by webmaster | Aug 2, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations
Friday 2nd October will be CAFOD Harvest Fast Day, please distribute Fast Day envelopes in parishes on the weekend of 26th/27th September. For further information on any of the above, please contact David or Carol on (01904) 671767 or e-mail...
by webmaster | Aug 2, 2009 | CAFOD, Organisations
‘Be careful of false impressions, the crisis is still here’ says Zimbabwean priest A Zimbabwean Catholic priest has told CAFOD that despite supermarket shelves heaving with food imported from South Africa, the majority of Zimbabweans are still in need of...
by webmaster | Aug 2, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations
The Great North Run takes place on Sunday 20th September: there’s still time to sign-up for CAFOD! Please contact David or Carol on (01904) 671767 or e-mail...
by webmaster | Aug 2, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations
The Tees Pride 10K and Primary Healthcare Trust 3K Fun Run takes place on Sunday 6th September. Will you run for CAFOD? Please contact David or Carol on (01904) 671767 or e-mail...
by webmaster | Aug 2, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations
‘Making a difference’ is the theme of our CAFOD Supporters Day from 10.30 am to 4.00 pm on Saturday 12th September at the Endsleigh Centre, Beverley Road, Hull. CAFOD’s Director, Chris Bain, will be speaking about the challenges and opportunities for...
by webmaster | Aug 2, 2009 | CAFOD, Organisations
For the first time in the last 20 years or so, here in the UK we are moving into a time of uncertainty. Many of our sisters and brothers throughout the Diocese and the UK are facing the possibility of redundancy, unemployment, and in some cases, the poverty that...
by webmaster | Aug 2, 2009 | CAFOD, Organisations
Catholic charity partners with The Recycling Factory The Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD) has signed a new partnership deal with The Recycling Factory (TRF) to receive donations from its recycling operations. CAFOD helps to fund development projects...
by webmaster | Jul 31, 2009 | Bishop Terry, Cleveland Newman Circle, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
The Cleveland NEWMAN Circle invites you to hear Bishop Terry Drainey share his enthusiasm for the life and works of St Teresa of Avila at Middlesbrough Cathedral, Coulby Newham on Wednesday 16th September 2009, 7.30 pm for 7.45 pm Everyone is welcome!
by webmaster | Jul 31, 2009 | Bishop Terry, Cleveland Newman Circle, Parishes, Sacraments
at St Paulinus in Guisborough On Wednesday 24th June, on the Feast of St John the Baptist, Bishop Terence Drainey went to St Paulinus RC Church at Guisborough for a celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation for 26 candidates from the parishes of Ss Joseph and...
by webmaster | Jul 31, 2009 | Parishes
On Wednesday 10th June over 70 parishioners of St Paulinus Parish in Guisborough went to St Paulinus RC School, next door to the new Church, which is under construction. Completion is expected before Christmas 2009, and it was time to consider the internal fittings...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Justice and Peace
On 9th July, an Alliance of faith, refugee and citizen groups came together for a ‘walk of justice’ in solidarity with many of those seeking asylum on Teesside. Catholics, Methodists, Anglicans, Buddhists were well represented. Over 50 people made the...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Event Calendar, Parishes
St Francis of Assisi parish in Acklam is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the building of the church and are planning a whole year of celebrations from October 2009 until October 2010. The Celebratory Committee are pleased to announce the following; on Saturday 3rd...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Friends of the late Mike McCullagh, and Trustees of his Trust Fund, very kindly followed up their donation of 2008 with similar generous sponsorship for this year’s School’s Football Tournament (reported in the July issue of the Voice), for which the...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Organisations
An introduction to the Old Testament On Wednesday 22nd April, Mrs Lucille Chadwick outlined something of the history and development of the Old Testament. She began by identifying that many of us know The Purple Passages, possibly from music such as Handel’s...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Miscellaneous
There was so much packed into the almost three hours that it is difficult to capture more than the key highlights. The ceremony started at 11.00 am when we sang Morning Prayer (Lauds) and then Terce creating an atmosphere of prayer. Between these offices, the long...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Justice and Peace
York was fortunate enough to be invited by Pax Christi and the charity MEDACT to host a visit from two members of the movement Physicians for Human Rights-Israel., lawyer Miri Weingarten and Comboni sister and nurse, Alicia Vacas Moro. Alicia is one of five members...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Organisations
Hull and District Catholic Women’s Luncheon Club Founded in April 1962 by a group of women who came from various parishes around the Hull area, Hull and District Catholic Women’s Luncheon Club is believed to be the only such Club in England. What was, and...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Endsleigh Centre, Event Calendar, Organisations, Pastoral Centres
The Dominican Discussion Day at St Bede’s Pastoral Centre, York, on Saturday 6th June was a great success. Lay Dominicans came from the Newcastle, Manchester and Leicester Fraternities, and were joined by a number of enquirers from the Middlesbrough Diocese....
