by webmaster | Jul 17, 2008 | Homilies
Sydney, 17 July 2008 God never ceases to provide for his Church in every time and season. Through the power of the Spirit he guides the Church on earth in the ways of his providence. For our doubt, for our fear, for lack of trust in God’s providential love, we ask for...
by webmaster | Jul 17, 2008 | Bishop Terry's Homilies
Sydney, 17 July 2008 God never ceases to provide for his Church in every time and season. Through the power of the Spirit he guides the Church on earth in the ways of his providence. For our doubt, for our fear, for lack of trust in God’s providential love, we ask for...
by webmaster | Jul 16, 2008 | Homilies
Sydney, 16 July 2008 Today we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The Scriptures speak of the beauty of Carmel. It was here that the prophet Elijah defended the faith of God’s people. Mary for us reflects both the beauty of a creature of God adorned with...
by webmaster | Jul 16, 2008 | Bishop Terry's Homilies
Sydney, 16 July 2008 Today we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The Scriptures speak of the beauty of Carmel. It was here that the prophet Elijah defended the faith of God’s people. Mary for us reflects both the beauty of a creature of God adorned with...
by webmaster | Jul 14, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events, Justice and Peace
Re Mr Anselme Noumbiwa, please ring Kenya Airways 0208 2831800 It is flight KQ 101 at 20.00 hours
by webmaster | Jul 9, 2008 | Miscellaneous
The Diocese of Middlesbrough wishes to appoint a ‘Celebrating Family’ Project Worker to promote awareness of the marriage and Family Life initiative ‘Celebrating Family’ throught the Diocese, and to facilitate workshops with parishes and groups based upon ‘Everybody’s...
by webmaster | Jul 9, 2008 | Apostleship of the Sea, Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar, Organisations
Sunday 13th July 2008 is Sea Sunday, when the Church remembers all those who live and work at sea. Many people have never stopped to consider how important seafarers are to our standard of living. Without them we would not have most items we use in our everyday lives....
by webmaster | Jul 9, 2008 | Event Calendar, Parishes
Tudor Croft, Stokesley Road, Guisborough will open its garden to the public on Saturday 12th July, noon-5pm. This large, very beautiful streamside garden has twice featured on TV’s ‘Gardeners World’. There will be tea, plant and craft sales. Admission is £5 (under...
by webmaster | Jul 6, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events, Justice and Peace
This is an urgent request to you to sign the attached letter concerning an asylum seeker whose removal is set for July 14th. It is self explanatory as to why we are extremely concerned about him. Could people fax signed letters to Justice First – 01642 601109 or...
by webmaster | Jul 3, 2008 | Bishop Terry, CAFOD, Organisations
On Tuesday 24th June, Bishop Terry presided during the opening service of CAFOD’s Pure Gold? Photographic Exhibition at St Wilfrid’s Church, York. Over the two days that the exhibition was open to the public, around 500 people visited it and viewed pictures and...
by webmaster | Jul 3, 2008 | Parishes
On Sunday 22nd June – the feast of Sts John Fisher and Thomas More – parishioners from The Church of The Most Holy Sacrament, Marton in Holderness, attended Mass in the private chapel in Burton Constable Hall at the invitation of the owner, Mr John...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2008 | Miscellaneous
Two leather-bound ‘remembrance’ books containing the names of several thousand supporters of the red box mission appeal had a place of honour at a special Mass at Ushaw College, Durham on Sunday 29th June. The Mass was offered up for the deceased people...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2008 | Schools and Colleges
The Diocese of Middlesbrough Catholic Primary Schools Cup Twelfth Annual Football Tournament A total of 83 teams (50 boys and 33 girls) from 34 schools participated in the twelfth annual Catholic Primary Schools Cup Football Tournament held at the splendid joint sites...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2008 | Book Reviews, Parishes
The latest book to appear on the Repository at St Joseph’s Church in Pickering is something rather special. It is a translation into modern English of some of the work of the mediaeval mystic and writer Richard Rolle, born in the year 1300, in our diocese in...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2008 | Book Reviews
Readers looking for a good read over the summer may like to pick up ‘The Last Dragon’ by Rosemary Brydon, a former editor of the Middlesbrough Catholic Voice. Though not a religious book it is firmly set in our diocese, and all the places are real; you...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events
St Pauls is delighted to announce they are to open a shop in York. The shop at 5 King’s Square, in the heart of the shopping centre of York, is a short walk from York Minster and the Shrine of St Margaret Clitherow on the famous Shambles. Covering 2000+ square...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2008 | Book Reviews, Religious Communities
Fr Anselm Cramer, the Monastic Archivist at Ampleforth Abbey has written a new book entitled ‘Gilling Castle, The Story of the House and its Families’. The book starts, as it should, with the first family the Ettons who started building Gilling Castle...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2008 | Organisations, Parishes, Sacred Heart, Middlesbrough
Please note that the July monthly meeting of the support group for families and carers of people with mental illnesses has been brought forward from July 31st to July 24th. Subsequent meetings are will be at the normal dates. The group meets at Marion House, 336...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2008 | Miscellaneous
So said the caption on a photo display showing the effects of the great flood visited on Hull last June. The monsoon like storm brought several months of rainfall on the city in just a few hours. Result. Thousands of homes and businesses were severely damaged and the...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2008 | Miscellaneous
This team photograph from 1958 may be of interest to readers. It is of the football team that won the McEwan Cup for St Philomena’s Boys Club in that year. St Philomena’s is now the Sacred Heart, of course. The team played in the Middlesbrough and District...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2008 | Miscellaneous
Fr Pat Keogh, along with 140 or so people from Teesside, set off recently for the beautiful village of Arpino in Italy to marry Lucia Rovardi and Chris Tomlinson, both of whom hail from Middlesbrough. Lucia, a former student at Newlands School, is a singer and...
