cake Stall and Tombola to raise funds for its charities. Through the generosity of parishioners, £230.64 was raised of which £150.00 has been...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Event Calendar, Liturgy and Music, Parishes
Saturday 8th May 2010 from 9.30am to 5pm at St Alphonsus’ Catholic Church 95 Westbourne Grove, Middlesbrough, TS3 6EW In this day-long workshop we will learn and sing some of the most beautiful chants in the repertory of Gregorian Chant, dedicated to the Blessed...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Bishop Terry, Organisations, Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley, Parishes
Congratulations to Mick Campbell who has been awarded the Benemerenti Medal by Pope Benedict XVI for his dedicated service to Middlesbrough Diocese, in particular to the Lady Chapel at Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley. Mick has also been responsible for delivering...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Parishes, Religious Communities, St Andrew's, Teesville
New Role on Retreat Team after Seven Years serving Parish St. Andrew’s Parish, Teesville, has said farewell to Parish Sister, Cecilia Wilkinson CP who moved earlier this year to join the Mission/Retreat Team based at Minsteracres near Durham. For her compassion...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Event Calendar, Organisations, Pastoral Centres, St Bede's Pastoral Centre
The York Circle of the Newman Association, which exists to promote open discussion and greater understanding in today’s Church, will meet on Monday 19th April, 7.30pm at St Bede’s Pastoral Centre, 21 Blossom Street, York for the Annual General Meeting...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Carmelite Spirituality Group, Event Calendar, Organisations
On Wednesday 5th May the York Carmelite Spirituality Group meet for a quiet day at Thicket Carmelite Monastery. “Abiding and Abounding” with Rev. Ann Coleman, 11am-4pm. Cost £10. Contact Bryan Lawson for details call 01759 372812. For general information...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Carmelite Spirituality Group, Event Calendar, Organisations
On Saturday 10th April the York Carmelite Spirituality Group meet at Lawrence Street to look at the topic of “Blessed Angelo Paoli”, a seventeenth-century Carmelite friar who will be beatified in his home city of Rome on 18th April 2010. For general...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Miscellaneous
Province 5 Catenian Public Speaking Competition Catenians from Province 5 organised a public speaking competition for young people in the north-east of England, including some from the north of our own diocese. James Harris from St Michael’s gave advice to...
by webmaster | Apr 3, 2010 | Miscellaneous
Let everything that has breath praise God ‘Let everything that has breath praise God’ (Ps 150) was the theme chosen by the women of Cameroon for this year’s Women’s World Day of Prayer (WWDP) on 5th March. In south west York, parishioners from...
by webmaster | Mar 31, 2010 | John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
Drawn on Monday 1st March 2010 £100 Winning No 331 £75 Winning No 3 £50 Winning No 117 £30 Winning No 66 £25 Winning No 142 Next meeting and monthly draw – Monday 12th April 2010 New members welcome. Ask for details on 01642...
by webmaster | Mar 31, 2010 | Organisations
On Thursday 11th March, Bishop Tom Wright, the Anglican Bishop of Durham and renowned New Testament scholar, was in ST PAULS bookshop York to promote and sign copies of his latest book, Virtue Reborn. The book, published by SPCK, shows how Christian virtues transform...
by webmaster | Mar 17, 2010 | Miscellaneous
In a ruling today the High Court has confirmed that Catholic Care was correct in its reading of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 and has agreed with Catholic Care that Regulation 18 can apply to any charity subject to it being in the public...
by webmaster | Mar 17, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Miscellaneous
UK Government and Catholic Bishops welcome state visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom The UK Government and the Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Scotland, England and Wales today welcomed the forthcoming visit to the United Kingdom of His Holiness Pope...
by webmaster | Mar 9, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events
On New Regulations In the Dioceses of Hallam, Leeds and Middlesbrough a pastoral letter was read out that explained why Catholic Care was taking a special case to the High Court on 3 and 4 March 2010. This pastoral letter, which can be read or downloaded here,...
by webmaster | Mar 7, 2010 | Event Calendar
St Pauls is delighted to announce that the Rt Revd Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham and world-renowned New Testament scholar, will be in their bookshop in York on Thursday 11th March, from 6 – 8pm to sign copies of his latest book ‘Virtue Reborn’. In the...
by webmaster | Mar 4, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, Organisations
Following the excellent first session of ‘Caritas in Veritate’, the following is a list of documents referred to by David Cross in his presentation on ‘Catholic Social Teaching’ Rerum Novarum, 1891 Quadragessimo Anno, 1931 Mater et Magistra,...
by webmaster | Mar 3, 2010 | Ad Limina
The Visit of the Bishops of England and Wales to the Threshold (Ad Limina) of the Apostles, 25th January – 4th February 2010 We were all called to Rome – all 35 of us, four archbishops, 18 diocesan bishops, ten auxiliary bishops, including one retired, the...
by webmaster | Mar 3, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar, Miscellaneous, Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley, Parishes, Religious Communities
May 22, 2010, starting at 11am There will be a Jubilee Pilgrimage from the village of Osmotherley to the Lady Chapel (2 mile uphill walk) in thanksgiving for Mary Ward and all the favours her sisters have received from God in the last 400 years. This will be an...
by webmaster | Mar 3, 2010 | Parishes, St Wilfrid's, York
The photo shows Canon Ryan at the recent Rite of Welcome at St Wilfrid’s Catholic Church, York The photo is by kind courtesy of Lars Karlsson who maintains on-line galleries including galleries of Diocesan events at gallery.me.com/princehill#gallery. Thank you...
