by webmaster | Aug 8, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events
The official web site for the Papal Visit includes a section of weekly audio updates on Pope Benedict’s visit to the UK. Click here to access the audio updates section. The Papal Visit Co-ordinator, Mgr Andrew Summersgill, brings us the latest information every...
by webmaster | Aug 8, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events
The Visit of Pope Benedict XVI provides a historic opportunity for Catholic parishes to celebrate and witness to their faith. The official web site for the Papal Visit includes a section designed to help to preparations for local initiatives; they don’t have to be a...
by webmaster | Aug 8, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events
A new internet radio station, “Heart Gives Unto Heart”, designed to cover the Papal visit is to launch in September. Broadcasting from 7am until midnight from Tuesday 14th until Monday 20th September 2010 www.heartgivesuntoheart.co.uk aims to provide a...
by webmaster | Aug 7, 2010 | Event Calendar, Justice and Peace
On Thursday 19th August, 7:30pm Vin Garbutt will play a charity concert in aid of Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture and Justice First (Stockton). Support will be from the Volunteer African Drummers. The concert will be at the Georgian Theatre,...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events
By now you will have been asked by your Parish Priest or Parish Pilgrim Leader to let us know if you would like to see the Pope at either Hyde Park on Saturday 18th September or at Cofton Park on Sunday 19th September. Details are with your parishes as to how you go...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Miscellaneous
After months of reflection, consultation and careful planning, Bishop Terry is proposing to re-organise the diocese. This is not change for the sake of change – the Bishop concluded that the present structures need renewing, to better serve the people, the...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Miscellaneous, Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville
Bishop Terry Drainey presided and twelve other priests concelebrated at a wonderful Mass to mark Fr Joe Brennan’s diamond jubilee at St Hida’s Roman Catholic Church in Whitby. Fr Joe, who was born in 1921 at Enfield in County Meath, entered Blackrock...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Event Calendar, Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley, Parishes, Pilgrimage
The Pilgrimage for the Feast of the Assumption will take place at the Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley on Sunday 15th August. The Rosary will be at 2.30pm, and Mass at 3pm This year the main celebrant will be our Vicar General, the Rt Rev Mgr Canon...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Parishes, Sacraments
Congratulations to Peter Warren who was ordained to the Permanent Diaconate by Bishop Terry Drainey on Saturday 26th June at St George’s Church in York. Photos of Peter’s Ordination can be found in the Diocesan galleries at...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville
People passing St. Andrew’s Church Hall in Teesville, Middlesbrough, on Sunday, July 11 could be forgiven for thinking that parishioners had finally run out of patience with their parish Deacon, the Rev. Pat Thomas, when he was locked in a set of stocks outside...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Organisations, Parishes
‘Whatever house you go into let your first words be, ‘Peace to this house’.’ So, taking a leaf from the Bishop’s book, ‘Peace to you’. Sharing with you today coincides with an ordination jubilee year for me. To celebrate...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes
On the Feast of the Visitation, 31st May, Fr Pat celebrated 40 years as a priest. Mass was celebrated at 2pm at Our Lady’s Church in Acomb, York, followed by a party in the church grounds. Several priests concelebrated the Mass and Canon Michael Ryan, in his...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes
Fr Pat Grant, who was for more than 30 years parish priest at St Paulinus, York, celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of his priestly ordination on Sunday 13th June at a concelebrated Mass in the parish of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven, Kilkee, County Clare. The principal...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2010 | Diocese
Mrs Pat Wilson retired on 30th June after 20 years service in the Curial Office. She joined the team when it was based in what is now the John Paul Centre. She served as Secretary to Mgr Charlton and then to Jim Whiston following Monsignor’s retirement. Mgr...
by webmaster | Jul 29, 2010 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
The Cleveland NEWMAN Circle presents Prof Lewis Ayres [Bede Chair of Catholic Theology, Durham University] who will discuss ‘Pope Benedict XVI – the influence of Augustine’ On Wednesday 22nd September 2010, 7.30 pm for 7.45 pm at Middlesbrough...
by webmaster | Jul 29, 2010 | Carmelite Spirituality Group, Event Calendar, Organisations
‘Saint Teresa of Avila in Art’ will be the subject of the meeting at Thicket Priory on Saturday 11th September. There will be a PowerPoint presentation by Johan Bergström-Allen. This meeting will take place at the monastery of Discalced Carmelite nuns at...
by webmaster | Jul 29, 2010 | Carmelite Spirituality Group, Event Calendar, Miscellaneous, Organisations, Pilgrimage
The British Province of Carmelites Pilgrimage to Lourdes with the Catholic Association takes place on Friday 20th – Friday 27th August. Contact Johan Bergström-Allen on 01904 411521 for details of any of this or any other Carmelite events.
