Pentecost XIV

Masses for this weekend:

Saturday (Vigil) St. Mary’s, Gibbet Street, Halifax. 6.00 p.m.

Sunday              Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton. 11.00 a.m.

                         St. Joseph’s, Pontefract Road, Castleford. 3.00 p.m.

Pentecost XIII

Masses for this the third Sunday after Pentecost are listed below:

Saturday (Vigil) St. Mary’s, Gibbet Street, Halifax. 6.00 p.m.

Sunday              Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton. 11.00 a.m.

                         St. Joseph’s, Pontefract Road, Castleford. 3.00 p.m.

The Assumption of Our Blessed Lady

Saturday           (Vigil) St. Mary’s, Gibbet Street, Halifax. 6.00 p.m.

Sunday              St. Anne’s Cathedral, Great George Street, Leeds. 8.00 a.m.

                         Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton. 11.00 a.m.

                         St. Joseph’s, Pontefract Road, Castleford. 3.00 p.m.

Mgr. Moger will be offering the regular third Sunday Mass at  the Cathedral at the usual time of 8.00 a.m. for this feast  of the Assumption of Our Blessed Lady.

The Transfiguration of the Lord and UPDATE

This Feast is a "personal favourite" of mine as is the Gospel account of the same. Mass tomorrow at 9.30 a.m. at Sacred Heart, Broughton, near Skipton.

I have been asked announce that there is to be a retreat at Aylseford organised by the YCA - here is the information I was given:

YCA National Weekend at Aylesford -in Association with the Scola Gregoriana of Cambridge 31st Oct-1st Nov 2015

Set in the heart of Kent, England, The Friars - Aylesford Priory - is an ancient religious house of the Order of Carmelites dating back to the 13th Century. Over the centuries and now today The Friars has become the destination for thousands of visitors.

At the 2015 Young Catholic Adult Weekend Pilgrimage, there will be 

• Sung/High Masses, 
• Gregorian Chant Workshops, 
• Talks, 
• Rosaries, 
• Confessions, 
• Marian Procession, 
• Socials. 

To book on to the weekend please go to the automated booking system at:- 

https://v1.bookwhen.com/yca-aylesford-2015

*Please note Aylesford Priory have a booking deadline of 18^th September, otherwise they reserve the right to release rooms for sale to other guests as required. Also they do not allow last minute refunds so  any non-arrivals and/or cancellations made up to 3 days before the event will be non-refundable..

Also there is to be Mass in honour of the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady at Wakefield's historic Chantry Chapel, Kirkgate Bridge at 7.00 p.m. on Monday 8th. September. This will be a missa cantata.

Masses this coming weekend for the eleventh Sunday after Pentecost are as follows: 

Saturday           (Vigil) St. Mary’s, Gibbet Street, Halifax. 6.00 p.m.

                           (Vigil) Our Lady of Lourdes, Cardigan Road, Leeds. 5.30 p.m.          

Sunday              Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton. 11.00 a.m.

                           (Sung)  St. Peter’s, Leeds Road, Laisterdyke, Bradford. 3.00 p.m.

                           St. Joseph’s, Pontefract Road, Castleford. 3.00 p.m.

Please note the Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes is at 5.30 p.m.

Also there will be no more EF Masses at Heckmondwike as Fr Abberton is moving to Bradford, to a parish close to the school where I teach. I shall of course offer to serve Mass for him when he arrives there.

Pentecost X

Apologies for the delay in posting this, I was severely delayed last night be events in Calais even though I was several miles up the coast in Dunkerque.

Masses for the tenth Sunday after Pentecost are as follows:

Saturday (Vigil) St. Mary’s, Gibbet Street, Halifax. 6.00 p.m.

Sunday (Sung) Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton. 11.00 a.m.

                           St. Joseph’s, Pontefract Road, Castleford. 3.00 p.m.

Last week we heard Mass again at Chapelle d'Armentieres (thanks to the Institute of Christ the King) near Lille and during the week at St Paul's Abbey in Wisques - this was a conventual Mass sung by the Benedictines. Both were very uplifting experiences.