by webmaster | Jul 1, 2008 | Homilies
Scarborough, 1 July 2008 The Lord is the living stone, a precious cornerstone, a keystone, a rock. These phrases are used frequently in the scriptures. Strong and protecting, lasting and faithful, surprising source of life and that which holds life together; for a...
by webmaster | Jul 1, 2008 | Bishop Terry's Homilies
Scarborough, 1 July 2008 The Lord is the living stone, a precious cornerstone, a keystone, a rock. These phrases are used frequently in the scriptures. Strong and protecting, lasting and faithful, surprising source of life and that which holds life together; for a...
by webmaster | Jun 28, 2008 | Homilies
Feast of SS Peter and Paul, 28 June 2008 ‘Now I know it is all true’ he said. ‘The Lord really did send his angel and has saved me from Herod and from all that the Jewish people were so certain would happen to me.’ When things go wrong, when troubles come along, when...
by webmaster | Jun 28, 2008 | Bishop Terry's Homilies
Feast of SS Peter and Paul, 28 June 2008 ‘Now I know it is all true’ he said. ‘The Lord really did send his angel and has saved me from Herod and from all that the Jewish people were so certain would happen to me.’ When things go wrong, when troubles come along, when...
by webmaster | Jun 27, 2008 | Homilies
27 June 2008 The Lord is the living stone, a precious cornerstone, a keystone, a rock. These phrases are used frequently in the scriptures and you have chosen today to reflect this idea in all three pericopes. Strong and protecting, lasting and faithful, surprising...
by webmaster | Jun 27, 2008 | Bishop Terry's Homilies
27 June 2008 The Lord is the living stone, a precious cornerstone, a keystone, a rock. These phrases are used frequently in the scriptures and you have chosen today to reflect this idea in all three pericopes. Strong and protecting, lasting and faithful, surprising...
by webmaster | Jun 27, 2008 | Bishop Terry, Religious Communities
The blessing of the foundation stone at Stanbrook Abbey proved to be quite eventful. Thunder, lightning and torrential rain at just the wrong moment drove the assembly from the car park to a nearby building where the blessing finally took place. Those present along...
by webmaster | Jun 18, 2008 | Miscellaneous
Readers of the Voice may remember that, late last year, St Mary’s Primary School, Grangetown received an excellent school inspection just prior to the retirement of the headteacher Mrs Lemmon. Unfortunately before Mrs Lemmon could step down and enjoy a...
by webmaster | Jun 18, 2008 | Parishes, Schools and Colleges
17th and 18th April 2008 Pupils at St Martin’s Ampleforth Prep School enjoyed a two day retreat on the theme of Miracles. One of the highlights of the retreat was the workshops with a gospel choir who regularly attend the St Martin’s Ampleforth retreat...
by webmaster | Jun 13, 2008 | Homilies
13 June 2008 It is good to be here with you this evening celebrating, on this feast of St Anthony, God’s saving message and proclaiming the presence of his kingdom by our unity and joy. Celebration, unity, joy – these are three important traits of being a Christian....
by webmaster | Jun 13, 2008 | Bishop Terry's Homilies
13 June 2008 It is good to be here with you this evening celebrating, on this feast of St Anthony, God’s saving message and proclaiming the presence of his kingdom by our unity and joy. Celebration, unity, joy – these are three important traits of being a Christian....
by webmaster | Jun 10, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events
Claire and Mike Wren of St Bernadette’s parish to extend their thanks to Voice readers for their continuing support for the Fund set up in memory of their daughter Charlotte and for all the efforts to raise vital funds in her loving name and memory. They write,...
