by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | Bishop Terry, Diocese, Miscellaneous
Thanks to Les Clark and Philip Cook we have a fabulous collection of photos taken at Bishop Terry’s Episcopal Ordination in St Mary’s Cathedral. Since then Les Clark has followed Bishop Terry around our diocese taking a huge number of photos at nearly all...
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events, Event Calendar
A night with LEGACY (Dom Boyes and Frank Johnson) and THE SCRATCH BAND to raise money for Monica Wordsworth who is spending time in a voluntary project in Ghana on Friday May 2nd. Be there!
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events
Fr Paul Farrer writes, Hello Everyone, You may have heard that this year, together with a group of friends, I am trying to raise £40,000 for charity. This is because I will be 40 later this year. The charities we are supporting are: Children’s Cancer Hospital in...
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | Miscellaneous, Organisations
Katy and her club mates (representing the North of England) were invited to compete in the Special Olympics held in St. Helier in the Channel Islands. Katy won 3 gold and 1 bronze.
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | Justice and Peace
Sponsored by the Justice and Peace Commission, the first meeting will be held in Hull Venue Lindsay Suite, Staff House, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX [gmap map:6] Date Saturday 17th May at 11.00 am Speaker Paul Vallely, Associate Editor of...
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | English Martyrs, York, Event Calendar, Justice and Peace, Parishes
Justice and Peace Commission meeting Date and Venue: Saturday 3rd May at English Martyrs, Dalton Terrace, York Time: 10.00 am for 10.30 am Speaker: Bruce Kent All Welcome. Please bring some lunch to share.
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | CAFOD, Organisations
The great feast of Easter we have so recently celebrated is the beginning of a season of renewed hope in the Church. Christ has endured his passion and death and risen triumphantly and shown himself to his followers. How astonishing and remarkable an event the...
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | Miscellaneous
Entrants from schools and parishes right across the Diocese took part in this year’s Pope Idol competition at Middlesbrough Theatre on 1st March. The acts ranged from Irish dancers to solo singers and bands with even a comedian thrown in for good measure! Bishop...
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | Bishop Terry, Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville
Joyful Hope! Seventeen young people between the ages of 12 and 17 led St. Andrew’s Parish in the Stations of the Cross on Friday, March 14 at 7.15 pm in St. Andrew’s Church, Teesville. This was the first time that young people of the parish had been...
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | English Martyrs, York, Parishes
The show was the first ever parish panto and was created from scratch in just eight weeks by parishioners, many of whom had not done anything theatrical before. Four sold out shows went on to great acclaim and many who saw it declared it to be the best panto they had...
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | CAFOD, Organisations, Schools and Colleges
The children of St Gabriel’s have taken part in two fundraising events this year. The first of these was the ‘Walk Around The World’ sponsored walk held on 8th October. The rain poured but this did not dampen the children’s and staff’s...
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | Diocese, Religious Communities
Like many of the nineteenth century female Religious Orders, The Society of the Faithful Companions of Jesus had their beginnings in France in 1820, when they were founded by a young French widow, Marie, Madeleine Victoire, Vicomtesse de Bonnault d’Houet to work for...
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | John Paul Centre, Pastoral Centres
Date of Draw – 3rd March 2008 £100 Winning No 170 £75 Winning No 260 £50 Winning No 131 £30 Winning No 76 £25 Winning No 23 Next Meeting and Monthly Draw Monday, 7th April 2008 New members welcome For details telephone 01642...
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Event Calendar, Organisations, Parishes, St Bernadette's, Middlesbrough
A talk by Mgr Bernard Bickers from the Leeds diocese, who lectured for many years in Church History at Ushaw College Presented by The Cleveland NEWMAN Circle, on Wednesday 16th April 2008 starting at 7.30pm with coffee for all, the talk will begin at 7.45pm Our...
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | Evangelisation, RCIA
One of Bishop Drainey’s first duties as Bishop of Middlesbrough was to officiate at the Rite of Election on Sunday 10th February, the First Sunday of Lent. Catechumens, candidates, their godparents and sponsors, parish priests, catechists and supporters from 20...
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | Schools and Colleges
A group of Davids from St David’s School, Middlesbrough, gather round Bishop Terry Drainey after a St David’s Day Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough. Member of staff David Cheshire, left, stands with a group of students with particular...
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | Event Calendar, Miscellaneous
Saturday 26th April 2008 in York’s city centre churches Taste and See offers an opportunity to experience different ways of prayer and spiritual traditions through worship, workshops and discussion. With a choice of over 20 different workshops in York’s...
by webmaster | Mar 22, 2008 | Organisations
A large congregation of women of many denominations attended this year’s WWDP Service at the United Reform Church in Middlesbrough. The service and the liturgy was prepared by the Christian women of Guyana and the theme was ‘God’s wisdom provides new...
