PARISH NEWSLETTER

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By Webmaster October 24, 2025
Thank you for supporting CAFOD’s Family Fast Day! Your donations in our parish collection and online are helping families like Waré’s in Ethiopia. CAFOD’s local partners worked with Waré’s community to build an underground water tank that now provides safe water for 300 families. Your support this Harvest will help more communities have better access to safe water. You can read more about Ware’s story here: cafod.org.uk/harvest St Aelred’s raised an amazing £898.08. St Mary’s tbc
By Webmaster October 21, 2025
St. Mary’s singers have their Praise joint concert with the Silver Band coming up on 25th October - an afternoon concert, £10 children are free.
By Webmaster October 5, 2025
SVP St. Vincent's Centre Leeds. Small Electricals Appeal. Please leave unwanted kettles, irons, lamps, heaters. microwaves, hairdryers etc. in the entrance way in the marked boxes in both churches.
By Webmaster October 4, 2025
The winning numbers for the August draw:- £40 - 137, £25 - 56, £20 - 173, £15 - 100. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The winning cheques can be collected from the notice board.
By Webmaster October 4, 2025
Calling all bakers we invite you to share your talents. Next weekend October 4th/5th we are having a “Bake and Take” stall after each mass at St Aelred’s.  Please bake/bring something to donate and the parish can share and enjoy.
By Webmaster September 27, 2025
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.
By Erica Evans September 12, 2025
SVP St. Vincent's Centre Leeds. Small Electricals Appeal. Please leave unwanted kettles, irons, lamps, heaters. microwaves, hairdryers etc. in the entrance way in the marked boxes in both churches.
By Webmaster September 12, 2025
Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) Survivors’ Survey: As part of a thematic audit of survivor engagement, the CSSA is actively seeking insight from those who have lived experience of abuse and is carrying out a public call for information. This is an opportunity for anybody with information to share with the CSSA (anonymously if you wish). To find out more about the CSSA’s current public call for information, and how you can complete a survey, please visit their dedicated webpage
By Webmaster September 5, 2025
St Aelred’s and St Mary’s church flower teams would gratefully accept flowers from your garden or bought flowers to be used to decorate the church. Please leave donations at the back of church in the bucket marked Flowers.
By Webmaster August 23, 2025
: If you have surplus fruit, veg, homemade jams, chutneys etc please consider sharing with the parish. There is a table at the back of the church to leave your produce. Please help yourselves to any produce, if you feel the need to make a monetary donation there is a bowl to put it in. All donations will be shared between the SVP and CAFOD. Thank you for your support.
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