by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Carmelite Spirituality Group, Event Calendar, Organisations
On 27th June the York Carmelite Spirituality Group will be meeting to discuss Saints Peter and Paul with input from Venerable Richard Seed, Anglican Archdeacon of York, from 10am till 1pm at 110 Lawrence Street; all are welcome. For details please contact Mr. Johan...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Carmelite Spirituality Group, Event Calendar, Organisations
Pope Benedict XVI designated 2008-2009 as a special ‘Year of Saint Paul’ commemorating two thousand years since the birth of the ‘Apostle to the Gentiles’. To mark the end of this period, all are warmly invited to York Minster to attend the following liturgical...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations
CAFOD Christian Aid Humber Bridge Sponsored Walk takes place on Saturday 9th May, starting at 2pm on the North side of the bridge. Come along and raise funds for CAFOD. Get your sponsorship pack from the CAFOD Diocesan Office.
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Parishes
After Fr Anthony Storey died in May 2007, the Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission agreed to try and raise £1,000 for the Woodland Trust, in order to dedicate an acre of woodland in his memory. Thanks to the generosity of many of his friends, in the Diocese and...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | CAFOD, Organisations
During March, CAFOD launched its Climate Justice Campaign throughout England and Wales. In our Diocese we held two launches at Masses at St Wilfrid’s and English Martyrs parishes in York, where Lay Sohea and Khim Sarin, two Cambodian environmental experts from...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Parishes
The Centre, situated on the Melrosegate junction of Fifth Avenue, provides excellent facilities for conferences, parties, meetings, dancing classes, yoga, slimming and keep fit, arts and crafts, Children’s song box, Rainbows, Brownies, Mums and Tots, Ceilidh...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Event Calendar, Parishes
Sunday 19th April, 12 noon – 4.00 pm, Divine Mercy Day at St Vincent’s, Queens Road, Hull. Exposition and confessions all afternoon. Hour of Mercy 3.00 pm ending with Benediction. Everyone most welcome.
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Event Calendar, Miscellaneous
Archivists from Britain and Ireland will meet at Ushaw College, Durham, in May for the annual conference of the Catholic Archives Society. The College, which last year celebrated the bicentenary of its establishment in Durham after years of exile in Douai, is a...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes
Annual General Meeting The Catholic Women’s League Diocesan Branch Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 25th April 2009 at St Joseph’s, Hull commencing with Mass at 11.30 am.
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Organisations
It was with enormous pleasure that the Cleveland Newman Circle welcomed Fr Michael Sharratt to outline something of the philosophy of Cardinal Newman, taken largely from his private correspondence, letters and diaries. He began by describing a surprisingly outspoken...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Bernadette's, Middlesbrough
An introduction to the Old Testament by Mrs Lucille Chadwick presented by the Cleveland Newman Circle At St Bernadette’s, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough on Wednesday 22nd April 2009 from 7.45 pm (coffee from 7.30 pm) Everyone is welcome! Please bring a...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Parishes
Applause greeted Mgr John Heslin, a retired priest, when he celebrated the golden anniversary of his priestly ordination at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Saltburn, on Sunday 22nd February. He thanked parish priest Canon Bill Madden and parishioners of both Saltburn and...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Event Calendar
READ-A-BOOK-A-MONTH bible challenge invites us to read St Luke’s gospel during April. ‘I felt we had all earned some easier reading after the Pentateuch,’ comments Mary Callan. ‘St Luke’s gospel will focus our attention on Jesus Christ...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Event Calendar, Parishes
A Day Retreat at Richmond Catholic Church will be held on Saturday 12th September 2009 and to be given by Brother Michael Copps OFM, Minister Provincial, as part of the Celebrations for the 800th Anniversary of the Founding of the Franciscan Order. For further...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
Date of Draw – 2nd March 2009 £100 Winning No 246 £75 Winning No 292 £50 Winning No 12 £30 Winning No 60 £25 Winning No 183 Next Meeting and Monthly Draw Monday, 6th April 2009 New members welcome. Ask for details Tel: 01642...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Parishes
‘The Wycliffes of Richmond’, a booklet by a local Richmond Historian, David Morris MBE, traces the family and the link to Richmond’s Franciscan Friary. Copies are available via morswale@richmond104.orangehome.co.uk or at Castle Hill Books, Richmond,...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations, Pastoral Centres, St Bede's Pastoral Centre
York Newman Circle will hold its AGM at St Bede’s Pastoral Centre on 20th April. The recently re-launched Circle has had a successful year, with a varied programme of lectures. The AGM will be followed by the final lecture of the year, to be given by Dr Sheridan...
