Invite from Fr Gerard
Webmaster • December 20, 2024
You are warmly invited to Fr Gerard’s home for mince pies and mulled wine on Saturday 28th December from 3-5pm please do call in.
A very big thank you for all your very kind greetings and gifts last weekend as I celebrated a significant milestone birthday! I am most grateful and honestly overwhelmed by your thoughtfulness. Fr Gerard.
Saturday 10th May 2025 from 11.30am to 3.45 pm in St. Aelred’s church hall, Woodlands Drive Harrogate HG27BE. Speaker is Fr. Terry McGrath. Fr Terry is a missionary of St. Francis De Sales. His talk is “What does it mean to be the Church?”
Friendship Groups: St Aelred’s Friendship Group meet on the third Wednesday of each month at 1.30pm – 3.30pm all most welcome. St Mary’s Friendship Group meet Monday afternoons from 1.30pm to 3pm with refreshments and good cake! All most welcome.
Facebook, X, Instagram, text, email, WhatsApp: what makes good and effective communication in our age and how does this influence our mission as Catholic Christians today? Rowan Morton Gledhill, Diocesan Communications Office, will be at St Aelred’s on Tuesday, 20 May at 7pm to explore this with us. All most welcome.
St Mary’s and St Aelred’s - anyone interested in knowing more about the faith and becoming a Catholic please see Fr Gerard or Deacon David or Deacon Philip to register interest.
Thank you to all who have worked so hard to make this Holy Week so special. Thank you too for all your help, support and encouragement. Thank you too for your most generous offerings, cards and gifts.
St Aelred’s PPC: next Meeting May 7th . Items for the agenda please email through the Parish Office by 1 May.
Please join Bishop Marcus in the celebration of Holy Mass to pray for the repose of the soul of His Holiness Pope Francis, Tuesday 29 April 5.30pm, Leeds Cathedral. The venerable tradition of praying the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to the Father, followed by “Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord…” is encouraged, especially in our Catholic schools, as is the recitation of the Rosary for the repose of the soul of the deceased Pope.
Pope Francis leaves behind us a legacy like no other. He was above all a prayerful man of the people. Mass will be celebrated for him at St Aelred’s on Saturday 26th April at 6pm and St Mary’s on Sunday 4th May at 10.30am . We are all called to serve and take from his example the call to pray, reflect and be church together. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
Holy Week 2025 Wednesday, 16 April – Mass of Chrism 11.00 Leeds Cathedral – all welcome. Holy Thursday, 17 April – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7pm with watching at the Altar of Repose to 9.15.pm at St Mary’s. Good Friday, 18 April – Celebration of The Lord’s Passion 3pm in both churches with Stations of the Cross at St Aelred’s. Holy Saturday, 19 April – Easter Vigil 7pm at St Aelred’s. Easter Sunday masses as usual.