by webmaster | Jan 15, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Pastoral Centres, St Bede's Pastoral Centre
Justice and Peace Commission meeting, 21st February 2009, 10.30am-1.00pm ‘The Arms Trade: a Continuing Threat to Justice and Peace’, speaker Alun Morinan, at St Bede’s Pastoral Centre, 21 Blossom Street, York. Alun Morinan has been active in the...
by webmaster | Jan 15, 2009 | Event Calendar, Parishes
on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes Wednesday 11th February 2009 at 7.00 pm Mass will be concelebrated at St Joseph’s Church, Middlesbrough Preacher: Rev J Lumley All are invited to celebrate the Feast – whether you’ve been to Lourdes or not!...
by webmaster | Jan 15, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations
Fr Dean Brackley, an inspiring speaker, is a New York Jesuit who has worked and taught theology in the Jesuit University in San Salvador since the murder there of six Jesuits and their companions almost 20 years ago, will be visiting our diocese (York) on 13 February....
by webmaster | Jan 14, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Get your skates on (possibly literally)! Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales An initiative of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales Location: Canning Town, London E16 – Starting Salary: £35,929 plus Benefits This appointment is...
by webmaster | Jan 14, 2009 | Miscellaneous
This little girl is at the Phuket Hospital. She does not remember her own name or anything about herself. She has lost her parents. Does anyone recognise her? She was a victim of the tidal wave disaster in Phuket, Thailand and nobody knows who she is so we are hoping...
by webmaster | Jan 14, 2009 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Organisations
On 19th November 2008, the Cleveland Newman Circle welcomed their new Chaplain, Fr Andrew Burns CSsR, who gave an account of his 35 years experience working in South Africa, mainly training young Redemptorist Seminarians. Having been Middlesbrough born and bred, it...
by webmaster | Jan 14, 2009 | Parishes
at St Patrick’s Church, 39 Westbury Street, Thornaby A Lent Mission, 8-15 March 2009 Mission Services Weekdays 10am and 7pm Led by Fr Francis Maple OFM Cap All Welcome
by webmaster | Jan 13, 2009 | Miscellaneous
On a bright day early in November one hundred and forty Ministers of the Word from across our diocese had the pleasure of attending the excellent Inspirational Day with Nigel Bavidge, a married Deacon and well-known writer and speaker from the Leeds Diocese at Askham...
by webmaster | Jan 13, 2009 | Evangelisation, Event Calendar, Parishes, RCIA, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
Bishop Terence would like to invite everyone to celebrate the Vigil Mass of Pentecost in Thanksgiving for all who have been received into the Church at Easter and in previous years on Saturday 30th May at 3.00 pm in the Cathedral (this Mass fulfils the Sunday...
by webmaster | Jan 3, 2009 | Obituaries
Brian McGowran, for years a stalwart of the Middlesbrough Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes and a very well-known figure particularly in the northen part of the Middlesbrough Diocese, died suddenly on Saturday 3rd January. Our sincere condolences and sympathies to his...
by webmaster | Dec 28, 2008 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Brothers and Sisters During the Christmas season it is really good to have the crib not only at the front of our minds but displayed prominently in our churches. It gives a warm sense of contentment to gaze into that familiar scene; Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, ox...
by webmaster | Dec 28, 2008 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Brothers and Sisters During the Christmas season it is really good to have the crib not only at the front of our minds but displayed prominently in our churches. It gives a warm sense of contentment to gaze into that familiar scene; Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, ox...
by webmaster | Dec 26, 2008 | Bishop Terry's Homilies
December 2008 Middlesbrough Cathedral One of the things I love about Christmas is to be able to settle down to a really enjoyable film. I am a great Indiana Jones’ fan. I know it is old hat, but my favourite is “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. It combines the...
by webmaster | Dec 25, 2008 | Homilies
December 2008 Middlesbrough Cathedral One of the things I love about Christmas is to be able to settle down to a really enjoyable film. I am a great Indiana Jones’ fan. I know it is old hat, but my favourite is “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. It combines the...
by webmaster | Dec 19, 2008 | Miscellaneous
To Peter Warren and Bernard Morgan who were granted the Institution of Lectorate by Bishop Terry Drainey on Sunday 7 December 2008 at St Mary’s Cathedral. Peter and Bernard are currently studying for Ordination to the Permanent Diaconate.
by webmaster | Dec 19, 2008 | CAFOD, Organisations
livesimply launches Community Challenges The livesimply Network is launching a set of Community Challenges for the New Year. Designed to be carried out by communities of Catholics, the Challenges are structured activities or programmes which groups can carry out...
by webmaster | Dec 19, 2008 | Bishop Terry, Evangelisation, Event Calendar, Parishes, RCIA, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
The Rite of Election takes place on the First Sunday of Lent, which is 1st March 2009 at 3.00 pm in St Mary’s Cathedral.
