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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

CAFOD Chocolate Raffle

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
We'll be having a chocolate raffle on Sunday 6th April , please can you donate any chocolate prizes (eggs and bars are all greatly appreciated!). Please leave donations at the back of Church for St Aelred's and in the Church shop for St Mary's. Tickets will be available soon to purchase (at both Churches). All money raised will be going towards CAFOD's lent appeal.

Cafod Family Fast Day

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
Thank you for your donations to CAFOD’S Family Fast Day Appeal, you are helping people like Lokho in Kenya have a more secure future. If you haven’t returned your envelope please put it in with the offertory collection or donate online at cafod.org.uk/envelope.

Learn more: Living Simply and Sustainably

By Webmaster • March 16, 2025
Learn more about living simply and sustainably. Trish Sandbach will be giving. A presentation and taking questions on Thursday 20th March at 6.30pm in St Aelred’s Hall. This is an opportunity for both our parishes to pray, learn and reflect together.

Supporting Cafod during Lent

By Webmaster • March 16, 2025
Supporting CAFOD during Lent: If you can support CAFOD with your almsgiving during Lent, please take one of the boxes from the back of Church and return it during Holy Week. Would you like a walking challenge during Lent? You can join CAFOD’s Big Lent Walk and journey together with Catholics in England, Wales and Scotland as Pilgrims of Hope in this Jubilee Year – set your own distance. Sign up here: https://walk.cafod.org.uk/

You're Invited: The Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag

By Webmaster • March 1, 2025
The Chapel Of Our Lady of the Crag in Knaresborough . We are a small group of local people who hold the Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag in Trust. We need more trustees, gardeners, volunteers and fundraisers to help us in our mission to keep this unique site open to visitors. Donations of plants and money towards our long-term preservation projects would also be welcomed. We look forward to your visit in this Jubilee Year.www.ourladyofthecrag.org/

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

Healing Service

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
Healing Service: A Holy Hour of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament accompanied by gentle praise and worship music and an opportunity to receive the sacrament of reconciliation. Thursday 3rd April 2025 , 7-8pm at St Aelred’s. All welcome

Easter Mass Times

By Webmaster • March 28, 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 8pm at St Aelred’s. Easter Sunday masses as usual.

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.

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

CAFOD Chocolate Raffle

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
We'll be having a chocolate raffle on Sunday 6th April , please can you donate any chocolate prizes (eggs and bars are all greatly appreciated!). Please leave donations at the back of Church for St Aelred's and in the Church shop for St Mary's. Tickets will be available soon to purchase (at both Churches). All money raised will be going towards CAFOD's lent appeal.

Cafod Family Fast Day

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
Thank you for your donations to CAFOD’S Family Fast Day Appeal, you are helping people like Lokho in Kenya have a more secure future. If you haven’t returned your envelope please put it in with the offertory collection or donate online at cafod.org.uk/envelope.

Learn more: Living Simply and Sustainably

By Webmaster • March 16, 2025
Learn more about living simply and sustainably. Trish Sandbach will be giving. A presentation and taking questions on Thursday 20th March at 6.30pm in St Aelred’s Hall. This is an opportunity for both our parishes to pray, learn and reflect together.

Supporting Cafod during Lent

By Webmaster • March 16, 2025
Supporting CAFOD during Lent: If you can support CAFOD with your almsgiving during Lent, please take one of the boxes from the back of Church and return it during Holy Week. Would you like a walking challenge during Lent? You can join CAFOD’s Big Lent Walk and journey together with Catholics in England, Wales and Scotland as Pilgrims of Hope in this Jubilee Year – set your own distance. Sign up here: https://walk.cafod.org.uk/

You're Invited: The Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag

By Webmaster • March 1, 2025
The Chapel Of Our Lady of the Crag in Knaresborough . We are a small group of local people who hold the Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag in Trust. We need more trustees, gardeners, volunteers and fundraisers to help us in our mission to keep this unique site open to visitors. Donations of plants and money towards our long-term preservation projects would also be welcomed. We look forward to your visit in this Jubilee Year.www.ourladyofthecrag.org/

Ash Wednesday 5th March

By Webmaster • March 1, 2025
Ash Wednesday is on the 5th March. Masses will be at 10am at St Mary’s (members of our school community will be joining us) and 7pm at St Aelred’s. Stations of the Cross each Friday at 7pm at St Aelred’s and every Sunday, during Lent, at 3pm at St Mary’s.

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The Chapel of Our lady Knaresborough

By Webmaster • February 22, 2025
The Chapel Of Our Lady of the Crag in Knaresborough . We are a small group of local people who hold the Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag in Trust. We are in need of more trustees, gardeners, volunteers and fundraisers to help us in our mission to keep this unique site open to visitors. Donations of plants and money towards our long-term preservation projects would also be welcomed. We look forward to your visit in this Jubilee Year.www.ourladyofthecrag.org/

Fr Gerard's Retreat

By Webmster • February 15, 2025
Fr Gerard will be on his annual retreat from Monday to Friday this week. In an emergency only please contact St Robert’s on 01423 504988

St Aelred's Chair

By Webmaster • February 15, 2025
 St Aelred’s Choir: the parish can arrange for organ lessons for someone with existing piano skills (grade 5 and above) who would like to learn to play the organ with a view to playing for occasional Sunday Masses. If this interests you, please speak to Phil or Chris after the 10am Mass

Events

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.

Friendship Groups Event

By Webmaster • March 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 • 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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Healing Service

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
Healing Service: A Holy Hour of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament accompanied by gentle praise and worship music and an opportunity to receive the sacrament of reconciliation. Thursday 3rd April 2025 , 7-8pm at St Aelred’s. All 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).

Deanery Day of Renewal

By Webmaster • March 22, 2025
Deanery day of renewal. Saturday 12th April from 11.30 am to 3.45 pm in St. Aelred’s church hall, Woodlands Drive Harrogate HG27BE Speaker is Mary Callan. Title of talk is Resurrection Women - Men too.

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The parish ministry  support the community in so many different ways. We encourage all parishioners to be involved.

Saint Ignatius Loyola

Pray as if everything depends on God, and work as if everything depends on you

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