The Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough

News and features

from the Middlesbrough Diocese

Bishop John's Pastoral Letter for Advent 2006 (as an mp3 file)
The Pastoral Plan, an update from Bishop John
Joint Diocesan Youth Service/NSPCC Carol Service at St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough, Thursday 7th December, 7pm
A message from Bishop John read at the Requiem Mass for Father Eamon Carson
A message from Bishop John read at the Requiem Mass for Dr Bill Boyes
Retired Priests Welfare Committee - Annual Report to the people of the Diocese
Death of Frank Ramsay, a highly respected union official
Mass at The Lady Chapel Mount Grace, Osmotherley, 26th December 2006, 11am
The Annual Golf Tournament. And the winner is...
Calling all nurses! Your help is needed!
Joe Lee, R.I.P.
Fr Eamon Carson RIP
Dr Bill Boyes RIP
Lourdes News - Funding for two sick children
C.A.U.S.E (Catholics Against Unemployment and Social Evils) Christmas Hamper Campaign 2006
Going the Extra Mile for Sick and Vulnerable Children in Baghdad
Retired Priests meet again
Congratulations to Mary, 90 years young
Holy Days of Obligation - Fr Neil McNicholas writes
The Challenge for Migrant Workers
Good news for the Diocese
Baghdad - the Case for Support by John Hinman
Jenny Nicholl - Can anyone help?
The Curia Budget - How Your Money is Spent

Bishop John's words

Pastoral Letter for Advent 2006, 3 December 2006
Teams of Our Lady Annual Northern Gathering, 14 October 2006
Mass on the Feast of St Edward the Confessor, Holy Name Church, 13 October 2006
Mass for New Heads and Deputy Heads, 10 October 2006

Vocations

My Vocation - by Fr Neil McNicholas
An interview with Chris Riggot Middlesbrough footballer
A reflection on celibacy by Fr Neil McNicholas
A Call from God

Liturgy

A pattern for our lives: living the Eucharist - the final part

Youth Service

The Faith Winter Conference, Wednesday 27th - 29th December 2006
Social for over 18s at the Knights 22nd December 2006, 8-11pm
Lourdes Reunion for under 18s at the Knights, 17th December 2006, 8-10.30pm
Taizé Prayer at St Patrick's Church, Thornaby, 12th December 2006, 7-8pm
Diocesan Youth have a Ball
Congratulations to the young people of our Diocese!
Ampleforth Retreat Cancelled and Other News - Please read!
World Youth Day 2008 - Latest news
Largest youth gathering yet at Alban Roe House, Ampleforth
Our Diocesan Youth Council - an open letter to the young people of the Middlesbrough Diocese
World Youth Day 2008 - an important message from Fr John Paul Leonard
World Youth Day 2006 Photo Gallery

Adult formation

Diocesan Catechists' Course - January 2007
What contribution can you make?
'The Infancy Narratives of the Gospels' Wednesday 13th December, 7.30pm, St Joseph's, Stokesley
Diocese appointments Mrs Jane Cook as Adult Formation Adviser

Religious communities

175 Years with the 'Walking Nuns' of Catherine McAuley

Communications

Carolyn Duffy makes it to the top! The Catholic Voice on Mount Kilimanjaro
BBC Radio Cleveland Christmas Carol Concert from St Mary's Cathedral, Sunday 17th December, 2.30pm

Commissions

Prevent and Protect - A day for the Women's Commission
This is what the Church does - the struggle for justice and fight for peace

Pilgrimages

Hull Lourdes Sick Fund - can you help?

Can you help?

Appeals and requests for help

The Mary Thompson Fund Urgent Appeal
Thank you from the Mary Thompson Fund
St. Mary's Cathedral choir - can you help?
Parish Volunteers needed
No-cost fund-raising
Used stamps please!

Parish news

Aid to Albania and a pilgrimage report
Taizé Advent Vigil at the Holy Name Church, Middlesbrough, Wednesday 13th December 2006 at 7.00pm
A special music day at St Leonard and St Mary's Church, Malton
Sacred Heart Hornsea - A new roof for the Church Hall
The Wilberforce 2007 calendar - have you got yours?
Sacred Heart Church, Seventy-fifth Anniversary Mass, Thursday 18th January 2007
Scarborough Pastoral Care of the Elderly and Housebound
Harvest Hoe Down
St William's Senior Citizen's Day Out
Healing Service at St Aelred's
Socialising at Holy Name

On-line parish newsletters

St Clare's, Brookfield on-line newsletter
Sacred Heart and St Patrick on-line newsletter

Pastoral Centres

St Bede's Centre, York - did you know?

Organisations

CAFOD Live Simply and make your Christmas preparations extra special
Candles and carols with the Knights of St Columba
CWL National and International Centenary celebrations - a report
UCM News - abseilers, walkers and pilgrims
ASCENT North East Retreat - a report
Pope Benedict and Stella Maris
Discoveries in the Judean Desert
The Legacy of John Henry Newman
CAFOD Live Simply Event, a report on the meeting at Ampleforth 30th September 2006
The Knights of St Columba - come and spread the good news
Music for CAFOD

Evangelisation

Links

Ushaw College
Called - Middlesbrough Diocesan vocations site
The official Middlesbrough Diocesan Lourdes pilgrimage site
Caritas Social Action latest news from the only national agency promoting social action in England and Wales, an agency of the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.
Middlesbrough Council of Faiths
The Yorkshire and Humber Faiths Forum
York Diocesan News on-line

Extras

Supporting Pax Christi on Peace Sunday, 14th January 2007
Christian Congregations and Mental Illness by Edna Hunneysett, a book review by Fr Bill Serplus
Walsingham Prayer and Reflections - a book review
Churches Regional Commission for Yorkshire and the Humber forthcoming events
Sacred Heart Bereavement Support Group
Nazareth House - Can you help Margaret Ward?
Churches Together in South Ryedale
Mini-pilgrimage to Knock, the Irish National Marian shrine
Catholic and Rural - Third National Conference for Rural Catholics, 12th-14th February 2007
A new and very 'sing-able' liturgical Mass setting - a free download from Val Goldsack