by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Event Calendar, Parishes, Sacred Heart, Middlesbrough
For everyone – young and old; led by Sr Mary Condron FCJ on Saturday 21st March at the Sacred Heart Church, Middlesbrough. Rosary at 8.40am, followed by Mass, exposition, confession, coffee, talks and a shared lunch. All are welcome.
by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes
Sunday 29th March, 2pm in the Holy Name Church, led by Fr Peter Keeling. Mass will be celebrated at 4pm followed by refreshments in the parish hall. A donation of £2 would be greatly appreciated. All are welcome.
by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Bernadette's, Middlesbrough
you are invited to a talk on St Paul by Sr Patsy MacDonald from Ushaw College, Durham at St Bernadette’s, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough on Wednesday 18th March 2009 at 7.45pm Please bring a Bible! The Cleveland Newman Circle
by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Liturgy and Music
On Saturday 7th March 2009, York St John University held the 21st Annual Choirs Festival hosted by famous Yorkshire writer and Honorary Fellow, Gervase Phinn. This year’s festival brought together the largest number of performers to date from some of...
by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Organisations
Middlesbrough Catenians (Circle 30) entertained members of the clergy at their 81st Annual Dinner held at the Riverside Stadium on Friday 23rd January 2009. Over 130 brothers and their guests joined in thanking the priests and deacons of the Diocese for their...
by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Pastoral Centres, St Bede's Pastoral Centre
Enneagram Studies in the Narrative Tradition with Karen Webb An Introduction to the Enneagram, led by Karen Webb on June 1st and 2nd, 2009 at St Bede’s Pastoral Centre, York The Enneagram is a dynamic, ancient, spiritual and psychological model of humanity. It...
by webmaster | Mar 11, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations
Sunday 26th April 2009 Start: 10.00 am St Joseph’s, Gateshead Finish: St Dominic’s, Newcastle For more details, sponsorship forms and information, please contact Adrienne: (01642) 466400 Steve: 07808 405398 or (01642) 312383 E-mail:...
by webmaster | Mar 10, 2009 | Bishop Terry
For those who missed the first sessions of ‘Who Do You Say I Am?’ and for those who would like a ‘refresher’ Bishop Terry has kindly posted his notes for the first session on the ‘Who Do You Say I Am?’ site. The second sessions take...
by webmaster | Mar 10, 2009 | Evangelisation, Parishes
Speaking on Monday evening Fr Francis Maple, a Capuchin Franciscan Friar currently leading a parish Lenten mission at St Patrick’s Church in Thornaby, described the extraordinary command to love from God. “Does anyone else command you to love them?”,...
by webmaster | Mar 9, 2009 | Liturgy and Music
Everybody has an opinion on how Mass is celebrated. We each prefer different styles of celebration and experience joys and frustrations, moments of deep prayer, and moments of distraction in our liturgies. Some favour modern music others more a traditional form, and...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Bishop Terry, Religious Communities
A cold day in late January saw a packed York Minster witnessing what one distinguished member of the congregation called ‘the greatest day in the history of our diocese’, the celebration of Mass to commemorate the Founding Vision of Mary Ward. By the very...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Justice and Peace
Please help to stop the removal of Jean-Michel Bomvoy and other Congolese nationals who are seeking asylum here in the UK. Jean-Michel is one of many based on Teesside who are facing forcible deportation back to the Democratic Republic of Congo. A petition has been...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Evangelisation, Miscellaneous
Bishop Urges Parishes To Make ‘Mission Training’ A 2009 Priority “…To proclaim and share the faith is the reason that the Church exists. All of us, from the youngest to the oldest, lay, consecrated and ordained can play our part in home mission. Consider putting...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Justice and Peace
Puck de Raadt of the Churches Refugee and Racial Justice Network writes, So far the Early Day Motion (EDM) against deportation of refused asylum seekers to Congo has 2 signatures only…An ‘EDM’ becomes noteworthy only after some 45...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Event Calendar, John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
19 April at the John Paul Centre, Grange Road, Middlesbrough conducted by Fr Simon Broughton. Devotions begin 2.00 pm. Veneration of Divine Mercy Image, Confessions, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. 4.00 pm – Holy Mass. A shared tea afterwards. Contact: Rita...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Event Calendar, Parishes
19 April, 2.30 pm, at Christ the King Church, Thornaby. Devotion to the Divine Mercy, Explanation of the Divine Image, Blessing of the Divine Image, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Confession, The 3 o’clock Prayer, Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, St Faustina’s...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations
