by webmaster | Jun 17, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Miscellaneous
Please pray for Louis Anderson, who is only two years old. He has a neuroblastoma and will have an operation on 22 June to remove the malignant tumour. He is being remembered in prayer at Holy Cross Abbey in Tipperary and at the Friary at San Giovinna Rotondo, Italy...
by webmaster | Jun 14, 2009 | Homilies
13/14 June 2009 Introduction Our celebration of this Eucharist is a sign of Christ’s sacrifice: the one, eternal sacrifice which brings us salvation. In this celebration we find unity and peace. With grateful hearts we come before the Lord. Lord, we are your...
by webmaster | Jun 7, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
A time of grace for England and Wales At the request of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor and the bishops of England and Wales, the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux, the French Carmelite Sister known as ‘The Little Flower of Jesus’ will be visiting our...
by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Bishop Terry, Event Calendar
After the success of Taste and See in 2008, Taste and See 2009, a day of Bite-Size Spirituality, is a ‘second slice’ of this wonderful way to experience different types of prayer and worship in a friendly and engaging setting. A variety of workshops are...
by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Organisations, Parishes
Holy Cross Church, Cottingham celebrated its first Passover Meal for Christians on the evening of Spy Wednesday. It was attended by 80 parishioners and friends. With readings, prayers and music, we recalled the night when the Angel of Death passed over the houses of...
by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Event Calendar, Parishes
Everyone’s welcome to come and visit St George’s, York on Saturday 20th June between 10am and 4pm for its Open Day. Opened in 1850 and designed by Charles and Joseph Hansom, famous for the Hansom cab, St George’s stands between Walmgate and...
by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Bishop Terry, Event Calendar, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
Pope Benedict XVI declared 28th June 2008 to 29th June 2009 the ‘Year of St Paul’ to celebrate the 2,000th anniversary of St Paul’s birth. It was the Holy Father’s intention that during this year we all came to know better ‘the immense...
by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, CAFOD Appeals, Organisations
Burma/Myanmar Cyclone one year on Survivors of Burma/Myanmar’s worst cyclone in living memory are facing continuing hardship one year on, but needs are being met with the support of both local and international organisations. Cyclone Nargis tore through the...
by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Bishop Terry, Organisations, Parishes
Fr Austin O’Neill’s body was received into St Aelred’s Church by Canon Jerry Twomey, Episcopal Vicar for the Central Vicariate and Austin’s successor as parish priest, on the evening of 7 May 2009 followed by Mass attended by many who could not...
by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Obituaries, Parishes
Fr Austin O’Neill, retired parish priest of St Aelred’s, York, died on Saturday 25 April after a long period of ill health. He was 73 and had been a priest for almost 48 years, 21 of which were at St Aelred’s. Education was close to his heart. He...
by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events
With the Year of St Paul drawing to a close readers may like to listen to a recent episode of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘In Our Time’ entitled St Paul. In this episode the host Melvyn Bragg and his guests Helen Bond (Senior Lecturer in the New Testament at...
by webmaster | Jun 5, 2009 | Bishop Terry, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
A Mass of Thanksgiving will be offered in the Cathedral on Saturday 4th July at 12 noon to celebrate the 137 year long contribution to education in Middlesbrough by the FCJ Sisters. All past Newlands Orchestra members are invited to play (but please contact Miss C...
by webmaster | Jun 5, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Upon arrival in the Democratic Republic of Congo following his deportation from the UK, Blaise Kamba was arrested by plain clothes agents once he had left the airport. He was blindfolded and handcuffed, thrown into a jeep/van and taken to the prison he subsequently...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Thank you to all who help – as volunteers or donors. Especial thanks to the parishes and individuals who have been most generous, to St Charles Parish for paying the energy bills and the SVP for covering any deficit, to St Mary’s College for the huge...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Bishop Terry, Liturgy and Music
Bishop Terry presided at the Day of Commissioning for Ministers of Holy Communion and Word at Askham Bryan near York on Saturday 9th May. Bishop Terry also blessed a wooden portable altar table beautifully made by Mr Max Stockton.
