News

Sunday 29 October 2023 marks the beginning of a period of a second collection in parishes for the Clergy Training Fund.

A wall of poppies has blossomed outside a Morpeth school to mark Remembrance Day in eye-catching style. The children at St Robert’s Catholic First School each contributed a poppy to the display, which has been arranged on the front of the building to commemorate the occasion and will remain on show for the next two weeks.

Due to adverse weather conditions, an announcement has been made about today's Education courses at the Durham Centre.

A round-up of all the news, details of upcoming courses and events from within the Vicariate for Faith & Mission.

Every one of us will be aware of the great suffering of so many people in our world now. Overseas and nearby, we see innocent ordinary people struggling. That may be through war, violence and oppression; for others it is through poverty, loneliness or isolation, sickness, or mourning.

This month's update from the J&P Co-ordinating Council includes details of the next Interfaith Prayer Vigil, details of our Annual General Meeting and details of an evening of discussion about 'Migration and Christian Ethics'.

As we enter the season of Advent, the Justice and Peace Refugee Project continues to provide a safe space where those clients we support can receive a warm welcome, in addition to receiving basic food, toiletries and second-hand clothing. As we move into the colder winter months, clients are grateful to have access to warm coats and shoes which, working with the SVP, we are also able to provide.

Almost 100 musicians from parishes across the Diocese attended a music workshop on 12 November led by the acclaimed composer, Will Todd. 

Two talented youngsters from the same family of schools are set to light up the big stage after landing roles in a production of Nativity the Musical.

The children at St Robert’s Catholic First School in Morpeth have designed and painted their very own mural, which represents the school’s ethos in the form of original artwork created from an amalgamation of different pupils’ designs.

A Newcastle primary school is ‘ambitious for all pupils’ and has retained its Good grading after a recent Ofsted inspection.

Advent gives us the opportunity to prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of Christ among us, which we celebrate at Christmas, and look forward to his second coming.

We have this special time in the Church's year to prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ at Christmas and also for Christ's second coming.