by webmaster | Dec 16, 2007 | Event Calendar, Schools and Colleges
On 28th April 2008 Our Lady’s School in Acomb, York will be celebrating its Golden Jubilee. We are hoping to mark this special occasion with several events throughout the Summer term. We would love to hear from any former pupils, staff or governors who would...
by webmaster | Dec 16, 2007 | Schools and Colleges
St Augustine’s RC Primary School, Coulby Newham in Middlesbrough was recently involved in a successful OFSTED Inspection and a three year review, by an assessor of Investors in People, to evaluate the School in order to qualify for its esteemed award. The...
by webmaster | Dec 16, 2007 | Schools and Colleges
Following National Road Safety Week, Carrie Watson, PCSO 5389, Community Safety Officer, paid a visit to All Saints RC Primary School. The children dressed up and handed out leaflets to parents and pupils highlighting school parking. Goodie bags were also given out to...
by webmaster | Dec 16, 2007 | Schools and Colleges
All Saints RC Primary School in Thirsk recently held their first ever Grandparents’ Lunch. Fifteen Grandparents attended and were treated to roast chicken with roast potatoes, broccoli and carrots followed by a special pudding of ‘Granny Crunch’...
by webmaster | Dec 16, 2007 | Schools and Colleges
Mr Harland, All Saints RC Primary School Thirsk’s Caretaker for 13 years recently retired. A special assembly was held for Mr Harland and Mr Starr, the Headteacher, paid a special tribute to Mr Harland for all his hard work. Mr Harland was then presented with a...
by webmaster | Dec 16, 2007 | Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley, Parishes
Pilgrims meet at 2.00 pm at the first Station on Rueberry Lane, pray the Stations, then the Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet in the Chapel followed by the Vigil 3.30 pm Mass, refreshments and Evening Prayer. Why not join us to pray in this 40th anniversary year of...
by webmaster | Dec 16, 2007 | Event Calendar, Liturgy and Music
at York Minster, entry by the West Door Sunday 27th January 2008 at 6.30 pm An act of worship in the style of the Taizé Community in France (chairs provided) Contacts: Veronica Copley (01904) 632649 and Anne Paskett (01904) 626521
by webmaster | Dec 16, 2007 | Book Reviews
Preaching in the Year of Matthew by Bill East Fr Bill East brings a wealth of experience to this book of sermons for every Sunday of cycle A in the lectionary. Ministering as a Catholic priest in the diocese of Middlesbrough since 1996, he had previously served in the...
by webmaster | Dec 16, 2007 | Cleveland Newman Circle
Cleveland Newman Association meeting Meeting Room, St Bernadette’s, Nunthorpe 21st November 2007 The night’s speaker was Terry Doyle, a local holistic therapist and worker in addictions, who has a special interest in meditation. His topic was ‘Is...
by webmaster | Dec 16, 2007 | Event Calendar, Liturgy and Music
5th April 2008, 7.30 pm Join in song with the YUMI Warblers and listen to music from Chechelele; Sounsphere; Wo-Man Band and The York Madly Aspiring Musicians Group. This is going to be a rousing programme of SONGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. They share a joy for life and...
by webmaster | Dec 16, 2007 | Miscellaneous, Parishes
A brand new website for the Roman Catholic churches in the Esk Valley has recently been launched. Click here to visit the Roman Catholic Churches in the Esk Valley website.
by webmaster | Nov 28, 2007 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes
Parishioners at Saint Mary and St Romuald, Yarm, are very eager to acquire, or borrow, a set of Nativity figures suitable for outdoor use, to decorate the front of the Church on Yarm High Street. The figures don’t necessarily have to be in perfect condition, nor does...
by webmaster | Nov 28, 2007 | Event Calendar, St Wilfrid's, York
Students from the University of York have planned a CAFOD Advent Service! It is taken from the “Live Simply” Advent Service promoting the themes of Advent and Cafod. This will take place in St Wilfrid’s Catholic Church in York (with the kind...
by webmaster | Nov 28, 2007 | Event Calendar, Miscellaneous
The Catholic Students’ Society at the University of York is holding a Christmas Fayre at St Paul’s Church, Heslington on Wednesday 5th December from 5pm until 8pm. There will be music and games, entertainment and fun for all ages. Refreshments and stalls,...
