Celebration of Married Life on Saturday 16th May , there will be a special Celebration Mass for Married Life at Leeds Cathedral at 12 Noon for couples and their families celebrating their 25th (Silver), 40th (Ruby), 50th (Golden), 60th (Diamond) and 70th (Platinum) wedding anniversaries this year. There will be an opportunity for couples, who wish to do so, to renew their marriage vows during the liturgy. If you are celebrating the anniversary of your wedding and you would like to take part in this celebration, please fill out the application form which is available at the back of church.
Palm Sunday Masses as usual. Wednesday 1st April Mass of Chrism at Leeds Cathedral 11am – all welcome. Holy Thursday: Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7pm St Aelred’s with watching at the Altar of repose until 9pm. Good Friday 11am Family Stations of the Cross St Aelred’s 3pm The Lord’s Passion at both churches. Holy Saturday Easter Vigil 7pm at St Mary’s. Easter Sunday usual Sunday Masses.
This Lent, live out the Gospel call to love your neighbour. By fasting and giving what you save, you join in Christ’s compassion and help another family put food on the table. Your donation can help families around the world grow food in difficult conditions – such as on flood-resistant floating gardens or using solar-powered water pumps in times of drought. The CAFOD envelopes will be collected this weekend, or donate online at cafod.org.uk/envelope
Food Bank: A TIN A WEEK: Our SVPs collect food for the hungry, can you spare a tin a week for this, also some toiletries? These can be left in the boxes at the back of our churches. The Lord tells us to feed the hungry, so thank you all for your donations which are sincerely appreciated.
Easter Club - Wed 1st and Thurs 2nd April run by Christians Together in Knaresborough will take place from 10am-12:30pm at Gracious Street Methodist Church. If you’d like to join a fantastic team of helpers running this fun- filled holiday club then please contact Liz Rochester 07506 576196 lizrochester@outlook.com Various jobs, including refreshments/crafts/group helper. If you have a child aged 5-11 years, then please Save the Date – registration forms coming soon.
St Mary’s 200 Club Christmas draw: the winning numbers are £200 53, £150 51, £100 19, £75 164, £50 37, £45 182, £40 137, £35 47, £35 32, £30 128, £30 163, £30 18, £25 80, £25 58, £25 31, £25 198, £20 13, £20 55, £20 152, £20 64. Congratulations, cheques can be collected from the notice board. The winning numbers for the December draw are:- £40 - 2, £25 - 159, £20 - 121, £15 -35. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The winning cheques can be collected from the notice board.
Pope Leo published his World Day of Peace message shortly before Christmas. It is such a timely and rich message in today's troubled world. Affirming again that nonviolence is the key to peace, the message addresses the escalation of war, rearmament and fear in international relations. Pope Leo reiterates the Church’s opposition to deterrence based on military force and calls for disarmament, dialogue and the conversion of hearts as necessary conditions for a lasting and unarmed peace. You can read the full text here Pope Leo: Towards an unarmed and disarming peace
St. Mary’s Singers will be resuming practices from Sunday 18th January, 7:30 pm in St. Mary’s parish hall. We’re a friendly community choir, why not come along and sing with us - no auditions.
Christmas Mass Times - Please do join us for this wonderful celebration, we look forwarded to celebrated Christmas with you!
Please make our brassware and church sparkle for Christmas by helping polish our candlesticks and bells, hoover and dust the church after 10.30am Mass on 21st December.