by webmaster | Jun 10, 2008 | Event Calendar, Miscellaneous
The Fifth National Catholic and Rural Conference will take place at Belmont Abbey, Hereford, on 9th – 11th February 2009. Main presentations include future food security, livestock ethics, the sharing of church buildings and the challenge of welcoming the rural...
by webmaster | Jun 10, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events
Fr Paul Farrer and Alistair Browlee would like to remind you that your last chance to bid for… this magnificent framed Brazil shirt signed by Pele, the greatest footballer of all time and a whole lot more on the Boro website. To bid for any of the items simply...
by webmaster | Jun 10, 2008 | Apostleship of the Sea, Organisations, Parishes
On 22nd May, a group of parishioners along with Fr Pat Keogh from St Joseph’s Church, Middlesbrough went on a very interesting tour of Teesport organised by Tony McAvoy, Apostleship of the Sea Chaplain, together with Colin Worswick, Missions to Seamen Chaplain....
by webmaster | Jun 10, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar
There will be a special surprise event in support of Fr Paul Farrer’s 40@40 initiative at the Arc in Stockton on 30th October. Details will be announced soon. Do not miss this!
by webmaster | Jun 10, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar
At the Marton Hotel and Country Club, on 12th September, a 60’s Night with music provided by the Beer Pigs. Optional fancy dress is encouraged. Tickets £5 from Fr Paul Farrer on 01642 814794 or email frpaul@holynameandstthomasmore.org.uk
by webmaster | Jun 10, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar
At Teesside Golf Club on Tuesday 9th September 2008. All monies raised at this event will be donated to the Mike McCullagh Memorial Fund and Climb (Children Living with Inherited Metabolic Diseases) Competition 4 man team Best 2 scores count on each hole Full handicap...
by webmaster | Jun 10, 2008 | Organisations, Parishes
St John of Beverley Parish had a special day of celebration on the Feast of Pentecost, 11th May. This year, Pentecost fell on the nearest Sunday to the Feast of our Patron, St John of Beverley, 7th May, and so there was two-fold cause for the Parish lunch, in honour...
by webmaster | Jun 10, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events
A ‘blind card’ that went round at Lourdes for Fr Paul Farrer’s bungee jump off the Transporter Bridge raised 500 Euros! The prize of £60.00 was claimed by Paddy, a parishioner of Holy Name of Mary Parish in Middlesbrough. Bernie...
by webmaster | Jun 10, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events
In a quiet moment during the recent Middlesbrough Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes the Knights of St Columba presented a cheque for £3,500 to the Baghdad Children’s Hospital Appeal, the proceeds from the ‘Rocking in the Aisles’ event earlier this year....
by webmaster | Jun 9, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events
Speaking recently on the subject of ‘Practical Politics, Principled Faith’ as part of the ‘Cardinal’s Lectures 2008 – Faith and Life in Britain’ the Rt Hon William Hague MP said, “I am conscious… of the extraordinary work of many active members of...
by webmaster | Jun 9, 2008 | Miscellaneous
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor presided at a Mass at Ushaw College on Sunday 25th May to celebrate the College’s 200th anniversary. The Head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales was chief celebrant at the 12 noon Mass, which was also concelebrated...
by webmaster | Jun 9, 2008 | Event Calendar, Schools and Colleges
A major grant from the National Lottery ‘Awards for All’ scheme has been awarded to a Community Children’s Opera Project to be undertaken as part of a continuing partnership between Ampleforth College and the North Yorkshire Music Service. It is...
by webmaster | Jun 9, 2008 | Diocese, Evangelisation
On 8th May this year Bishop John Arnold launched www.CathCommunity.org. It is a relaunch of CathCom’s previous online community and is the first stage in providing a Catholic Online Social Network for everyone in the Church. It is also equally open to people...
by webmaster | Jun 9, 2008 | Bishop Terry
by webmaster | Jun 9, 2008 | Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
St Mary’s Cathedral 10th Anniversary of the Children’s Liturgy Group In 1997, three mothers decided the Cathedral should have a Children’s Liturgy Group and with the support of the late Fr Gerard Smyth, our group started in the church hall. A few...
by webmaster | Jun 9, 2008 | Apostleship of the Sea, Organisations
Congratulations to Anne McClaren who was recently appointed AOS Lay Chaplain in Hull. Anne can be contacted on her mobile phone; her number is 07906 661633
by webmaster | Jun 9, 2008 | Bishop Terry, Cleveland Newman Circle, Parishes, Sacraments
Bishop Terry recently visited the parishes of St Alban’s in Redcar and Our Lady of Lourdes in Saltburn to confirm some of our young people. Our congratulations to all the confirmandii.
