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You are very welcome!

Thank you for taking the time to visit our parish website. We are a very active Catholic community, seeking to share the gospel values as revealed to us by our saviour Jesus Christ. If you find yourself in the area, please do call in and celebrate Holy Mass with us. Our parish priest, Canon John Griffiths is very keen to meet with visitors to the parish.

You are very welcome!

Thank you for taking the time to visit our parish website. We are a very active Catholic community, seeking to share the gospel values as revealed to us by our saviour Jesus Christ. If you find yourself in the area, please do call in and celebrate Holy Mass with us. Our parish priest, Canon Gerard Kearney is very keen to meet with visitors to the parish.

Our latest parish weekly news, notices and events below

Download the parish Newsletter Here

Great Knaresborough Bed Race Café

By Webmaster • June 23, 2025
St Mary’s Bed Race Café raised an amazing £1186.85! A very big thank you to all who helped to make the event so memorable.

A Tin a Week

By Webmaster • June 22, 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.

St Aelred’s church flower team

By Webmaster • June 22, 2025
St Aelred’s church flower team 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.

Let Me Out!’

By Webmaster • June 22, 2025
Saturday 28th June in St Aelred’s Hall. 10am-3.30pm. A day retreat in the Celtic tradition. Christ asks us not to lock Him away inside the walls of the church, but to follow Him and wash the feet of the world. Andy and Anna Raine of the Northumbrian Community on Lindisfarne will lead the day of prayer, music and scripture. Please bring something for a Shared Table lunch. All most welcome!

Ordination to the Priesthood

By Webmaster • June 22, 2025
Deacon Philip Thornley will be ordained on Saturday 28th June, 11:00am – 12:30pm at Leeds Cathedral. All are welcome to his Ordination, which will also be live streamed. Let us keep Philip in our prayers

Fr. Kearney's Prayer requests:  Please remember those who are sick in your daily prayers:. If you would like to add someone to the list, please email the parish office   through this link    or email the parish direct  (on the newsletter) - Also, please pray for our recently bereaved -   List Here

St Aelreds Cake Sale

By Webmaster • June 23, 2025
St Aelreds Cake Sale 13th July in aid of window blinds for the hall. Please bring cakes for sale either Saturday 12th or on the morning, don’t forget some cash to buy cakes for tea.

St Aelred’s church flower team

By Webmaster • June 22, 2025
St Aelred’s church flower team 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.

Youth Group activities - photos

By Webmaster • June 22, 2025
Youth group - new members welcome - our youth group for young people in Year 7 and above will be gathering on Sunday evenings in St Aelred's Church hall 6.30pm to 8pm. For more details please see Maria Coyle or send her an email via the parish email address Below are some of the photos from various activities:

Thank you

By Webmaster • June 13, 2025
Thank you to everyone who signed the petition to “Cancel Debt, Choose Hope” last weekend. It has been sent to CAFOD and will be added to others from Catholic parishes around the world and given to world leaders to encourage them to cancel unfair debts and implement fairer laws. If you have not signed and would like to go to: www.cafod.org.uk/cancelthedebt

You are very welcome!

Welcome to St Aelred’s Catholic Church

Welcome from everyone at the parish of St Aelred. Here on our website you can find out more about our church and our parish community. We hope that you can find everything that you need in these pages but if not please do contact us.


Children and families are warmly invited to a special liturgy for children at morning Mass on Sunday’s, during term time. Children from 4 – 8 years may attend the sessions in the parish hall during the first half of mass. Younger children may also join when accompanied by a parent.

Visitors are always most welcome to celebrate mass with us.

Our latest parish weekly news, notices and events

Keep informed about parish activities on a week by week basis. Our important activities can be seen featured below, and found on our Parish Newsletter - available online here, or in print at the back of the church.

Fr. Kearney's Prayer requests:  Please remember those who are sick in your daily prayers:  

If you would like to add someone to the list, please email the parish office   through this link  or email the parish direct (on the newsletter) - Also, please pray for our recently deceased -  List Here

Great Knaresborough Bed Race Café

By Webmaster • June 23, 2025
St Mary’s Bed Race Café raised an amazing £1186.85! A very big thank you to all who helped to make the event so memorable.