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Book Reviews
Anthea Dove’s new book – unusually, a novel – is a thought-provoking, moving story of a priest whose day-to-day life presents him with many situations which affect us in our lives. In the very first chapter, we meet the apprehensive curate, the...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Book Reviews, Parishes, Religious Communities
Apples have been grown at Ampleforth Abbey for well over one hundred years and monks today still provide the work force in what is England’s northernmost commercial orchard. Now, many of their famed recipes have been re-published in a mouth-watering book...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Miscellaneous
17th – 24th July, 10am to 5pm (3pm, Friday 24th) Every day except Sunday in the Guildhall, York Thousands of books in all categories ‘Feed the Minds’ is an ecumenical charity raising funds through the sale of second-hand books to promote literacy and...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | English Martyrs, York, Parishes
The launch event for reading the Acts of the Apostles was held at St Paul’s Church, Holgate Road. The vicar, John Lee, spoke of Paul and Barnabas’ time with the church in Antioch, and reminded us every Christian is called to evangelise. The...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Children from schools and parishes across our diocese have been making their first Holy Communion recently. Congratulations to all those children who have celebrated their first Holy Communion recently and to all the parents, families, catechists, teachers and...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Organisations
The April meeting of Wetherby Catenians marked the end of one Catenian year and the inception of their new year. To succeed the outgoing President, former printing executive David Barker, the members appointed the distinguished senior member Frank Rowett who has held...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes, Sacred Heart, Middlesbrough
On Friday 8th May the Mosaic Singers put on a performance of songs from various musicals in aid of the Sacred Heart and St Patrick parish appeal for the Baghdad Childrens Hospital. Mark Turnbull introduced and closed the evening with his usual eloquence. John Hinman...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
On the second day of Lent, priests and people from across the Diocese came together at St Charles Borromeo, Hull, to celebrate the ‘Year of St Paul’ in music, song, word and prayer. The Liturgy was graced by the Presidency of Bishop Terence Drainey, the...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Event Calendar
Join the celebration, part of Refugee Week 2009, at 119 Marton Road, Middlesbrough on Friday 12th June, 11.30am-2.30pm. A time for women to enjoy each other’s cultures and traditions with songs, dancing, music and poetry from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Liturgy and Music
A beautiful collection of meditations by Anthea Dove with music by Val Goldsack and featuring the George Herbert’s poem ‘Love bade me welcome’ has recently been released. This collection of music and meditations, scripture and prayer on this CD leads...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Event Calendar, Miscellaneous
To mark United Nations Torture Victims Day, the annual International Prayer Vigil, ‘Take Them in Your Hands’ will be held on the night of 27th/28th June from 8.00 pm to 8.00 am. Members of Action by Christians Against Torture (UK), a mainstream Christian...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Event Calendar
A different kind of holiday? If you are looking for an experience that is more than a holiday, then the Mariapolis is the perfect event for you. The Mariapolis is a temporary ‘town’ where the message of love contained in the Gospel is put into practice in...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Jean Michel, an asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo, writes, I would like to say thank you to everyone who supported me when I was in detention with phone calls to keep up my spirits, signing petitions and taking the time to write personal letters for...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Event Calendar
Rev Roger Simpson, Vicar of St Michael-le-Belfry Church, will speak on ‘What ALPHA has done for the Church’ at the summer CHURCHES TOGETHER meeting in York. The Alpha course has been an effective means of bringing new people to Jesus Christ, and into the...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville
Starting at 3pm on Sunday 14th June at St Andrew’s Church, Teesville, an outdoor Corpus Christi Procession conducted by Fr John Paul Leonard including Benediction, Holy Rosary and Crowning of Our Lady. Everyone welcome, especially school children. Please bring...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events
A crowd of several hundred people gathered on the evening of Monday 18th May to watch the charity football match played at the Riverside Stadium. The match, which featured Gaizka Mendieta, once the world’s mot expensive footballer, and fellow Boro legend Craig...
by webmaster | Jun 2, 2009 | Parishes
Congratulations to Fr Michael White on his Golden Jubilee from all the parishioners and friends of St Vincent’s Parish. Thank you for all you have done in the last 30 years. May God bless you.
by webmaster | Jun 1, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Cath Ramos writes I will give the good news. The church in Kinshasa confirmed Blaise has just got out of prison – of the two men that helped him, one man and his family are now in trouble with the authorities for having done so and we will send some financial...
by webmaster | Jun 1, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Cath Ramos writes, Our dear Blaise was removed last week and immediately arrested. Blaise had told us what he was wearing and this info was given to people in Kinshasa who hoped to meet him and get him to a safe house. He was arrested immediately and taken to a...