by webmaster | Mar 15, 2009 | Event Calendar, Justice and Peace
The Anthony Storey Memorial Lecture will be given this year at the University of Hull, by Eamon Duffy, Cambridge Professor of the History of Christianity. The lecture, on 9th May, is sponsored by the Justice and Peace Commission; further details to follow, or contact...
by webmaster | Mar 15, 2009 | Carmelite Spirituality Group, Organisations, Religious Communities
The York Carmelite Spirituality Group newsletter is now available to read online or to download. Click here for the latest issue.
by webmaster | Mar 13, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar
Fr Paul Farrer writes, Just a short note to say that the Charity Football Match is back at the Riverside Stadium this year! This year I am supporting the efforts of others – basically Middlesbrough Football Club and Teesside Hospice. The Game will be on May 18th...
by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Evangelisation, Miscellaneous, Parishes, RCIA, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
Photos from the recent Rite of Election are, courtesy of our diocesan photographer Les Clark, free to download and printout from the Diocesan web site, subject to the Terms and Conditions of use of the diocesan web sites. The main diocesan photo galleries can be found...
by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Event Calendar, Parishes, Sacred Heart, Middlesbrough
For everyone – young and old; led by Sr Mary Condron FCJ on Saturday 21st March at the Sacred Heart Church, Middlesbrough. Rosary at 8.40am, followed by Mass, exposition, confession, coffee, talks and a shared lunch. All are welcome.
by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes
Sunday 29th March, 2pm in the Holy Name Church, led by Fr Peter Keeling. Mass will be celebrated at 4pm followed by refreshments in the parish hall. A donation of £2 would be greatly appreciated. All are welcome.
by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Bernadette's, Middlesbrough
you are invited to a talk on St Paul by Sr Patsy MacDonald from Ushaw College, Durham at St Bernadette’s, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough on Wednesday 18th March 2009 at 7.45pm Please bring a Bible! The Cleveland Newman Circle
by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Liturgy and Music
On Saturday 7th March 2009, York St John University held the 21st Annual Choirs Festival hosted by famous Yorkshire writer and Honorary Fellow, Gervase Phinn. This year’s festival brought together the largest number of performers to date from some of...
by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Organisations
Middlesbrough Catenians (Circle 30) entertained members of the clergy at their 81st Annual Dinner held at the Riverside Stadium on Friday 23rd January 2009. Over 130 brothers and their guests joined in thanking the priests and deacons of the Diocese for their...
by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Pastoral Centres, St Bede's Pastoral Centre
Enneagram Studies in the Narrative Tradition with Karen Webb An Introduction to the Enneagram, led by Karen Webb on June 1st and 2nd, 2009 at St Bede’s Pastoral Centre, York The Enneagram is a dynamic, ancient, spiritual and psychological model of humanity. It...
by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations
Sunday 26th April 2009 Start: 10.00 am St Joseph’s, Gateshead Finish: St Dominic’s, Newcastle For more details, sponsorship forms and information, please contact Adrienne: (01642) 466400 Steve: 07808 405398 or (01642) 312383 E-mail:...
by webmaster | Mar 10, 2009 | Bishop Terry
For those who missed the first sessions of ‘Who Do You Say I Am?’ and for those who would like a ‘refresher’ Bishop Terry has kindly posted his notes for the first session on the ‘Who Do You Say I Am?’ site. The second sessions take...
by webmaster | Mar 10, 2009 | Evangelisation, Parishes
Speaking on Monday evening Fr Francis Maple, a Capuchin Franciscan Friar currently leading a parish Lenten mission at St Patrick’s Church in Thornaby, described the extraordinary command to love from God. “Does anyone else command you to love them?”,...