by webmaster | Nov 27, 2007 | Miscellaneous
Adam Ditchburn, of St Stephen’s parish in Hull, has released a single in aid of the Bosco Volunteer Project, an organisation which sends young people to volunteer in worldwide projects both in the developing and developed world. Released on Monday 26th November,...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Diocese, Miscellaneous
His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, has appointed Monsignor Terence Patrick Drainey the Seventh Bishop of Middlesbrough. On accepting the appointment, Mgr Drainey said: I give thanks to Almighty God for all his gifts and blessing, especially the gift of priestly...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Schools and Colleges
The Diocesan Trustees at its meeting on the 17th October received a report prepared by Mrs Kathleen Stead, the diocesan director of RE, on the Section 48 inspections of schools undertaken in the diocese in the school year 2006-07. (To find the reports type...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Appeals and Special Events
Two consignments left our diocese for Baghdad Central Training Hospital for Children over the summer and both consignments reached the hospital thanks to the support from the British Embassy and the Iraqi Ministry of Health in the City. The last consignment to the...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Miscellaneous
On Friday 14 December at 7.00 pm Bishop John will return to the Diocese for a Mass of Thanksgiving, and in preparation for that celebration the following article is offered as a simple appreciation of Bishop John’s fourteen years as Bishop of the Diocese of...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Miscellaneous
A Catholic and lost contact? You are welcome! The door of your local Catholic church is open to you. Whatever your situation or circumstances, however much time has lapsed since your last visit to a church, there is a place for you. If you are feeling afraid or...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Religious Communities
Sr Mary Raphael (Teresa Harrison) was born in Hull on 20th October 1907. The family lived in the Spring Bank area and numbered three boys and seven girls. The two remaining are Sr Raphael and Sr Benedict (now 98). Sr Raphael spoke recently of her memories of a secure,...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Liturgy and Music
All roads led to Scarborough on 20th October for the Diocesan Music Day. People travelled from all over the diocese for a truly uplifting and useful day on music in the liturgy led by the Director of Music for the Portsmouth Diocese and noted composer Paul Inwood....
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Book Reviews
‘Homilies to feed mind, heart and soul in a wholesome way’: that’s how Bishop John Crowley describes Follow Me! Preaching in the Year of Matthew, by Bill East. This book of homilies by a parish priest who is also a scholar, has just now been published by Dominican...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Book Reviews
The author – Fr Peter Corcoran of the Society of Mary (Marists), subtitles his book, ‘Unheard voices from the Gospels’. I prefer the subtitle: ‘Mary’s thoughts for TODAY’ I know Fr Peter as a very ‘down to earth … both feet on...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Liturgy and Music, Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville
Boyce and Stanley Age to Age Tour Jo Boyce and Mike Stanley played to a packed St. Andrew’s Church on Sunday, September 30, for the Middlesbrough leg of their Age to Age national tour to promote their newly released album. The tour and album marks the tenth...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | CAFOD, Organisations
A local aid worker recently travelled to Mozambique to visit some of the most deprived communities in the southern African country. David Cross, an Ingleby Barwick resident, is CAFOD’s Diocesan Manager for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough. He...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Event Calendar, Organisations
The Knights of St Columba are organising another Rocking in the Aisles on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th January 2008. Details to follow.
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Miscellaneous, Organisations
The October meeting of the Cleveland Newman Circle saw Sr Francis Clare PPC outline the life and vision of St Clare in an enthusiastic and informative way. She explained that the virtues which Clare, a young woman of noble parentage, possessed were namely grace,...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Organisations, St Bernadette's, Middlesbrough
The Middlesbrough District Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society held a Half Day of Recollection on 3rd November, hosted by St Bernadette’s Parish Conference at Nunthorpe. Rev Andrew Burns CSSR of the Redemptorist Community at the John Paul Centre in...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Evangelisation, Event Calendar, RCIA, Schools and Colleges
The Retreat Day, in preparation for the Rite of Election, will be on Saturday 26th January 2008 at All Saints Lower School, Nunnery Lane, York. All who are to be received or baptised into the Catholic Church at Easter are invited to attend, together with their...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Religious Communities, Schools and Colleges
In 1857 a small group of Sisters of Mercy made their way from the West Riding of Yorkshire to Hull and established themselves in a small house near the town centre. They had come at the request of the then Bishop of Beverley to establish schools for the poor. From...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
Come and join us at the beginning of the year to be with Christ in what may be a new way for you – Christian Meditation. Venue: John Paul Centre, 55 Grange Road, Middlesbrough Date: Weekly on Thursdays – beginning 10th January 2008 Time: Doors open 6.45 pm...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Miscellaneous
Just after Easter 2006 we visited the Mass at the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Peter Chanel on Cottingham Road in Hull. This church, I type with relief, with such a long name is fortunately known locally as the Marists. We have just started visiting...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Schools and Colleges
After an outstanding Ofsted, two beautiful grandchildren, a move to the country and retirement beckoning, what more could any Head Teacher want? Certainly not a fire!!! However, this is exactly what happened on Sunday 14th October 2007, when fire severely damaged St...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2007 | Schools and Colleges
“Gratitude for the past – Enthusiasm for the present – Hope for the future” (John Paul II) Chairs of Governors, Diocesan and Local Authority Representatives, Clergy and School Leaders came together on 11th and 12th October to consider the...
