A Big Thank You - To the Albert Gubay Trust for awarding St Mary’s £75,000 towards our church repairs. Thank you to Joe Simmons from the Diocesan Finance office and Julie Burrell for all their hard work and support in securing this. Thank you to the Knaresborough Rotarians for their most generous grant of £500 towards our dishwasher in the community hall.
Cafod is working with trusted partners in Venezuela to provide emergency water, food and shelter, If you want to donate go to cafod.org.uk
Next Sunday we welcome members of the Comboni Missionaries appealing at our Masses. There will be a retiring collection to support their work.
St Aelred’s Hall, Monday 20th July 2026 . All are welcome to come and enjoy fish & chips, mushy peas, bread & butter, coffee/tea and sweets as well as some good chat. Hall opens 12 noon, luncheon served 12.30 £8.00 monies to be paid to Tony or Margaret. Please put your names on the list at the back of St Aelred’s Church or phone Tony on 07912790773.
Fisher Singers Summer Concert: will be held at the Cairn Hoterl on Monday 6th July at 7.20pm . All most welcome. Tickets £10 on the door or by telephoning 07958665410 or 07411258713.
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.
Saturday 11th July 11.30 am to 3.45 pm in St Aelred’s church hall. Speaker is Tshada Roserie. The title of her talk is “A God for all seasons.”
The winning numbers for the April are:- £40 - 104, £25 - 29, £20 - 89, £15 - 56. The winning numbers for the May draw are:- £40 - £146, £25 - 166, £20 - £4, £15 - 63. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The winning cheques can be collected from the notice board.
St Mary’s Year 6 have written prayers that are now on display in the Narthex. Please take some time to read and pray them.
The Requiem Mass for the late Philomena Archibald RIP - will be held at St Mary’s on Monday 13th July at 12.30pm, all most welcome.
Thank you to everyone who signed the Cafod Debt Campaign petitions last weekend, they will be sent to the government along with those from other parishes as the UK takes over the G20 presidency. If you didn't sign, you can do so online at cafod.org.uk/cancelthedebt
A spiritual gift to a friend or family in need or anyone mourning a loved one. All Mass intentions can be made via the brown envelopes in the narthex, please write the intention on the front of the envelope and a cash donation placed in them or use the tab on the Dona machine if you are able to. Please give at least 2 weeks’ notice to facilitate a special day.
Will take place on Sunday 12th July following the 10.30am Mass. Tickets £10 (Includes a glass of Pimm’s). Please contact Jeff on 07811356525 for tickets.
If you have any blooms you would like to share, please place them at the back of either St Aelred’s or St Mary’s church, for our flower teams to arrange them. Thank you.
Anyone in the parish is welcome, men in particular, as our current team is entirely female and it’s important for our children to experience a variety of voices and role models. If you would like to help, just let Canon Gerard, Deacon David or Deacon Philip know, so we can get safeguarding checks underway. The only requirement is a willing spirit and the ability to help with one or two Sunday sessions per half-term. All planning is provided.
Join us for a lovely morning of chat, coffee, cake, and flower arranging on Saturday 4th July, 10.00am–11.30am . We’ll be creating a simple floral arrangement in a jam jar to take home. Cost: £15 per person (cash can be brought on the day). To help us order the correct number of flowers, please let us know your name in advance if you’d like to attend. Please let us know after mass on Sunday 28th June. All profits will be shared between the repairs on the church roof and church flowers.
If anyone has any prayer intentions that they would like taking to Lourdes, then please pass to Caroline Walker, Harriett Beardsley or Fr Gerard by Wednesday 1st July at St Mary’s
Thank you to all our wonderful parishioners who worked so hard to make this event so special for us. An amazing £1603.14 has been raised so far towards our building fund.
St Mary's gardens are looking particulaly beautiful at the moment, thanks to all of the help we received.
The SVP are appealing for small electrical appliances, working or broken: kettles, toasters, microwaves, hair dryers etc. Please leave at St Aelred’s in the Library area or in St Mary's Narthex. For more information please ring the relevant SVP number.