Busy week ahead

This Sunday is the fifth after Easter and we have our two Masses:

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

12.30 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford This Mass will be followed

Thursday is the holyday of obligation Ascension Thursday and not Ascension Thursday Sunday. Again we have two Masses:

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

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

Confessions at call.

On Saturday there is a great occasion for our friends of the Ordinariate of our Lady of Walsingham as its Ordinary, Mgr Newton visits St. Joseph's.
I reproduce the text from the Leeds Diocese Website:

Next Ordinariate Rite Mass

June 1 @ 3:00 pm

3.00 p.m. on Saturday 1st June at St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford.

The celebrant will be Mgr Keith Newton, Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.

ALL are welcome to the Mass and to refreshments in the presbytery afterwards when there will be the opportunity to meet the ordinary.

Find out more https://www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk/mass-in-latin/

Mgr Keith Newton with Pope Benedict. Photo from Catholicism without Compromise blog. 

Easter IV

This weekend we are back to the regular schedule and Pentecost is on the horizon. There are three Masses for the fourth Sunday after Easter:

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

IMPORTANT

Please note that there will be NO Mass at St. Joseph's on Sunday - this is an absolute one off and so apologies for any inconvenience caused. There is of course Mass at Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall for the third Sunday after Easter at 11.00 a.m.
Normal schedule will resume next week.

Easter II

We have two Masses this Sunday:

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

Saturday - Ordinariate in Leeds Diocese

Mr Hirst, my good friend of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham has asked me to announce the following:

The next Ordinariate Use Mass at St Joseph’s is on Saturday, 4 May at 3.00 p.m. 

At this Mass, we will receive one candidate into the Catholic Church according to Ordinariate Rites, so this is a big moment for us - our first convert.

Low Sunday

Low Sunday, Quasimodo Sunday or Divine Mercy Sunday falls this weekend and we have two Masses:

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

Confessions at call.

Easter Joy!

Happy Easter!

Thank you to the clergy, servers, singers and people for making the Triduum such a deeply spiritual experience again at Notre Dame. Special thanks to Fr. Peter Kravos for giving us a free run of the chapel and its facilities.

Holy Mass on Easter Sunday:

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

Confession at call.

The Sacred Triduum

Maundy Thursday:

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

7.30 p.m. Notre Dame chapel, Leeds University RC Chaplaincy, St. Mark's Avenue, Leeds

Good Friday:

3.00 p.m. Notre Dame, Leeds University RC Chaplaincy, St. Mark's Avenue, Leeds

Holy Saturday:

2.00 p.m. Notre Dame, Leeds University RC Chaplaincy, St. Mark's Avenue, Leeds

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Easter Sunday:

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

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

Holy Week

Holy Week schedule 2019

Palm Sunday: 

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

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

Holy Monday:

10.00 a.m. St. Joseph's, Martin Street, Brighouse

Holy Tuesday & Spy Wednesday: 

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

Maundy Thursday:

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

7.30 p.m. Notre Dame chapel, Leeds University RC Chaplaincy, St. Mark's Avenue, Leeds

Good Friday:

3.00 p.m. Notre Dame chapel, Leeds University RC Chaplaincy, St. Mark's Avenue, Leeds

Holy Saturday:

2.00 p.m. Notre Dame chapel, Leeds University RC Chaplaincy, St. Mark's Avenue, Leeds

Easter Sunday:

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

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

Sacred Triduum and this weekend

Due to recent clerical appointments I have been unable to announce the details of the Sacred Triduum this year until now.

Once again the Triduum will take place at Notre Dame chapel at the Catholic Chaplaincy in St. Mark's Avenue, Leeds at the following times:

Holy Thursday 7.30 p.m. with adoration at the chapel of repose until 9.00 p.m.
Good Friday 3.00 p.m.
Holy Saturday 2.00 p.m.

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

(No Cathedral Mass on Easter Sunday)


This weekend sees Passion Sunday and the statues should be now veiled in purple to signify our Lord's hiding from view as recalled in the Gospel. As we are henceforth in Passiontide the Judica me and the Gloria patri are omitted at Mass. We have two Masses:

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

This Saturday at 3.00 p.m. there will be Mass in the Ordinariate Rite at St. Joseph's, Bradford. It is nice to see other people at this Mass who also go to the EF Masses on Sunday.

 

Laetare

This Sunday is the fourth Sunday of Lent or Laetare Sunday and the liturgical colour is rose which signifies a slight lift in the penitential season. We have two Masses:

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

Confessions at call.

Lent III

This Sunday is the third Sunday of Lent and we have two Masses:


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

Confessions at call.

St. Joseph

Tuesday is the feast of St. Joseph. We have two Masses:



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

Confessions at call.

Lent II

Sunday is the feast of St. Patrick and also the second 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
12.30 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford

Confessions at call.

Quadragesima

This weekend marks the first Sunday of Lent.




We have two Masses:

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

Confessions at call.

Ash Wednesday

Wednesday is the start of Lent. It is a day of fast and abstinence, but like Good Friday not a day of obligation.

Masses:

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

Confessions at call.

Of your charity

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Marguerite Jennings of Knaresborough and a regular attendee at our Masses along with her husband Austin.
Marguerite died after an illness patiently borne fortified by the rights of Holy Mother Church. May she rest in peace.