St. Thomas of Canterbury

Tomorrow in England and Wales we observe the feast of St. Thomas of Canterbury. We have two Masses:

11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton
1.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford

Confessions at call.

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Et incarnatus est de Spiritu sancto ex Maria Virgine: Et homo factus est.

Merry Christmas and a peaceful new year!

During the coming Christmas season

grant Lord that may we be blessed

with the spirit of the season,

which is peace,

with the gladness of the season,

which is hope

and with the heart of the season, 

which is love.

Christmas Masses :

Christmas Eve: 11.30 p.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton

Christmas Day: 11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart Broughton Hall, Skipton

                           1.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford

Advent IV

This weekend is the last Sunday of Advent and we have two Masses:

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

1.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford (Sung Mass)

Confessions at call. 

This week: 

Tuesday 24th. December 8.00 a.m. St. Joseph's, Martin Street,  Brighouse

                                         11.30 p.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton

Wednesday 25th. December 11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton

                                              1.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford

No Mass at Clayton on Boxing Day.

Christmas Masses

Remember that we have our first ever Rorate Mass tomorrow (Tuesday 17th. December) at 6.00 a.m. at St. Joseph's, Martin Street, Brighouse.

Christmas Masses:

Christmas Eve: 11.30 p.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton
Christmas Day: 11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton                              1.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford 

Gaudete

This weekend marks the third Sunday of Advent or Gaudete Sunday. The rose vestments signify a lightening of the penitential mood as they do on the fourth Sunday of Lent.

We have three Masses:

8.00 a.m. Leeds Cathedral, Cookridge Street, Leeds
11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton  Hall, Skipton
1.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford

On Tuesday (17th December) we have our first ever Rorate Mass at 6.00 a.m. at St. Joseph's, Martin Street, Brighouse.
Masses Mon-Fri at 10.00 a.m. at Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton.
Thursday at 9.30 a.m.  at St. Anthony's, Bradford Road, Clayton, Bradford

Confessions at call.
I shall publish details of Christmas Masses later next week.

This weekend - the Immaculate Conception

On Friday evening at 7.30 p.m. we have the regular first Friday Mass at St. Austin's, Wentworth Terrace, Wakefield.
On Saturday the regular Mass at Broughton Hall is at the usual 10.30 a.m.

Although Sunday is the second Sunday of Advent the Feast of the Immaculate Conception overrides this in the Extraordinary Form. We have two Masses:

11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton
1.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford - sung Mass

Confessions at call.

Election 2019

A message from Bishop Marcus Stock: 
In the next parliament, it is likely that there will be efforts to introduce changes to the law that would allow abortion on demand, for any reason, up to birth and that there will be further attempts to introduce assisted suicide.  Whatever political party you may be considering voting for, please reflect on the importance of human life.  Find out where your local political candidates stand on life issues – abortion and assisted suicide – by visiting www.righttolife.org.uk/bothlives.  If you use social media, please also consider sharing this campaign on your Facebook page or whatever social media platform you use.  Draft flyers are also available from: https://righttolife.org.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2019/11/RTL-flyer-print.pdf.

From Sunday's bulletin at St. Joseph's, Bradford