A Tin a Week

By Webmaster • June 22, 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.

St Aelred’s church flower team

By Webmaster • June 22, 2025
St Aelred’s church flower team 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.

Let Me Out!’

By Webmaster • June 22, 2025
Saturday 28th June in St Aelred’s Hall. 10am-3.30pm. A day retreat in the Celtic tradition. Christ asks us not to lock Him away inside the walls of the church, but to follow Him and wash the feet of the world. Andy and Anna Raine of the Northumbrian Community on Lindisfarne will lead the day of prayer, music and scripture. Please bring something for a Shared Table lunch. All most welcome!

Ordination to the Priesthood

By Webmaster • June 22, 2025
Deacon Philip Thornley will be ordained on Saturday 28th June, 11:00am – 12:30pm at Leeds Cathedral. All are welcome to his Ordination, which will also be live streamed. Let us keep Philip in our prayers

Thank you

By Webmaster • June 13, 2025
Thank you to everyone who signed the petition to “Cancel Debt, Choose Hope” last weekend. It has been sent to CAFOD and will be added to others from Catholic parishes around the world and given to world leaders to encourage them to cancel unfair debts and implement fairer laws. If you have not signed and would like to go to: www.cafod.org.uk/cancelthedebt

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Important Notices

Mass Intentions

By Webmaster • June 22, 2025
 Mass intentions gratefully received using the brown envelopes in both churches. All Mass intentions must be made via the brown envelopes in the narthex and a cash donation placed in them or use the tab on the Dona machine. Please give at least 2 weeks’ notice to facilitate a special day.

First Holy Communion

By Webmaster • May 24, 2025
Congratulations to all our children from St Aelred’s and St Mary’s who made their First Holy Communion last weekend. Particular thanks to their catechists Bex, Justine, Helen and Katie and to all their families for their prayerful support.

St Aelrred's PPC Meeting minutes

By Erica Evans • May 18, 2025
St Aelred’s PPC Meeting took place on May 7th . Please view the minutes here.

Events

Friendship Groups Event

By Webmaster • June 22, 2025
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.

American Style Ceilidh

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
 American Style Ceilidh - Saturday 5th April 7 . 30pm in St Aelred’s Hall. The next in our popular twice-yearly series. Come and dance to a top-class live band. Sociable and fun. No previous dance experience needed - our expert dance caller will explain everything. This event is open to the public - bring your friends from outside the parish. Tickets £10 / £6 on the door. Tea, coffee & cake in the interval. No licensed bar but you can bring your own drinks if you wish. For more information see Philip Rowe (Sunday organist St Aelred’s 9am).

Stations of the Cross

By Webmaster • March 22, 2025
Stations of the Cross each Friday at 7pm at St Aelred’s and every Sunday, during Lent, at 3pm at St Mary’s.

American Style Ceilidh

By Webmaster • February 15, 2025
American Style Ceilidh - Saturday 5th April 7 . 30pm in St Aelred’s hall. The next in our popular twice-yearly series. Come and dance to a top-class live band. Sociable and fun. No previous dance experience needed - our expert dance caller will explain everything. This event is open to the public - bring your friends from outside the parish. Tickets £10 / £6 on the door. Tea, coffee & cake in the interval. No licensed bar but you can bring your own drinks if you wish. For more information see Philip Rowe (Sunday organist St Aelred’s 9am).

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St Aelreds Cake Sale

By Webmaster • June 23, 2025
St Aelreds Cake Sale 13th July in aid of window blinds for the hall. Please bring cakes for sale either Saturday 12th or on the morning, don’t forget some cash to buy cakes for tea.

St Aelreds Family Picnic and Games

By Webmaster • June 23, 2025
St Aelred’s Christmas fayre – Thank you to all who helped to make the Christmas Fair a great success. A Total of £1514.62 was banked!

The Fisher Singers

By Webmaster • June 22, 2025
The Fisher Singers have a Summer Celebration concert on Monday 7th of July at 7.30pm at the Cairn Hotel. Tickets are £10, under 18s £8. Please phone 07411 258713/07958665410r tickets can be purchased on the door. Proceeds to go to Harrogate Homeless project.

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