26 April, 10am start, from St Joseph’s, Gateshead to St Dominic’s, Newcastle. Tel: (01642) 466400 – Adrienne; (01642) 312383 or 07808 405398 – Steve, for further details and sponsorship forms (coach available)
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Miscellaneous
A thought for Lent. As we prepare for the great feast of Easter why not light a candle at 9pm each evening and spend five minutes in prayer for all asylum seekers and for those who make the decisions which so affect their lives? Perhaps others in your family, parish...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, CAFOD Appeals, Organisations
CAFOD Lent Fast Day Friday 6th March The Jesuit Theologian, Rev Jon Sobrino tells us that ‘To believe in God is not just to love life but to work so that there is life’. As we move through Lent towards celebrating the time when our Lord put his life on the...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations
Saturday 13th June. Walk across causeway begins at 11.00 am. Also a liturgy in the parish church for those not walking the causeway and Mass at 2.00 pm. For further information or to volunteer for CAFOD please contact David or Carol Cross on (01904) 671767, E-mail...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, CAFOD Appeals, Event Calendar, Organisations
Saturday 9th May – Join us at the Humber Bridge for an easy and relatively painless way to raise funds for CAFOD. Contact the CAFOD Middlesbrough Office for your sponsorship pack! For further information or to volunteer for CAFOD please contact David or Carol...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations
Saturday 28th March, 11.00 am Victoria Embankment, London. Tell the G20 to Put People First. More details at www.putpeoplefirst.org.uk For further information or to volunteer for CAFOD please contact David or Carol Cross on (01904) 671767, E-mail...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Wilfrid's, York
Sunday 22nd March, 11.00 am, St Wilfrid’s RC Church, Duncombe Place, York All are most welcome. For further information or to volunteer for CAFOD please contact David or Carol Cross on (01904) 671767, E-mail middlesbrough@cafod.org.uk or visit the office (please...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville
Seven young people from St Andrew’s Parish, Teesville, have received a temporary commissioning as Ministers of the Word from parish priest, Canon Edmond Gubbins. The young people aged between 15 and 17 will all be commissioned fully by Bishop Terence Drainey at...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Event Calendar
Recently, I met a widower from the North East who told me, ‘The best thing that happened for my married relationship was Marriage Encounter’. Out of all the memories of his long and happy marriage, the Marriage Encounter Weekend stood out. For years, many...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Justice and Peace
The Congo in the Shadow of the Rwandan Genocide Breaking the Silence Bringing the truth to light about the war in The Democratic Republic of the Congo A seminar by Rev. Theodore Ngoy. This seminar given on the 5th and 7th February at Teesside University was the latest...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Parishes, Sacred Heart, Middlesbrough
For those who work, students and early risers Mass each weekday at 7.30am in Sacred Heart Church, Linthorpe Road. All are welcome.
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville
(aka Canons Gubbins and Speight, Fr Pat Keogh and the Rev. Pat Thomas) In concert with friends at St Andrew’s Hall, Fabian Road, Teesville on Friday 3rd April, 8pm. Tickets only £5, proceeds to the Mary Thompson Fund.
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, English Martyrs, York, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes
The Diocesan Women’s Commission are having a talk entitled ‘After Mary Ward’, given by Patricia Harriss SJ from London on 28th March at English Martyrs Church in York from 10.30 am – 2.30 pm. Please bring a packed lunch but tea and coffee are...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville
Canon Eddie Gubbins said there is ‘genuine joy’ at The Salvation Army officially inheriting a former Roman Catholic Church building as its new home in Eston, adding that the Roman Catholic Church offers its ‘support and solidarity’ as The Salvation Army in Eston...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations
Women’s World Day of Prayer this year provides a wonderful opportunity to build up unity among Christians. Prepared by the women of Papua, New Guinea, the theme is ‘In Christ there are many members, but one body’. Look out for your local service on...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Parishes
Our third Christmas Party took place at Sacred Heart School, Redcar on 20th December. One hundred children under 11 enjoyed face painting, lucky dip, party games and food, a disco and of course meeting Father Christmas. The photographs show a big game of pass the...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Parishes
The February READ-A-BOOK-A-MONTH launch was hosted at URC Church, Priory Street, an imposing edifice built to cater for the spiritual needs of the Scottish regiments based in York. Leviticus, the book for January, and Numbers for February share a pamphlet. These...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Obituaries, Religious Communities