by webmaster | Dec 19, 2008 | Bishop Terry, Event Calendar, Schools and Colleges
The Retreat Day, in preparation for the Rite of Election, will be on Saturday 14th February 2009 at All Saints Lower School, Nunnery Lane, York. Would you please invite all who are to be baptised or received into the Catholic Church at Easter to attend, together with...
by webmaster | Dec 19, 2008 | Event Calendar
The Read-a-Book-a-Month bible-reading challenge continues to gather York Christians together. The United Reformed Church (URC) in Priory Street will host the launch event for the books of Leviticus and Numbers. Retired Baptist minister, Tim Evans, whose notes Mary...
by webmaster | Dec 19, 2008 | Miscellaneous, Organisations
“Who is my Neighbour” was the theme as 230 members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society attended a two-day conference at Ushaw College in Durham. The International President General, Jose Ramon Diza-Torremocha, flew in from Madrid to address the delegates on...
by webmaster | Dec 19, 2008 | CAFOD, Organisations
On behalf of CAFOD and our overseas partners, may we wish everyone in the Diocese of Middlesbrough a happy and blessed 2009. We also want to say a very big thank you to you for your prayers and generosity throughout 2008, particularly for your response to the crisis...
by webmaster | Dec 19, 2008 | Apostleship of the Sea, Organisations
Apostleship of the Sea Trustee, David Savage, has raised an amazing £11,455.33 for the Apostleship of the Sea in his adventurous bike ride from the Irish Sea to the North Sea in a day! He exceeded his original goal to raise a whopping £10,000 and is still going. On...
by webmaster | Dec 19, 2008 | Endsleigh Centre, Event Calendar, Organisations, Pastoral Centres
Hull and East Riding Newman Circle Open Meeting A local branch of The Newman Association Promoting open discussion and greater understanding in today’s church. The main focus of the Association’s mission is through a network of local Circles throughout the...
by webmaster | Dec 19, 2008 | John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
Date of Draw – 1st December 2008 £100 Winning No 237 £75 Winning No 9 £50 Winning No 14 £30 Winning No 235 £25 Winning No 271 Next Meeting and Monthly Draw: Monday, 5th January 2009
by webmaster | Dec 19, 2008 | Parishes
“On a recent visit to the church, Bishop Terence Drainey noted that our church did not have a proper lamp fitting, although a candle in a red glass has always stood on the Altar of the Blessed Sacrament.” “Apart from the red glass, the rest of the...
by webmaster | Dec 19, 2008 | Apostleship of the Sea, Organisations
Apostleship of the Sea Chaplain supports crew after man lost overboard from sea ferry. An incident on 2nd December 2008 highlighted just how dangerous a life at sea can be, and how vital the role of the Apostleship of the Sea, a maritime welfare charity for seafarers,...
by webmaster | Dec 16, 2008 | Bishop Terry's Homilies
15 December 2008 Teesside University – All Saints Church, Middlesbrough Can I make a terrible heartfelt confession to you all – I do feel awfully ashamed of myself, standing here, festooned in all this fine ecclesiastical regalia. And here you are all gathered in this...
by webmaster | Dec 15, 2008 | Homilies
15 December 2008 Teesside University – All Saints Church, Middlesbrough Can I make a terrible heartfelt confession to you all – I do feel awfully ashamed of myself, standing here, festooned in all this fine ecclesiastical regalia. And here you are all gathered in this...
by webmaster | Dec 13, 2008 | Miscellaneous
Christians in Journalism North-East is a new organisation for those working in the newspaper, broadcasting and media industries, important but challenging fields for Christians to be working in. Christians in Journalism North-East aims to offer Christian fellowship...
by webmaster | Dec 13, 2008 | Schools and Colleges
Congratulations to the children, parents, governors and staff of St Edward’s Primary School in Middlesbrough for their recent Nativity play. The local paper, The Evening Gazette, reported on this and have a splendid series of photos on their web site. Click here...
by webmaster | Dec 13, 2008 | English Martyrs, York, Parishes
Fifty two of the men and women martyred for their Catholic faith between 1537 and 1680 met their deaths in York, the majority of them executed at the Tyburn on York Knavesmire. The last-but-one of them was Nicholas Postgate, the ‘priest of the moors’, in...
by webmaster | Dec 13, 2008 | CAFOD, Organisations
“Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom” CAFOD now have in stock (London) supplies of a Hoodie in black, it has an adjustable hood and a kangaroo front pocket – with the Mandela...