by webmaster | May 31, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations
The Diocesan Women’s Commission is having a summer outing in York on 11th July. The day begins with Mass at the Shrine of St Margaret Clitherow in the Shambles at 10.00 am, then on to the Minster for a guided tour. After lunch the day continues (at about 1.45...
by webmaster | May 30, 2009 | John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
Date of Draw – 11th May 2009 £100 Winning No 49 £75 Winning No 295 £50 Winning No 15 £30 Winning No 331 £25 Winning No 203 Next Meeting and Monthly Draw Monday 1st June 2009 New members welcome Ask for details Tel: 01642...
by webmaster | May 28, 2009 | Homilies
28 May 2009 You have just worked out where the cheapest cup of tea is and got to know the waiter, when it is time to pack up and go. No sooner have you worked out where you are supposed to be and who with, than we are packing and setting off on our travels again....
by webmaster | May 26, 2009 | Homilies
26th May 2009 Introduction Philip Neri was born into in 1515 in Florence. He lived his life in Rome and he is described as a truly Renaissance man. One of his many gifts was the art of conversation and encouragement. In all our human relationships the ability to meet...
by webmaster | May 25, 2009 | Homilies
Saint Bede the Venerable 25 May 2009 They say that you don’t decide to come to Lourdes of your own will; rather it is Our Lady who calls you to be here. In other words, you never come to Lourdes by accident, even if for some of us it might look like that. If you have...
by webmaster | May 23, 2009 | Homilies
St Bernadette Centre 23 May 2009 : The Way of Bernadette Introduction I was talking to someone earlier on about coming to Lourdes this year. It has been quite a sacrifice on the part of many people given the uncertain economic climate in which we live. So, the first...
by webmaster | May 12, 2009 | Event Calendar, Justice and Peace
“Killing them softly” Rape as a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo Women as victims within the UK Asylum System A seminar followed by a short question and answer session and workshops on Saturday June 6th 2009, 10.30am – 1pm in the Clarendon...
by webmaster | May 6, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events
The deadline for bids to play in the charity football match at the Riverside Stadium is tomorrow (Thursday 7th May 2009) at noon. The match on Monday May 18th at 6pm, to be refereed by former World Cup ref Mr George Courtney, will raise much needed funds for Teesside...
by webmaster | May 2, 2009 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear brothers and sisters “The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest.” Do we take the Lord at his word? Do we believe that what Jesus says in the Scriptures is true, valuable and...
by webmaster | May 2, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes
Former Boro and Spain star Gaizka Mendieta is reminding fans that time is running out to bid to play alongside him at the Riverside Stadium in a charity match for Teesside Hospice. There’s been a late change of line-up for the game with Boro legend Craig Hignett...
by webmaster | May 2, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Justice and Peace, Organisations, Parishes
Peter Wright of MAG (Mines Advisory Group) will give an illustrated talk about the work of the group in relation to landmines at St. Margaret Clitherow’s, Holly Tree Lane, Haxby at 7.30pm on Friday May 15th. Refreshments. Donations to a charity helping those...
by webmaster | May 2, 2009 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters, Podcasts
Dear brothers and sisters “The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest.” Do we take the Lord at his word? Do we believe that what Jesus says in the Scriptures is true, valuable and...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2009 | Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville
The recent charity concert at St Andrew’s, Teesville in aid of SAMM (Survivors of Murder and Manslaughter), Project Helen, Barnado’s and Justice First raised £693 for each charity. Thanks to all who supported the concert. For more information please visit...
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2009 | Event Calendar, John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
Saturday 9th May, 1pm. Tombola, raffles, cake stall, bottle tombola, bric-a-brac and afternoon tea. Entrance only £1.50.
by webmaster | Apr 30, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events
Zöes’s Place have written to thank all who recently donated Easter eggs which went towards fundraising. This raised £3543.49 – a fantastic total. Since Zöes’s Place opened in January 2004 the demand for the care they offer has been phenomenal. Without...
by webmaster | Apr 29, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville
The Legion of Mary invites you to join with them on Sunday 3rd May, 3pm at St Andrew’s Church, Teesville to honour Our Blessed Lady in her special month. A short procession, led by Fr John Paul Leonard, will take place around the precincts of the Eston Hotel and St...
