Cakes!

This is the week to bake cakes for the Christmas Fair. Please bring your cakes to St Margaret’s Church Hall on the morning of the Fair or bring them to St Clare’s Parish Room beforehand. Many thanks!
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St Clare’s footballers win excellence award

The young footballers of St Clare’s School have recently won The Mike McCullagh Memorial Cup, which is awarded for ‘excellence‘ in respect of entry to, and participation in, the annual Diocesan schools football tournament, the ‘Catholic Primary Schools Cup’ which is organised by Teesport Chaplain Mr Tony McAvoy. The Mike McCullagh Memorial Cup was presented by Mr Laurie...
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St Clare’s School Ruby Anniversary Celebrations

Celebrating 40 years of St Clare’s School Parents, children, governors, teachers past and present, and parishioners turned out at St Clare’s School in Middlesbrough to welcome Bishop Terry, who celebrated Mass with Fr John Loughlin (parish priest) and Fr Gerard Robinson (former pupil) on the occasion of the school’s 40th anniversary. Bishop Terry surprised everyone by revealing...
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The Strawberry Fair

Many thanks to all who helped and supported the Strawberry Fair last week (and who thus avoided the pain of the World Cup). A wonderful total of £2162.25 was raised. Many thanks. Maureen Dowd
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Lourdes Pilgrimage Photos

Photos, courtesy of Philip Cook, of the Middlesbrough Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes have now been posted to the Middlesbrough Diocesan photo galleries. The photos can be seen at gallery.me.com/middlesbroughdiocese and www.flickr.com/photos/middlesbroughdiocese Photos on these galleries are subject to the Diocese’s Terms and Conditions of use. In short, you are free to use them respectfully. If...
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The Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes

On Friday the 57th Diocesan Pilgrimage sets off for Lourdes: the prayer intentions for the Pilgrimage are; that the Church may be an instrument of wisdom and a beacon of light in our World; for sick pilgrims in Lourdes and all our sick that they may unite their sickness to the sufferings of Christ for the salvation of the World; that as Christians we may grow together and become more effective...
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Have you got your tickets yet?

Tickets for the Parish Grand Raffle (to be drawn at the Strawberry Fair) are now available (£1 per book) from Maureen Dowd. Many thanks to Kevin Boddy.
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Strawberry Fair Prizes

Many thanks for the generous response to last week’s appeal; so far we have promises of £320 and we have £450 in the raffle. We have also had the promise of a hamper and bottles of various kinds. We are still looking for the promise of raffle prizes and the promise of prizes for the Tombola and the Children’s Tombola. If you would like to donate a prize in support of our parish...
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