by webmaster | Nov 16, 2007 | CAFOD, Organisations, Schools and Colleges
CAFOD Family Fast Day on 5th October was a great success at St David’s RC Technology College. The theme this year was ‘Live Simply and Walk in Solidarity with the Poor’. Our day began with the full school walking One Thousand Miles in an hour around...
by webmaster | Nov 16, 2007 | Appeals and Special Events, Schools and Colleges
I am trying to find any photographs of the former St Richards School or any pupils on Woodlands Road, Middlesbrough in the 1950-1960 period. If you can help please contact me at redshirt1986@aol.com Mike Dalton
by webmaster | Nov 16, 2007 | Schools and Colleges
The Governors of St Gerard’s would like to express our delight at the recent ‘Outstanding’ RE Inspection topping what has been a very rewarding and exciting period for the School. We were already impressed by the OFSTED feedback that had taken place...
by webmaster | Nov 16, 2007 | Event Calendar, Liturgy and Music, Parishes
During this year’s Advent Vigil, we will once again, gather together and to take time-out of the pre-Christmas hustle and bustle and ‘be still’ as we listen to the word of God and sing some of the beautiful Taizé chants. [gmap map:5] The Advent Vigil at Holy...
by webmaster | Nov 16, 2007 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes
Don’t throw away those used stamps after Christmas. Peter Derry has been collecting them to help the Redemptorist Missions for over 20 years. Peter is a parishioner of St Edward’s and St Peter’s in Scarborough. Please send your stamps (and postcards...
by webmaster | Nov 2, 2007 | Diocese, Event Calendar
Dear Sisters and Brothers Firstly, I must once again express deep gratitude to all those of you who have written to me during these past months. The very large volume of letters and cards would make it difficult to reply individually, so please accept this general...
by webmaster | Nov 1, 2007 | Event Calendar, Justice and Peace, Schools and Colleges
Diocese of Middlesbrough Justice and Peace Commission A Half Day exploring, with the students from St Mary’s, issues of Justice and Peace that inspire them Next meeting Saturday November 17th 2007 Venue St Mary’s College, Saltersgill Avenue, Middlesbrough TS4 3JP Time...
by webmaster | Oct 26, 2007 | Appeals and Special Events, Diocese
On Friday 14 December at 7.00 pm Bishop John will return to the Diocese for a Mass of Thanksgiving, and in preparation for that celebration the following article is offered as a simple appreciation of Bishop John’s fourteen years as Bishop of the Diocese of...
by webmaster | Oct 26, 2007 | Diocese
Congratulations to Dr Jim Whiston on receiving the OBE. Although this honour was in recognition of his outstanding service to science, it would be remiss of us, were we to let this moment pass without expressing our appreciation for the numerous contributions Jim...
by webmaster | Oct 26, 2007 | Miscellaneous, Parishes
St Hilda’s Parish in Whitby is currently sponsoring one of our students for the priesthood and has also been able to make a donation to the House of Formation recently established in Middlesbrough. Fr Neil McNicholas, parish priest at St Hilda’s, explained that St...
by webmaster | Oct 26, 2007 | Endsleigh Centre, Miscellaneous, Pastoral Centres
Assistant Centre Manager – c £19k Sister Catherine Ryan requires an Assistant Manager to support her in the development and running of this retreat and business centre. The Endsleigh Centre 481 Beverley Road, HULL HU6 7LJ Conference and Retreat Centre The ideal...
by webmaster | Oct 26, 2007 | Schools and Colleges
On Tuesday 2nd October Rev Len Collings, Principal Chaplain at St Mary’s College, Middlesbrough and two of the College’s students, Sarah Walkington and Francis Rowney, took part in the Holocaust Educational Trust to Auschwitz. Here Rev Len shares his...
by webmaster | Oct 26, 2007 | Liturgy and Music, Parishes
Who would think there is so much of interest and surprise in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal. We had a whole day’s entertainment and illumination out of it at St. Francis, Middlesbrough. Thanks to our guest Philip Jakob, full-time music adviser in...
by webmaster | Oct 26, 2007 | Appeals and Special Events
Fr Patrick Cope celebrated his Silver Jubilee as a priest in rather unusual circumstances – a prison chapel. As he works full-time in the prison service, it seemed fitting that this is where his Mass of Thanksgiving should take place. With the permission of the...
by webmaster | Oct 26, 2007 | Appeals and Special Events
Catholics Against Unemployment and Social Evils A reminder to all our kind donors and helpers that the time has come to launch our annual appeal to provide hampers for needy families at Christmas. If you can spare just a little by way of donations or time to help, it...