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Organisations
The Holy Guild of St Joseph and St Hedda was founded in 1839 in Egton Bridge (St Hedda was seen as a local saint because he was a monk of Whitby Abbey before he went on to be Bishop of the West Saxons). It was a mutual aid society aiming to cater for the spiritual as...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Event Calendar
A day seminar for clergy on 14 August 2009 as part of Conference (14-16 August) at Trinity and All Saints College, Leeds. The semianr will focus on the psychological, emotional and spiritual effects of abortion on men and women and will aim to help create a more...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Miscellaneous
READ-A-BOOK-A-MONTH bible challenge continues during the summer, though without the launch events. Joshua in July will be followed by the Book of Judges during August, and Ruth in September, with pamphlets for each. ‘The Book of Judges is often a...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Endsleigh Centre, Pastoral Centres
On Friday 5th June, a group of about 50 people of different denominations and faiths met at the Endsleigh Mercy Centre in Hull to pray for peace in the Holy Land. We placed a stone on a cairn as a token of our faith in God’s love and our need for peace in the...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Parishes
Senior members of St Williams’ parish in Dormanstown were treated to a summer buffet tea and were entertained by a magician and a choral group provided by pupils of Sacred Heart School, Redcar recently. Thanks to all members of the deanery support group whose...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
Date of Draw – 6th July 2009 £100 Winning No 177 £75 Winning No 250 £50 Winning No 80 £30 Winning No 271 £25 Winning No 42 Next Meeting and Monthly Draw Monday 3rd August 2009 New members welcome. Tel: 01642 247831 for...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Bishop Terry, Parishes
The parish of St Anthony and Our Lady of Mercy in Hull was very fortunate that the Episcopal Visitation of Bishop Terry coincided with the First Communion Mass for three of our children. At the end of the Mass, Bishop Terry gave certificates to them and to the seven...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Parishes, Sacraments
A lovely First Communion Mass took place at the Sacred Heart Church, Hull, said by Fr Sellers, on 21st June 2009. There was a big spread afterwards, organised by family and friends. The photograph is of the only girl on the day to receive the host.
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Miscellaneous
St George’s Church, York, recently hosted the Churches Together in York (CTY) AGM. The principal speaker was Rev Roger Simpson of St Michael-le-Belfry Church. Roger had just returned from the international ALPHA conference in London, and spoke of Alpha’s...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events
In only a few months time the relics of Saint Therese will be visiting the United Kingdom; her relics will visit almost every diocese in England and Wales and we have the great privilege of receiving her remains on 2nd October at Saint Mary’s Cathedral in...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar, Parishes
St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough Click here to see the schedule.
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Bishop Terry
On Saturday 13th June, 73 Christians of different denominations participated in a variety of workshops trying new ways of relating to God and to one another. Taste and See 2009, a day of Bite-Size Spirituality in York City Centre Churches, provided a wonderful way to...
by webmaster | Jul 30, 2009 | Parishes, Religious Communities
in Ampleforth Abbey’s new Tea Room Ampleforth Abbey has opened a new Tea Room providing a host of delicious locally sourced snacks and meals for the thousands of visitors who visit the Abbey each year. The Tea Room is situated in the Main Hall next to the Abbey...
by webmaster | Jul 18, 2009 | Parishes, Religious Communities
The closing of Newlands FCJ School at the end of this academic term and its planned amalgamation with St David’s to build a new school – Trinity College – on the Newlands site brings to an end 137 years of service to Middlesbrough Catholic education...
by webmaster | Jul 16, 2009 | Event Calendar, Religious Communities
Calling all past students of the Bar Convent Grammar School, a Memorial Mass for Sister Margaret Mary Littlehales who died in May aged 102 will take place in the Bar Convent chapel on Tuesday July 21st at 3pm followed by tea. A phone call indicating attendance would...
by webmaster | Jul 16, 2009 | Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley, Parishes, Pilgrimage
The pilgrimage takes place at the Lady Chapel on Mount Grace above Osmotherley on Sunday 16th August with Mass at 3pm. This year will be extra special as it will be a joint pilgrimage for the Middlesbrough and Leeds Dioceses. Please note the following practical...