by webmaster | Jul 29, 2010 | Carmelite Spirituality Group, Event Calendar, Organisations
0n Saturday 7th August there will be a meeting at 110 Lawrence Street in York, home of the Corpus Christi Carmelite Sisters to look at the topic of ‘Carmel: Building bridges across denominations’. Contact Johan Bergström-Allen on 01904 411521 for...
by webmaster | Jul 29, 2010 | Apostleship of the Sea, Organisations, Parishes
It used to be said that we were a ‘throw away society’ with unwanted items, even those in perfectly good order being discarded, possibly in favour of newer models. In recent times however, the ever increasing demand to recycle almost everything has perhaps...
by webmaster | Jul 29, 2010 | Apostleship of the Sea, Organisations, Pilgrimage
Saturday 19th June dawned in the north east bringing leaden skies, a very strong wind, and the threat of rain (a brief reality later on). Not the sort of day hoped and prayed for, but, safe in the knowledge that coaches and cars carrying pilgrims would shortly be en...
by webmaster | Jul 28, 2010 | CAFOD, Organisations
In 2008/9, £5.5 billion of UK government spending went on aid whilst £29.2 billion of government spending went on bailing out Northern Rock. Yet 64 million more people are expected to be living in extreme poverty by the end of 2010 as a result of the global...
by webmaster | Jul 28, 2010 | CAFOD, Organisations
In the last two editions of Middlesbrough Catholic Voice, CAFOD has focussed on its Connect2 project which gives parishes here in England and Wales the opportunity to journey alongside our partners in either El Salvador, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Cambodia or...
by webmaster | Jul 28, 2010 | Event Calendar, Miscellaneous
7th-9th February 2011 Oakwood House, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AE The 2011 National Catholic and Rural Conference takes place in Maidstone, Kent. It will be of special interest to those who have to grasp the nettle of pastoral reorganisation or who are being reorganised...
by webmaster | Jul 28, 2010 | Organisations, Parishes, Sacred Heart, Middlesbrough
The annual Middlesbrough Corpus Christi Procession, organised by the Legion of Mary, took place on Sunday 6th June at 3.00 pm at Sacred Heart Church, Middlesbrough. Legionaries of Mary from Middlesbrough, Billingham, Redcar and Whitby gathered with priests, religious...
by webmaster | Jul 28, 2010 | John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
Drawn on Monday 5th July 2010 £100 Winning No 219 £75 Winning No 315 £50 Winning No 223 £30 Winning No 155 Next meeting and monthly draw – Monday 2nd August 2010 New members welcome. Ask for details on 01642...
by webmaster | Jul 28, 2010 | Miscellaneous
Two of our Lourdes nurses, Jean Naughton and Hugh Coyle, both from York, were awarded gold medals by Bishop Drainey for ten years service to the Diocesan Pilgrimage. Congratulations to them.
by webmaster | Jul 28, 2010 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Parishes, Sacraments
Thirteen children from the parish of St Anthony and Our Lady of Mercy in Hull had a double reason for celebrations when they made their First Holy Communion on Sunday 13th June because it was the Feast of St Anthony of Padua. It is the first time in the existence of...
by webmaster | Jul 28, 2010 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Parishes, Sacraments
Seven children from St Francis of Assisi Parish, Hull, made their First Holy Communion on the Feast of Corpus Christi. Fr Bill Serplus celebrated Mass with proud family members, friends and parishioners.
by webmaster | Jul 28, 2010 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Parishes, Sacraments
A special day was made even more special when one little girl from All Saints Primary School in Thirsk made her First Holy Communion. Not only did her Grandmother and Uncle travel from her home town, Nisa in Poland, but they brought with them her specially made...
by webmaster | Jul 27, 2010 | Parishes
St Joseph’s Church, Middlesbrough celebrated the Feast of St Thomas the Apostle on 3rd July. St Thomas the Apostle was martyred in India while proclaiming Jesus Christ. He is the founder of Christian belief in India. Perhaps he was the only apostle who went...
by webmaster | Jul 8, 2010 | Parishes
Sometimes when I write enthusiastically about Adult Formation events, it might sound like I’m blowing my own trumpet! However, I want to share some reflections about a recent course which Caroline Dollard and I tutored at Easingwold – but reflecting on it...
by webmaster | Jul 8, 2010 | Miscellaneous
On 23rd May, Pentecost Sunday, more than twelve hundred Christians from a wide variety of York churches gathered to take part in the Global Day of Prayer. At 5.45 pm, the Minster bells stopped ringing and trumpets announced prayer on the city walls. People then...
by webmaster | Jul 8, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, English Martyrs, York, Event Calendar, Miscellaneous, Organisations
The Knights of St Columba in York (Council 95) will be fundraising for Smile Train. This is a charity which arranges surgery for children with cleft lips in the developing world. There will be a collection at the Mass the Knights are holding on 28th July at Fairfax...
by webmaster | Jul 8, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar, Justice and Peace, Miscellaneous
Our country is facing testing times and whilst there is a great deal of anxiety about the economy and cuts there is also the promise of a new form of Government through Coalition. Catholic social teaching is not as well-known today as it should be. If it were better...