Fr Benet Perceval, the oldest member of the monastic Community at Ampleforth, died peacefully in the monastery infirmary in the early hours of Friday 30th January 2009, surrounded by some of his fellow monks in prayer. Fr Benet’s death was marked later that day...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Obituaries
Sr Mary Carolan DC, Headmistress of St George’s RC Primary School 1958-1985, died peacefully in St Vincent’s Nursing Home, Pinner on 29th November 2008. Bride Carolan was born in Middlesbrough in 1921 and educated at St Philomena’a and Newlands...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Parishes
Two thousand and nine is the 800th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Franciscan Religious Order. As a contribution to the occasion, Guided Walks round Richmond Town Centre of the Franciscan Friary remains and associated places of interest will be available, after...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ I suspect many of you followed the election of the President of the United States? No matter what you think of the outcome, it was certainly an important event and one which in some ways will affect all of us. There is another...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Parishes
Father John Lumley was inducted as parish priest of St Augustine’s in Redcar by the Very Reverend Canon Michael Bayldon VF at Mass on 16th January before all the priests from the deanery and priest friends from outside the diocese. There were also...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Parishes, St Wilfrid's, York
The Filipino choir from St Wilfrid’s Church in Hull led the singing at the Sunday Mass on 1st February 2009 at St Leonard and St Mary’s RC Church, Malton. After the service, the parishioners were treated to a meal of both Filipino and English food in the...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
Date of Draw – 2nd February 2009 £100 Winning No 284 £75 Winning No 314 £5 Winning No 170 £30 Winning No 157 £25 Winning No 317 Next Meeting and Monthly Draw Monday, 2nd March 2009 New members welcome. Ask for details Tel: 01642...
by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Apostleship of the Sea, Organisations, Parishes
The 2008 Confirmation Group from Redcar, Marske and Saltburn enjoyed their Christmas Party early in December. During the evening, they packed 70 shoeboxes with gloves, scarves, hats, toiletries and sweets donated by their families and the people of their parishes....
by webmaster | Feb 26, 2009 | Bishop Terry's Homilies
25 February 2009 I have never had much love for Wednesdays. It always seems too far into the week to remember what happened last weekend, and it is just not near enough to next weekend to feel good about! I don’t like the end of February or early March either for the...
by webmaster | Feb 25, 2009 | Homilies
25 February 2009 I have never had much love for Wednesdays. It always seems too far into the week to remember what happened last weekend, and it is just not near enough to next weekend to feel good about! I don’t like the end of February or early March either for the...
by webmaster | Feb 22, 2009 | Miscellaneous
On 1st October 2008, four of us – all ladies from All Saints Parish in Thirsk, joined 18 others from the Middlesbrough Diocese on a coach bound for Manchester Airport. We flew to Split, Croatia, en route to Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzogovnia under the auspices of...
by webmaster | Feb 16, 2009 | Event Calendar
Science City York is delighted to announce the upcoming visit to York by Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ, curator of the Vatican meteorite collection in Castel Gandolfo. The Vatican collection is one of the largest in the world. His research explores the connections...
by webmaster | Feb 9, 2009 | Bishop Terry's Homilies
8 February 2009 Fifth Sunday of the Year (B) Introduction It is good to be here today with you to celebrate the Mass and to remember God’s great gift to us in the apparitions of Our Blessed Lady at Lourdes to St Bernadette. The Gospel tells us of the healing message...
by webmaster | Feb 8, 2009 | Homilies
8 February 2009 Fifth Sunday of the Year (B) Introduction It is good to be here today with you to celebrate the Mass and to remember God’s great gift to us in the apparitions of Our Blessed Lady at Lourdes to St Bernadette. The Gospel tells us of the healing message...
by webmaster | Feb 5, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, Parishes, Sacred Heart, Middlesbrough
A threat of deportation hangs over a family from Sacred Heart Parish in Middlesbrough. Last week MPs, including our local MPs will have received a letter from Justice First plus a 12 page summary of the ‘We will crush you ‘ report (Nov. 2008) on the...
by webmaster | Feb 5, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, English Martyrs, York, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes
To mark the 400th anniversary of Mary Ward’s founding vision, the Women’s Commission invites you to… “What Happened to Mary Ward’s Vision?” A presentation by Sr Patricia Harriss CJ at English Martyrs Parish Hall, Dalton Terrace, York on Saturday 28th March, from 11am...
by webmaster | Feb 2, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Fr Paul Farrer has kindly posted price details for those wishing to go to Lourdes on the Middlesbrough Diocesan Pilgrimage in May 2009. Click here to see the prices. Further news of the Middlesbrough Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes will be posted on the official site....