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2008 | Homilies
St Mary’s Cathedral Near the Cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, Woman, this is your son. Then to the...
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2008 | Event Calendar, Justice and Peace, Parishes
A fundraising evening of music and dance from different cultures including a ceilidh at St Thomas More Parish Hall, Kirkham Row, Beechwood, Middlesbrough on Friday 25th April 2008 at 7.30 pm Please bring food and drink to share from your nation – national dress...
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2008 | Organisations
It was in the mid-sixties that David Steel, now Lord Steel, introduced a Private Members Bill which would ultimately lead to abortion, under certain circumstances, being no longer illegal. Despite much work and resistance, the Abortion Act 1967 came into force and...
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2008 | Parishes
A tribute was paid to retiring magistrate Leo Murphy at a dinner to mark his 70th birthday at Saltburn Golf Club. Solicitor John Nixon said he would be missed at Teesside Magistrates’ Court after 33 years. He had been a good listener and treated everyone with...
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2008 | Event Calendar, Parishes
Marion Carroll was dying and was instantly cured at Knock Shrine in Ireland on 3rd September 1989. Marion gives her testimony at the Healing Mass on Wednesday 23rd April, 7pm at St Mary’s Church Brooklands Filey North Yorkshire
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2008 | Event Calendar, Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville
Marion Carroll was dying and was instantly cured at Knock Shrine in Ireland on 3rd September 1989. Marion gives her testimony at the Healing Mass on Tuesday 22nd April, 7.00 pm at St Andrew’s Church Fabian Road Teesville...
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2008 | Event Calendar, Parishes
Marion Carroll was dying and was instantly cured at Knock Shrine in Ireland on 3rd September 1989. Marion gives her testimony at the Healing Mass on Monday 21st April, 7pm at St Clare of Assisi Low Lane Brookfield Middlesbrough
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2008 | Obituaries
It is with feelings of profound sadness that we record the untimely death of Mary Crotty Bryan (age 52), of Kilrossanty, Co. Waterford and Thornaby. Mary passed away unexpectedly on the morning of Thursday 24th January in Waterford Regional Hospital. We can all take...
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2008 | Cleveland Newman Circle, Organisations
February saw Br Michael Newman OH and Elaine Hill (Project Manager of The Medaille Trust) present an excellent, yet nonetheless heartrending, evening, Slavery in 2008, to Cleveland’s Newman Circle. They sensitively presented the stark, horrific facts that...
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2008 | Parishes
A CIVIC service was held for Cllr Jane Ford, the Mayor of Malton, at St Leonard and St Mary’s RC Church, Malton, on Sunday. Although she is a member of the Salvation Army, Cllr Ford had asked for the service to be held at the historic church. It is the second...
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2008 | Schools and Colleges
The parents of St Martin’s Ampleforth School challenged the parents of St Peters, York to a rugby match here at St Martin’s Ampleforth, Gilling Castle on Sunday 9th March 2008. The match has been nicknamed ‘The Last Hurrah’ and was the idea of...
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2008 | Appeals and Special Events
Thank you to the many people who have sent stamps and postcards to Peter Derry for the Redemptorist Missions. Peter asks if people could please ensure that envelopes sent to him have the correct postage on them for their weight. He points out that 18 packages have...
by webmaster | Mar 21, 2008 | Bishop Terry's Homilies
St Mary’s Cathedral Near the Cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, Woman, this is your son. Then to the...
by webmaster | Mar 20, 2008 | Homilies
20th March 2008 Christ is our salvation, our life and resurrection. It is through his cross we are saved and made free. With confidence in his loving mercy we turn to him and ask mercy and pardon. Lord, we call on your name. Lord, have mercy You are good to us....
by webmaster | Mar 20, 2008 | Bishop Terry's Homilies
20th March 2008 Christ is our salvation, our life and resurrection. It is through his cross we are saved and made free. With confidence in his loving mercy we turn to him and ask mercy and pardon. Lord, we call on your name. Lord, have mercy You are good to us....
by webmaster | Mar 18, 2008 | Homilies
18th March 2008 At our baptism we were made part of God’s priestly people and we were called by the Son to serve his God and Father in the power of the Spirit. Trusting in his mercy, we confess our sins to the Lord. You are the Rock who saves us. Lord, have mercy....
by webmaster | Mar 18, 2008 | Bishop Terry's Homilies, Event Calendar
18th March 2008 At our baptism we were made part of God’s priestly people and we were called by the Son to serve his God and Father in the power of the Spirit. Trusting in his mercy, we confess our sins to the Lord. You are the Rock who saves us. Lord, have mercy....