by webmaster | Mar 3, 2010 | Parishes
Congratulations to Patrick Doyle (seen here with Kevin McNamara, former MP and fellow KSG) on the award of the Knighthood of St Gregory the Great. (photo by courtesy of Bernard Swift) Bishop Terry made the presentation to Patrick, a former lecturer, councillor, school...
by webmaster | Mar 3, 2010 | Bishop Terry
The Visit of the Bishops of England and Wales to the Threshold (Ad Limina) of the Apostles, 25th January – 4th February 2010 We were all called to Rome – all 35 of us, four archbishops, 18 diocesan bishops, ten auxiliary bishops, including one retired, the...
by webmaster | Mar 3, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Religious Communities, Schools and Colleges
Mass in Westminster Cathedral to celebrate Bar Convent Sisters and All Saints School attend More than 2,300 people attended a service at Westminster Cathedral recently when the Most Rev Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, conducted a Celebratory Mass in honour...
by webmaster | Mar 3, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, Organisations
As media coverage of the Haiti earthquake here in England starts to wind down and the period of joint action with the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) come to an end, work with earthquake survivors is set to continue well into the future. And, with an eye on such...
by webmaster | Mar 3, 2010 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations
26th February 2010 – 50th Anniversary of Fast Day It’s hard to believe that the first Family Fast Day, as it was first known, was 50 years ago and it all started with a few women, who learned of the suffering of mothers and babies in the Dominican Republic...
by webmaster | Mar 3, 2010 | Organisations, Parishes
It must be quite unusual for two parishioners to receive papal honours on the same day but two from Holy Cross parish, Cottingham, recently did so. Kathleen Burgan was presented with the Bene Merenti for services to the church, including playing the church organ over...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes
Homily given at Canon Michael Bayldon’s Ruby Jubilee by Canon Michael Ryan Congratulations on your new church. All the hard work and numerous meetings have come to fruition – well done. Congratulations to Michael and thanks for asking me to say these few...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2010 | Event Calendar, Miscellaneous
350th Anniversary Mass to celebrate the lives of St Vincent de Paul and St Louise de Marillac Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool on Saturday 24th April 2010, 2pm What? 2010 marks the 350th anniversary of the deaths of St Vincent de...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2010 | Miscellaneous, Parishes
Churches Together in Guisborough held prayers and an ecumenical celebration for Christian Unity Week 2010. The week started at the Salvation Army Citadel then moved through the week to St Nicholas Church with the Rev Graham Pacey, the Methodist Church with Rev Isabel...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes
Canon Michael Bayldon is the Parish Priest at St Paulinus RC Church at Guisborough and on Monday 22nd February celebrated his Ruby Jubilee of 40 years as a priest. Fr Michael, as he likes to be known, was ordained as a priest on 22nd February 1970 by Bishop John...
by webmaster | Feb 25, 2010 | Miscellaneous
Many happy returns to Fr J Anthony Barry on his recent 90th birthday. Fr Tony, a much loved priest (and dear friend of the webmaster) celebrated Mass with Fr Pat Keogh at the Nazareth House chapel on the day. Many happy returns to him. (photo courtesy of Angela...
by webmaster | Feb 25, 2010 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Event Calendar, Miscellaneous, Organisations
The Cleveland NEWMAN Circle present a talk by Fr Patrick Cope who has 19 years’ experience with young offenders, nationally and locally. He will be speaking at St Bernadette’s, Nunthorpe (Nevers Room, with disabled access) on Wednesday 24th March 2010,...
by webmaster | Feb 25, 2010 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Sacraments
The St Bede’s Deanery Confirmation Youth Group chose Nightstop Teesside (a group which provides emergency temporary accommodation for homeless young people between the ages of 16 and 25) for their Christmas appeal. The group arranged an appeal within their own...
by webmaster | Feb 25, 2010 | Parishes
Two very special parishioners at St Patrick’s, Thornaby, had much to celebrate recently. Mary and Tom Catnach celebrated their Diamond Wedding Anniversary on 26th November 2009 and the icing on their cake was a beautiful telegram from Her Majesty the Queen. The...
by webmaster | Feb 25, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar
F Mary Callan in York’s Literature Festival In an afternoon entitled ‘Oh, No! Not that woman again!’ Mary Callan presents ‘Four Disastrous Heroines of the Bible’ looking at how the bible can help us process modern disasters, followed by...
by webmaster | Feb 25, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events
The March project is to complete reading the Book of Isaiah, ideal Lenten reading. God shows Himself Lord of history, and promises Israel’s return from exile. The Suffering Servant prophecies prepare us for Christ’s suffering. The usual pamphlet to...
by webmaster | Feb 20, 2010 | Obituaries, Parishes
When talking about priests the phrase ‘men set apart’ is often used. The trouble is that such an image can expresses superiority – not servants but masters. And when the cracks and failings of human finiteness show in priests, waves of shock, horror...
by webmaster | Feb 20, 2010 | Obituaries, Parishes
Fr Joseph O’Brien who died on 25th January 2010 aged 87 was buried after his funeral Mass on 5th February at Sacred Heart Church, Hull, where he had been ordained as a priest for our Diocese by Bishop McClean on 22nd February 1975. Bishop Terry was the Principal...
by webmaster | Feb 20, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events
Don’t throw away those used stamps. Peter Derry collects them to help the Redemptorist Missions, this year being his twenty second. Peter is a parishioner of St Edward’s and St Peter’s in Scarborough. Please send your stamps (and postcards pre-1940)...
by webmaster | Feb 20, 2010 | John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
Drawn on Monday 4th January 2010 £100 Winning No 89 £75 Winning No 263 £50 Winning No 217 £30 Winning No 76 £25 Winning No 258 Next meeting and monthly draw – Monday 1st March 2010 New members welcome. Ask for details on 01642...