by webmaster | Jul 14, 2009 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Parishes, Sacraments
Congratulations to all those recently confirmed by Bishop Terry in Scarborough.
by webmaster | Jul 14, 2009 | Carmelite Spirituality Group, Organisations, Religious Communities
Few people know much about the life of Carmelite nuns because their vocation is one of enclosure; they do not go out of their monastery except in cases of necessity, remaining on the one site in order to dedicate themselves completely to a life of prayer, serving God...
by webmaster | Jul 12, 2009 | Homilies
Saint Joseph’s, Pickering 12th July 2009 Isn’t it amazing how when things go badly we immediately turn to God and pray for all we are worth. We can sail through life, just getting on with the ordinary day to day things, not giving too much thought to God’s...
by webmaster | Jul 5, 2009 | Homilies
Thanksgiving Mass celebrating 137 years of service in education in the Diocese of Middlesbrough by the Faithful Companions of Jesus 5 July 2009 We have just heard in the Gospel: You did not choose me, no, I chose you; and I have commissioned you to go out and to bear...
by webmaster | Jul 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
Egton Bridge 5 July 2009 As we remember and commemorate Blessed Nicholas Postgate and the Martyrs of England and Wales, I can say that my life has been surrounded by, associated with and inspired by the Martyrs of England and Wales. Our diocese of Middlesbrough has...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events
More than 40 Diocesan priests joined Bishop Terry and six of our seven jubilarians in a Mass of Thanksgiving in the Cathedral on 12th June. In his homily, Bishop Terry thanked them for their ‘315 years of priestly service to the Diocese’, and asked for...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes
In a packed church on the Feast of Corpus Christi (14th June), the parish of Our Lady, Filey, celebrated the golden jubilee of Fr Sean O’Donnell, its parish priest for the past fourteen years. Bishop Terry, who was in the parish for canonical visitation,...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes
Canon Michael Davern celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving for his 60 years of priesthood at Our Lady of Lourdes, Hessle, where he has supplied for most of the ten years since he retired from St Joseph’s, Anlaby. He was joined by Fr Michael Marsden, parish priest,...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes
For five days from 12th June, we had a period of great joy and thanksgiving throughout the Diocese as we celebrated a number of priestly jubilees. On 12th June, Bishop Terry was the chief concelebrant at a Mass in the Cathedral with six of this year’s seven...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, CAFOD Appeals, Organisations
CAFOD and Canada’s Development and Peace demand action from mining giant Goldcorp as villagers fear gold mine is poisoning people and the environment in Honduras Catholic aid agencies CAFOD in the UK and Development and Peace in Canada are calling on...
by webmaster | Jul 2, 2009 | CAFOD, Organisations
Students from York University defied the forecast for rain on 7th June and held a barbecue at More House in Heslington to celebrate their fundraising achievements when they handed over a cheque for £1,330.03 to Carol Cross, Diocesan Officer for CAFOD Middlesbrough...
by webmaster | Jul 1, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar, Parishes, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
Countless generations of Catholics have admired a young saint, whom many call ‘The Little Flower’. In only a few months time, this young saint will be visiting our Cathedral. A relic of her body will be taken around the United Kingdom and we have the great...
by webmaster | Jul 1, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Carmelite Spirituality Group, Event Calendar, Organisations
In a brand new book ‘The Gospel Sustains Me: The Word of God in the Life and Love of Saint Therese of Lisieux’ brothers from Saint Therese’s Carmelite Community reflect upon the central place of the Bible in her life and spirituality. As the...
by webmaster | Jun 29, 2009 | Bishop Terry, Event Calendar, Parishes
Bishop Terry will be the main concelebrant and preacher at this year’s Postgate Rally which will take place on Sunday 5th July from 2.30pm at Egton Bridge. The Mass is in honour of the English and Welsh martyrs and Blessed Nicholas Postgate. There is free...
by webmaster | Jun 29, 2009 | Miscellaneous
St George’s RC Church, York, was the venue for the launch of the reading of 1 and 2 Corinthians, and a chance to revisit the adventures in the Acts of the Apostles. Parish singers taught us a setting of ‘Love is …’ 1 Cor 13. Readers from the...
by webmaster | Jun 29, 2009 | Parishes
Parishioners at St Patrick’s Church, Thornaby, couldn’t believe their eyes when their refurbished parish hall was reopened on Thursday 7th May 2009! Nine months earlier the hall had been in ruins – the electrics had been condemned, the floor had...
