Diocese of Middlesbrough
Serving North & East Yorkshire
- Mass for Deceased Clergy - Wednesday 4th November 2026 Saint Mary’s Cathedral at 12pm
Articles
Latest news from around the diocese and beyond
Blessings at Christmas
The annual delivery and collection of Christmas presents for seafarers is now in full swing in the north east ports and especially in the port of Tees and Hartlepool. St Augustine's Primary School were the first to donate a number of presents, followed quickly by St...
Pax Christi – Peace Sunday, 15 January 2012
Celebrate Pope Benedict's World Peace Day message "Educating Young People in Justice and Peace" Liturgy booket and other materials to help you can be found here or contact the Pax Christi office on 0208 203 4884. What better way to start the New Year than by praying...
Providing hope in the Holy Land
Friends of the Holy Land provide hope for over 500 around Bethlehem at Christmas. The Friends of the Holy Land are supporting 450 children under 12 from 150 families and 90 elderly people in Bethlehem and the surrounding area at Christmas. The children are either...
First Sunday of Advent 26/27 November 2011
Dear Sisters and Brothers Listening to the news at the moment can be so depressing. Everything seems to be collapsing around us; earthquakes, wars, revolutions, financial instability, sleaze in politics, corruption in the media, scandal in the Church. Where can we...
A Message from Bishop John
Dear Sisters and Brothers, Bishop Terry has kindly invited me to mark my Silver Jubilee as a Bishop with a Mass in St Mary's Cathedral on Saturday 3rd December at midday. I am delighted to have this chance to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving in a Cathedral church...
Reorganising Redcar
In 2010 Bishop Drainey highlighted the fact that in the next 5-6 years there is likely to be only one priest to cover the Redcar, Marske and Saltburn area, which currently has a Mass attendance of approximately 1000. This presented the need for a substantial change in...
About
Middlesbrough Diocese
We have been wonderfully blessed in this part of the world in many ways: in the beauty of our landscape; in the saints and martyrs who have given such powerful witness; and in the abbeys and religious foundations of our history. Today, that same grace is visible in our local communities, which in so many different ways give glory to God through their actions and their attitude to life. We need only look around us to glimpse something of the “thumbprint of God” upon our diocese.
Resources
On the go
Here are a few links to some of the amazing catholic resources that are available to anybody who has access to the internet.
Word on Fire
The Word on Fire online platform is constantly expanding its offerings.
Saint Augustine Institute
The Saint Augustine Institute provides study courses as well as a whole range of online materials for growing and deepening of our understanding of the faith.
EWTN
The Eternal Word Television Network. Many resources from EWTN.
Daily Mass Readings
The scripture passages of today's Mass provided here on the diocesan site. A prayer to make a spiritual communion is also included for handy access.
Saint Anthony Communications
Some great content made available to watch for free covering a wide range of topics.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
The whole of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is available on the Vatican website.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Patron of the Diocese of Middlesbrough
In this diocese we are blessed to be under the patronage of our heavenly mother as 'Our Lady of Perpetual Help'. This icon shows her Divine Son in her arms and it is a constant reminder to us that we too are held secure in her arms even in times of trial. We ask her prayers for the whole world and in a particular way for our own diocese.
'It was through the “fiat” the “yes” of the Virgin Mary that the Incarnation took place. Mary is very much our model.....Through her faith, she disposed herself to allow the Word of God to become flesh in her.'
Bishop Terry Drainey - Emeritus Bishop of Middlesbrough
'Our Lady [of Perpetual Succour] heard my prayer and vouchsafed me a miraculous cure of......which has.....caused me much trouble and suffering, and has been a sad drawback to me in my work. The cure was instantaneous and complete.'
Bishop Richard Lacy - 1st Bishop of Middlesbrough
‘It is my prayer.....that devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, in this church and elsewhere, may continue.....showing to many the limitless mercy of God for us all, His little ones, and made manifest in Jesus Christ our Lord.’
Cardinal Vincent Nichols - Archbishop of Westminster
‘Make her known to the whole world!'
Pope Pius IX
Diocesan Diary Dates
Events happening throughout 2026
Rite of Election
3pm Sunday 22nd February (First Sunday in Lent)
Chrism Mass
Cathedral 12 noon, Tuesday 31st March
Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Sunday 24th May - Saturday 30th May
Annual Postgate Rally
Ugthorpe this year - Sunday 12th July. 3pm Mass
Assumption Pilgrimage
Sunday 16th August. 3pm Mass
Mass for Deceased Clergy
Cathedral, Monday 4th November. 12pm
Vocation
What is your calling?
Is God calling you?
The question may have come quietly — a persistent sense that there is something more, a deepening desire to give yourself to God and to others. It may have unsettled you, or consoled you, or both.
The Church teaches that every Christian life is a vocation — a call spoken personally by God. Discerning the particular shape of that call takes time, prayer, and good accompaniment.
If you are exploring a vocation to priesthood, the permanent diaconate, religious life, consecrated life, or simply want to understand what the Church teaches about vocation and discernment, click the button below to discover more.
Diocesan Curial Offices
50a The Avenue, Linthopre, Middlesborugh. TS5 6QT
Saint Mary's Cathedral
Dalby Way, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough TS8 0TW
