St Aelrred's PPC Meeting minutes

Harrogate Hospital - has withdrawn the part-time chaplaincy role that Canon Gerard Kearney held due to funding cuts within the Trust. Meetings and written complaints have been entered into with so far, no movement from the Trust. If you require a Catholic Priest to visit whilst you, or a relative, are in hospital please ask the ward staff to facilitate this. In the meantime, please write to Eillen Watson at Harrogate hospital to register your dissatisfaction with the new arrangements. Her email address is eileen.watson3@nhs.net

St Aelred’s Parish BBQ: Saturday 19th September from 4pm. Tickets £10 per person including burger, sausage and chicken skewer, salad and a glass of wine, vegetarian options available. Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £20. Either order a ticket by signing up on the list at the back of Church or speak to Fr Gerard. All welcome!

Nepal Flooding: CAFOD's local Caritas partner, Caritas Nepal, is assessing and coordinating its response with local authorities. The immediate priorities are search and rescue, evacuation, emergency health care, aid distribution and restoring critical services. They have already dispatched food to provide meals for 300 families for 15 days. This response will be expanded as assessment continues and more areas become accessible. If you wish to support this work go online to: cafod.org.uk Please join us at CAFOD in praying for all who have been affected.

St Aelred’s Fish and Chip Lunch The next fish and chip lunch will be held on Monday 14th September. The hall will be open from 12 noon and fish, chips and mushy peas will be served at 12:30 followed by sweets and tea/coffee. The cost is £8.00. Please pass on the money to Margaret or Tony. All are welcome. Please add your name to the list at the back of St Aelred’s church or phone Tony on 07912790773

Week of Guided Prayer – 11th -16th October 2026. Please take an information leaflet from the back of church and consider taking part in this valuable offering for ALL parishioners. You do not need to have taken part in a retreat before. If you wish to talk it through, ask questions etc before committing, speak to Fr Gerard, Deacon David, Deacon Philip or Bernadette. If you would like to take part, then please return your completed form to Fr Gerard by Sunday 15th September. Payment towards the retreat in daily life can be made in cash, on the dona machine, QR code from the bulletin or by bacs (please see Fr Gerard for details of the account number)

Deanery Day of Renewal - Saturday September 12th 11.30am to 3.45pm in St. Aelred’s church hall.  Speaker is Nick Price. "How do we begin to see coincidences and situations as encouragement for growth in the Holy Spirit within our daily lives."

American Style Ceilidh - Saturday 12th September 7.30pm in St Aelred’s hall. 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 £12 / £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 9am).

This is a message for anyone who is thinking about being received into full communion with the Catholic Church; this maybe yourself or one of your friends. Please contact Deacon David for information about the “Journey in Faith” course that will begin in the Autumn with a hope that participants can be received into the church next Easter. Or you may just want an opportunity to have an initial chat about this possibility.

Mass intentions Please note that when you hand in a Mass intention all dates are allocated 2 weeks in advance. Please be aware that due to the high volume of Mass requests we have received this year, the timeframe from the request to the Mass being celebrated is approximately 10 weeks. If you want a specific date you will need to hand in well in advance to avoid disappointment, if the date you request has already been taken you will be given the next available date nearest to your request. Please ensure that you put your donation inside the envelope (minimum donation £10), and the details on the outside (in block capitals ) , who the mass is for, and the date and church you would like. Thank you.