CJM MUSIC collective

🎶 ✝️ What a wonderful evening with Jo Boyce & Friends!

Thanks to everyone who joined us last weekend as we celebrated both our Ruby Jubilee year and CJM MUSIC collective's 30th anniversay!

Thanks also to the Diocese of Middlesbrough Music and the wonderful young voices from Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust for the part they played in the concert.

"I have hope for the future when I see the commitment of 300 teenagers so engaged, talented, disciplined, engrossed and passionate."
One of the messages that came in after our 30th anniversary performance of Born for This at Symphony Hall. Read the full story on the blog →

Born for This at Symphony Hall ~ A Night to Remember On 25 March 2026, Jo Boyce and the CJM MUSIC Collective brought Born for This to Birmingham's Symphony Hall to mark 30 years of music ministry. Here's a look back at an extraordinary night.

Born for This at Symphony Hall ~ A Night to Remember.
300 young people. 2,000 in the audience. One extraordinary night at Symphony Hall.
If you missed our reflection on the Born for This 30th anniversary performance — and what people said when they left that room — it's worth a read.

Born for This at Symphony Hall ~ A Night to Remember On 25 March 2026, Jo Boyce and the CJM MUSIC Collective brought Born for This to Birmingham's Symphony Hall to mark 30 years of music ministry. Here's a look back at an extraordinary night.

✝🎶 Just a couple of weeks to go until An Evening of Praise with Jo Boyce and Friends…

And this really is Friends – with the CJM MUSIC collective, our very own The Diocese of Middlesbrough Choir plus young voices from Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust.

As part of our Jubilee weekend, it’s set to be a joyful and uplifting evening ✨

Tickets £5 | U16s free 🎟 https://www.ticketsource.com/middlesbroughcathedral/an-evening-of-praise-with-jo-boyce-and-friends/e-ajejpe

It's been more than a month. But we're still smiling. Still feeling incredibly grateful and blessed. 🙌 🙌🏾

Symphony Hall, Birmingham. 25 March 2026. 300 young performers. 2,000 people. Thirty years of Born for This gathered into one extraordinary night.

Thank you to every school, every musician, every singer, every person who came and gave everything they had.
This is what it's all for.

📍 Next stop: Middlesbrough, 16 May. Details in the comments ⤵️

Happy feast day, friends! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 There are those who have tried to use this flag as a jingoistic symbol of division. It's not the first time the symbol of the Cross has been abused and misused, and it likely won't be the last...
May the cross on this flag of inspire us to be a people - a nation - of peace, love, truth, justice and courage; to slay the dragons of hatred, greed, conflict and fear.

Middlesbrough here we come! 🎶📆

After the cancellation of our November date last year, we are looking forward to being with friends in Middlesbrough for an 'Evening of Praise' on Saturday 16th of May.

We don't get to these far-flung places very often anymore, so this promises to be an evening not to be missed.

Save the date, book a ticket, and we'll see you there.

As we mark the feast of the , here's a handy selection of song ideas for those Baptism-focussed liturgies and Celebrations of the Word. It is a great time to share a Sprinkling Rite or other water-based symbolic action that reminds us of our own Baptism into the life of Christ.
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Six Super Songs for the Sprinkling Rite - CJM MUSIC In planning and preparing for the Liturgy, it’s good to be mindful that the Roman Missal allows for the substitution of the Sprinkling Rite for the Penitential Act on Sundays throughout the year, but especially at Easter. The appendix of the Roman Missal puts it like this: “On Sundays, especiall...

Remembering our much-missed friend and co-founder on his birthday always makes for a poignant start to the New Year for us. Especially this year, as we prepare to celebrate the 30th anniversary of CJM MUSIC in 2026!

The ever-changing seasons of life are a little unpredictable - more so as the years go by, it seems. But our gratitude for Mike's wonderful legacy of faith and music is an indelible constant.

Happy birthday, Mike.