by webmaster | Jul 8, 2010 | Organisations
Each year in July, the Diocese celebrates the memory of Nicholas Postgate, martyr-priest of the Moors, by a rally and Mass held alternately at Ugthorpe and at Egton Bridge. The Postgate Society exists to foster devotion in general and at all times to Fr Postgate and...
by webmaster | Jul 7, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events
Archbishop Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, has recently launched ‘The Pope in the UK’ booklet. For the full story of the booklet lunch visit www.rcdow.org.uk/papalvisit/ The booklet, ‘The Pope in the UK’ is available to download at...
by webmaster | Jul 7, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar, Miscellaneous
The official website for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to England and Scotland from 16-19 September 2010 can be found at www.thepapalvisit.org.uk Click here to read the itinerary At this site you can also find out about Pope Benedict XVI, his key teachings, the...
by webmaster | Jul 7, 2010 | Papal Visit 2010
Dear Brothers and Sisters Just a brief and sincere note of thanks to you for your contributions to the collection (including the hundreds of gift aid envelopes) for the Papal visit. This has raised £24,822.16 and in addition, we have had a donation of £1,000 from...
by webmaster | Jul 7, 2010 | Carmelite Spirituality Group, Event Calendar, Miscellaneous, Organisations
From Monday 19th until Sunday 25th July there will be a ‘Pilgrimage of Hope’ to Rome for young people (18-35) associated with the Carmelite Order (contact Fr. Tony Lester for details phone 01904 410249). For general information please contact Johan...
by webmaster | Jul 7, 2010 | Carmelite Spirituality Group, Event Calendar, Miscellaneous, Organisations
There will be a mini-retreat to Aylesford Priory (The Friars) in Kent on Friday 16th – Sunday 18th July coinciding with the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on 16th July and the Day for the Carmelite Family on Sunday 18th July (please book rooms by contacting the...
by webmaster | Jul 7, 2010 | Carmelite Spirituality Group, Event Calendar, Miscellaneous, Organisations
On Saturday 10th July there will be a meeting at Lawrence Street looking at the topic of “Carmel: A Family of Solidarity”, with a particular focus on the Carmelite Order’s highlighting of people-trafficking.
by webmaster | Jul 6, 2010 | CAFOD, Organisations
What do you know about Bangladesh? You will probably know that thousands of Bengalis now live in the UK and have made a huge contribution to our economy. And that Bangladeshi curry has become one of the UK’s favourite foods! But did you know that the Sundarbans...
by webmaster | Jul 6, 2010 | Justice and Peace
The Red Cross report “Not gone, but forgotten” has recently been released. It focuses on the severe poverty asylum seekers in the UK find themselves, as they struggle to find food and shelter. We do not have to look to the Third World to find refugees who...
by webmaster | Jul 6, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, English Martyrs, York, Parishes
READ-A-BOOK-A-MONTH bible-challenge has slowed down since Easter, as author Mary Callan prepares for a family wedding and helps with a convalescence. ‘Everything had to slow down’ says Mary. ‘The next pamphlet is on its way at last: St Mark’s...
by webmaster | Jul 6, 2010 | Miscellaneous
The 14th Annual Football Tournament for primary schools in the Diocese was held at St Mary’s Sports College, Cranbrook Avenue, Hull on Saturday 22nd May 2010. This was the fourth time that the event had been held in Hull (St Mary’s 02, 07 and 2010 and St...
by webmaster | Jul 6, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events
Seven of our nine Jubilarians (see list below) joined Bishop Drainey and a large number of their brother priests at the Cathedral on 11th June to celebrate both their Jubilees and to draw to a conclusion the Year for Priests. They were joined by friends as well as...
by webmaster | Jul 6, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes, Religious Communities, St Andrew's, Teesville
Fifty Years of Service A Sister from the Cross and Passion based in St. Andrew’s Parish, Teesville, Middlesbrough, has celebrated fifty years of service. Sister Maria Varley CP celebrated her Golden Jubilee on Friday, May 14 with a Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated by...
by webmaster | Jul 6, 2010 | Parishes
The May Procession went without a hitch and we were heartened by visitors from surrounding parishes. Following a cloudburst, which contained rain, hail and snow all at once, we were holding our breath but the sunshine lasted just long enough. The church was a blaze of...
by webmaster | Jul 6, 2010 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Parishes, Sacraments
At St Mary and St Joseph Catholic Church, Hedon on Sunday 13th June, one child made her First Holy Communion. Photo copyright of Colin Brammer She was joined by three others who all made their First Communions the previous Sunday at Saints Peter and John Fisher,...
by webmaster | Jul 6, 2010 | Appeals and Special Events
Mark Proctor’s team recovered from going two goals down to beat Emanuel Pogatetz and Ali Brownlee’s team 4-3 in the LOTSURF.com charity match thriller at the Riverside. And as well as having the experience of a lifetime, players contributed to a total of around...