by webmaster | Mar 16, 2008 | Homilies
St Mary’s Cathedral It is a terrible thing to be let down by your friends. After all, when the chips are down, when everyone else has walked away, it’s your friends you would expect to offer you a helping hand. They are the ones who support you, lift you up,...
by webmaster | Mar 16, 2008 | Bishop Terry's Homilies
St Mary’s Cathedral It is a terrible thing to be let down by your friends. After all, when the chips are down, when everyone else has walked away, it’s your friends you would expect to offer you a helping hand. They are the ones who support you, lift you up,...
by webmaster | Mar 5, 2008 | Miscellaneous
at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne Reception Bishop Kevin’s body will be received into St Mary’s Cathedral on Monday 10th March 2008 at 7.00 pm with the celebration of Mass, followed by a vigil of quiet prayer ending with Compline at 10.00 pm This Mass and...
by webmaster | Mar 2, 2008 | Miscellaneous
The Right Reverend Kevin Dunn, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, died on the evening of Saturday 1st March 2008. Bishop Kevin Dunn was ordained the twelfth Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, by Bishop Ambrose Griffiths on 25th May 2004, the Feast of St Bede, at St Mary’s...
by webmaster | Mar 2, 2008 | Bishop Terry, Diocese, Miscellaneous
On Friday 25th January 2008 before a packed congregation at St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough The Right Reverend Monsignor Terence Patrick Drainey, was ordained and installed as seventh Bishop of Middlesbrough by Archbishop Patrick Kelly, Archbishop of...
by webmaster | Mar 2, 2008 | Bishop Terry
Address by Archbishop Faustino Sainz Munoz Papal Nuncio to Great Britain On the occasion of Bishop Drainey’s Episcopal Ordination Dear Bishop Drainey, dear Archbishop Kelly, my brother bishops, priests, religious and people of Middlesbrough, dear sisters and...
by webmaster | Mar 2, 2008 | Bishop Terry
The Most Rev Patrick Kelly Archbishop of Liverpool On the occasion of Bishop Drainey’s Episcopal Ordination 12 noon on the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul, Friday 25th January 2008, in the Cathedral Church of St Mary, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough A prayer for...
by webmaster | Mar 2, 2008 | Bishop Terry
The Mandate was read by Canon Sheridan Chancellor of the Diocese of Middlesbrough On the occasion of Bishop Drainey’s Episcopal Ordination Fr John Lumley: “Most Reverend Father, the Church of Middlesbrough asks you to ordain this priest Terence Patrick...
by webmaster | Mar 2, 2008 | Bishop Terry
from Rt Rev Mgr Canon Gerard Dasey Administrator of the Diocese of Middlesbrough On the occasion of Bishop Drainey’s Episcopal Ordination Your Excellency, Archbishop Sainz Munoz, Lord Lieutenant, Lord Crathorne, Archbishops, Bishops, Fr Abbot, Lady Masham, Lady...
by webmaster | Mar 2, 2008 | Miscellaneous, Parishes, Sacred Heart, Middlesbrough, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough
On Palm Sunday (16th March), the Youth Service is organising a walk from Sacred Heart Church, Linthorpe Road to St Mary’s Cathedral, Coulby Newham. The walk has been organised in conjunction with Middlesbrough Environment City. The aim of the walk is to spend...
by webmaster | Mar 2, 2008 | Liturgy and Music, Parishes, Religious Communities
Bach’s Passion According to St John has great dramatic impact in any venue but in the magnificent surroundings of Ampleforth’s Abbey Church even more so. Through the impassioned narrative of the Evangelist sung by a solo tenor, the vivid crowd scenes given to the...
by webmaster | Mar 2, 2008 | Schools and Colleges
In January, International concert pianist Philip Martin visited Ampleforth for a day of recitals and masterclasses. He had just returned from his native Dublin where he premiered his third piano concerto with the National Symphony of Ireland. His recital featured...
by webmaster | Mar 2, 2008 | Schools and Colleges
The Pipers and Drummers of Queen Margaret’s School, Escrick, joined forces with the Ampleforth Highlanders’ Pipe Band in January to give a 20 minute performance in the art of piping and drumming to school pupils. The session was given as part of an...
by webmaster | Mar 2, 2008 | Schools and Colleges
Scholarships are being offered at St Martin’s Ampleforth Prep School in Gilling East, York for children aged between eight and twelve, school years four to seven; talented in sport, music and academic studies. St Martin’s Ampleforth is set in 3000 acres of...
by webmaster | Mar 2, 2008 | CAFOD, Organisations, Parishes, St Andrew's, Teesville
On Tuesday 5 February we welcomed CAFOD partner Sr Gladys Dimaku of the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMM), Nigeria to our Diocese. Sr Gladys spent two days visiting schools and parishes, speaking about her work and the difference the Medical Missionaries of Mary are...