by webmaster | Dec 12, 2008 | Miscellaneous
A new instruction about bioethical questions Click here to read the briefing on Dignitas Personae prepared by Professor David Albert Jones of the Centre for Bioethics and Emerging Technologies at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham
by webmaster | Dec 12, 2008 | Miscellaneous
prepared by Fr JP Leonard Parish Priest of St Clare of Assisi, Brookfield, Middlesbrough A summary of the Instruction ‘Dignitas Personae’ issued on 12 Dec 2008 by The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith This document follows on from a similar...
by webmaster | Dec 11, 2008 | Diocese
The Middlesbrough Diocesan Year Book 2009 is now on sale in most churches in the Diocese, costing £2.00 or, you can order a copy by post for £2.00 plus postage and packing from: Miss Jenny Dowson, Curial Offices, 50a The Avenue, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS5 6QT Tel:...
by webmaster | Dec 10, 2008 | Event Calendar
On Monday 15th December, 7-8pm at St Clare’s Church. Everybody is welcome and no ticket is required. (There’s an interactive map on the parish website.)
by webmaster | Dec 8, 2008 | Endsleigh Centre, Pastoral Centres
The Endsleigh Centre on Beverley Road in Hull is holding a New Year Prayer Vigil. Rooms are available at on £15 for en suite, or £10 for for rooms without en suite facilities. Please contact the Endsleigh Centre on 01482 342779.
by webmaster | Dec 8, 2008 | Endsleigh Centre, Pastoral Centres
The Endsleigh Centre, on Beverley Road in Hull, really is open all year round. Christmas Lunch will be served on Christmas Day and will cost only £20. You may also like to stay at the Centre over the Christmas period; three nights (24th, 25th and 26th) costs only...
by webmaster | Dec 7, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events
from Sister Imelda Poole IBVM (Loreto) from Albania “The Faith Community in Middlesbrough has always been loyal companions for justice and with the poor, on the journey which we have taken as IBVM(Loreto) sisters, first in Port Clarence, where the work of the...
by webmaster | Dec 7, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events, Religious Communities
The Jubilee 400 Heritage Project was created by the Bar Convent Trustees to work alongside the York community of the Congregation of Jesus. During the three year period of their Jubilee 400 Celebrations the aim is to realise their ambition of creating a centre of...
by webmaster | Dec 7, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events, Religious Communities
The Bar Convent is the oldest living convent in England. Frances Bedingfield founded the Convent in 1686 during the time of persecution for Catholics in England. A school for Catholic girls was established on the current site and the surviving Grade 1 listed Georgian...
by webmaster | Dec 7, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events
John Hinman, a Trustee of the Middlesbrough Diocese, has kindly forwarded the following messages from Dr Jaffar Al-ghaban of Baghdad Central Training Hospital following the recent successful delivery of the seventh consignment of aid, ‘Dear Friends, We send you...
by webmaster | Dec 7, 2008 | CAFOD, Organisations
Dear Friends Just to let you know the new action for Unearth Justice (Shine a light in the darkness) is now live on the CAFOD website at www.cafod.org.uk/shinealight Please do take the action, and publicise this address within your parish communities and networks as...
by webmaster | Dec 7, 2008 | CAFOD, Organisations
CAFOD’s Work Around The World As you read this article, we are very likely to be well into the season of Advent which we traditionally see as the season where, as a people, we move from a period of darkness into the light shed by the birth of our Saviour Jesus...
by webmaster | Dec 7, 2008 | John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
Date of Draw – 3rd November 2008 £100 Winning No 266 £75 Winning No 98 £50 Winning No 118 £30 Winning No 246 £25 Winning No 100 Next Meeting and Monthly Draw Monday, 1st December 2008 New Members Welcome. Ask for details. Tel: 01642...
by webmaster | Dec 3, 2008 | Event Calendar, Organisations
Redcar Life Group proudly presents Vin Garbutt at the Marton Country Club on Friday 9th January, 8-11pm. Tickets £10 each fom 01642 475894.
by webmaster | Dec 3, 2008 | Bishop Terry, Event Calendar
Teesside University Carol Service on Monday 15th December, 6pm at All Saints Church, Linthorpe Road. The address will be by Bishop Terry Drainey.
by webmaster | Dec 3, 2008 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Event Calendar, Parishes, Sacraments, Sacred Heart, Middlesbrough
11th December, 7pm at the Sacred Heart Church, Middlesbrough.
by webmaster | Dec 3, 2008 | Event Calendar, Parishes, Sacred Heart, Middlesbrough
Friday 19th December, 7.30pm a Christmas Concert by Billingham Choral Society – seasonal music, songs from the shows, carols, and other well-known songs. Something for everyone! Mince pies and mulled wine in the Hall afterwards.
by webmaster | Dec 2, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes
Congratulations to Fr Paul Farrer who recently celebrated his 40th birthday in style at the Knights Club in Middlesbrough. This has been an amazing year for Fr Paul who, with the help of so many friends especially Keith and Chris, Dave and Bernie and Mike and Lyndsey,...