by webmaster | Mar 9, 2009 | Liturgy and Music
Everybody has an opinion on how Mass is celebrated. We each prefer different styles of celebration and experience joys and frustrations, moments of deep prayer, and moments of distraction in our liturgies. Some favour modern music others more a traditional form, and...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Bishop Terry, Religious Communities
A cold day in late January saw a packed York Minster witnessing what one distinguished member of the congregation called ‘the greatest day in the history of our diocese’, the celebration of Mass to commemorate the Founding Vision of Mary Ward. By the very...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Justice and Peace
Please help to stop the removal of Jean-Michel Bomvoy and other Congolese nationals who are seeking asylum here in the UK. Jean-Michel is one of many based on Teesside who are facing forcible deportation back to the Democratic Republic of Congo. A petition has been...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Evangelisation, Miscellaneous
Bishop Urges Parishes To Make ‘Mission Training’ A 2009 Priority “…To proclaim and share the faith is the reason that the Church exists. All of us, from the youngest to the oldest, lay, consecrated and ordained can play our part in home mission. Consider putting...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Justice and Peace
Puck de Raadt of the Churches Refugee and Racial Justice Network writes, So far the Early Day Motion (EDM) against deportation of refused asylum seekers to Congo has 2 signatures only…An ‘EDM’ becomes noteworthy only after some 45...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Event Calendar, John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
19 April at the John Paul Centre, Grange Road, Middlesbrough conducted by Fr Simon Broughton. Devotions begin 2.00 pm. Veneration of Divine Mercy Image, Confessions, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. 4.00 pm – Holy Mass. A shared tea afterwards. Contact: Rita...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Event Calendar, Parishes
19 April, 2.30 pm, at Christ the King Church, Thornaby. Devotion to the Divine Mercy, Explanation of the Divine Image, Blessing of the Divine Image, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Confession, The 3 o’clock Prayer, Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, St Faustina’s...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations
26 April, 10am start, from St Joseph’s, Gateshead to St Dominic’s, Newcastle. Tel: (01642) 466400 – Adrienne; (01642) 312383 or 07808 405398 – Steve, for further details and sponsorship forms (coach available)
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Miscellaneous
A thought for Lent. As we prepare for the great feast of Easter why not light a candle at 9pm each evening and spend five minutes in prayer for all asylum seekers and for those who make the decisions which so affect their lives? Perhaps others in your family, parish...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, CAFOD Appeals, Organisations
CAFOD Lent Fast Day Friday 6th March The Jesuit Theologian, Rev Jon Sobrino tells us that ‘To believe in God is not just to love life but to work so that there is life’. As we move through Lent towards celebrating the time when our Lord put his life on the...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations
Saturday 13th June. Walk across causeway begins at 11.00 am. Also a liturgy in the parish church for those not walking the causeway and Mass at 2.00 pm. For further information or to volunteer for CAFOD please contact David or Carol Cross on (01904) 671767, E-mail...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, CAFOD Appeals, Event Calendar, Organisations
Saturday 9th May – Join us at the Humber Bridge for an easy and relatively painless way to raise funds for CAFOD. Contact the CAFOD Middlesbrough Office for your sponsorship pack! For further information or to volunteer for CAFOD please contact David or Carol...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations
Saturday 28th March, 11.00 am Victoria Embankment, London. Tell the G20 to Put People First. More details at www.putpeoplefirst.org.uk For further information or to volunteer for CAFOD please contact David or Carol Cross on (01904) 671767, E-mail...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Wilfrid's, York
Sunday 22nd March, 11.00 am, St Wilfrid’s RC Church, Duncombe Place, York All are most welcome. For further information or to volunteer for CAFOD please contact David or Carol Cross on (01904) 671767, E-mail middlesbrough@cafod.org.uk or visit the office (please...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville
Seven young people from St Andrew’s Parish, Teesville, have received a temporary commissioning as Ministers of the Word from parish priest, Canon Edmond Gubbins. The young people aged between 15 and 17 will all be commissioned fully by Bishop Terence Drainey at...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Event Calendar
Recently, I met a widower from the North East who told me, ‘The best thing that happened for my married relationship was Marriage Encounter’. Out of all the memories of his long and happy marriage, the Marriage Encounter Weekend stood out. For years, many...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Justice and Peace
The Congo in the Shadow of the Rwandan Genocide Breaking the Silence Bringing the truth to light about the war in The Democratic Republic of the Congo A seminar by Rev. Theodore Ngoy. This seminar given on the 5th and 7th February at Teesside University was the latest...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Parishes, Sacred Heart, Middlesbrough
For those who work, students and early risers Mass each weekday at 7.30am in Sacred Heart Church, Linthorpe Road. All are welcome.
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville
(aka Canons Gubbins and Speight, Fr Pat Keogh and the Rev. Pat Thomas) In concert with friends at St Andrew’s Hall, Fabian Road, Teesville on Friday 3rd April, 8pm. Tickets only £5, proceeds to the Mary Thompson Fund.
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, English Martyrs, York, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes
The Diocesan Women’s Commission are having a talk entitled ‘After Mary Ward’, given by Patricia Harriss SJ from London on 28th March at English Martyrs Church in York from 10.30 am – 2.30 pm. Please bring a packed lunch but tea and coffee are...
