The Sick: The Diocese, on advice and under Data Protection Regulations (May 2018), asks us not to name individuals, but to pray for them as a group within the Parish Body as those in particular need.
Recently Dead: Peter Allen, Helen Goodman, Sheila Pacitto
Anniversaries: Esther Arundale, David Goodall, Yvonne Foster, David Brown
HOME COMMUNIONS If you require Holy Communion at home, please contact John Ridge: [email protected], Fr Kentigern or Fr Bernard either by e-mail or leave a telephone message by 8.00pm on Friday evening stating whether you require a weekly visit or a one-off call. Someone will then be in contact to arrange a suitable day and time to visit.
EASY FUNDRAISER Do you regularly shop online? Did you know you could support your church at the same time? For more information speak to Tracey in the Parish Office and see information leaflets in the Hall.
WORLD COMMUNITY OF CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Meets each week: Mondays at 2pm - 3pm in St Ben’s Hall: contact Mary Sturges Thursdays at 8pm - 8 45pm on Zoom: contact David and Sue Walsh Should you wish to join either group contact Mary Sturges 01439788563. The Monday group will break for the summer after 28 July and will reconvene on 8 September
CHRISTIAN MEN OF THE VALLEY Meet each Monday at 8.00pm to share faith, friendship and interests.
FABRIC PROJECTS Works have cost £35000. To date, we have received £1292.67 in fabric donations. All contributions to these costs will be gratefully received.
VOLUNTEER DRIVERS As part of the experiment in providing more time for Fr Kentigern to develop his Leadership of the Parish, Fr Bernard will be taking on some of the visiting of the housebound in Gilling. The next opportunity is 15 August
CAFOD Donate to CAFOD’s Israeli-Palestinian Crisis Appeal at cafod.org.uk/ipc or call 0303 303 3030. or to the Sudan Crisis Appeal: cafod.org.uk/SudanAppeal or call: 0808 58 588 85.
YOUTH 2000 Youth 2000 are coming back to Ampleforth this year from Friday 22nd - Monday 25th August for our Summer Festival 2025! We are so excited and are hoping to welcome almost 600 young people this year! As such, we need as many priests and as many rooms available for young people as possible. To help us free up beds for more young people we are asking local families to consider if they are able and willing to host any priests or religious this year. All their meals will be provided for at the Summer Festival, our priests would just need a bed to sleep in at night. If you think this is something you and your family could offer, please get in touch with Youth 2000 at [email protected] or by texting Louisa at 07444 214089.
PARKING Could I encourage as many as possible on Saturday Evening or Sunday Morning to use the parking available off St Hilda’s Walk – below the allotments or in the Doctor’s Surgery. This will help to prevent the congestion building up on West End during the weekend.
INSPIRATION DAY FOR MINISTERS Please see details of this important event in September, to be found at the back of the church along with a sign up sheet. I would encourage as many as possible to attend, especially if you require commissioning / recommissioning.
ADVANCE NOTICE With August coming upon us soon, please be aware that the life of the Parish will become a little less busy. 4 – 10 August Fr Kentigern and Fr Bernard will be participating in the Monastic Community Retreat. There will be no Services except for the Weekend. 11 – 13 August Fr Kentigern and Fr Bernard will be in Chapter. Again, no Services on 12th. 14 – 29 August Fr Kentigern will be away on his annual vacation. Fr Bernard will cover Mass etc. (Transport assistance may be required.) Thank you to the generous parishioners who have agreed to drive Fr Kentigern to York Station on 14 August and pick him up from Malton Station on 29 August. The Parish Office will generally be closed for much, if not all, of this time too.
THE CHURCH OF ST HILDA AND THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY AND ST BENEDICT
Rev James & Fr Kentigern invite you to join them for
COMMUNITY PRAYERS 10.00am Monday 21 July – Our Lady & St Benedict Monday 4 August – St Hilda Monday 18 August – Our Lady & St Benedict Monday 1 September – St Hilda Monday 15 September – Our Lady & St Benedict Monday 29 September – St Hilda
Followed by refreshments and fellowship
OUR LADY & ST BENEDICT'S PARISH & SCHOOL BRING & SHARE BARBECUE Sunday 14th September 12:00pm Join us after the Scarecrow Trail for a BBQ filled with Fun & Community Spirit! Bring & Share (meat/veggie/salad/ dessert) Bring your own bottle Lucky dip - 50p Bottle tombola
St Benedict's Primary School, Back Lane, Ampleforth
Scouts 1st Helmsley Scout Group SCARECROW TRAIL 2025 STRAW, SMILES AND SKILLS FOR LIFE 10am to 4pm 13th and 14th September 2025 Ampleforth Village ENTRY FORMS CAN BE PURCHASED FROM HEARTS FROM END OF JULY OR FIND THE QR CODE IN THE PARISH BULLETIN OR SCOUT POSTERS
MIDDLESBROUGH FOODBANK Dear MFB Supporters, Thank you all so much, as always, for your support!
Please see below for the figures and for Tracey’s letter of thanks for all the generous donations to the SUMMER HOLIDAY APPEAL which involved all of its usual loyal supporters, as well as those in the villages of Cawton, Gilling, Oswaldkirk and Stonegrave. It is very sad, however, to have to tell you of the recent sudden death of Peter Allen, who led the Appeal in these villages and whom many of you will have known as a champion of the poor and a leader in so many areas, especially in Justice and Peace. He will be sadly missed. May he rest in peace. We are very grateful to Peter’s widow, Sue, for her willingness to continue with the Appeal and to her son, Thomas, for driving up to Middlesbrough too with a 2nd load of donations. Thank you too to Peter and Chris McAleenan for organising and bringing over the collection from St John the Evangelist’s in Easingwold, as always.
Tracey wrote: ‘’ Many thanks to everyone at the Ampleforth hub for your very generous donations to Middlesbrough Foodbank. We really do appreciate it. Our donations continue to drop, and we have to spend more money on purchasing food, people give what they can, but times are hard for everyone. Your donations really do make a massive difference to us. So, thank you for everything that you do to help us. The totals are:- Cheques £100 Food 211.10kg Cash £ 310.00 Thank you so very much. Please pass on my sincere and humble thanks to everyone at the hub!’’
NEXT DELIVERY: TUES. 12 AUG.’25 DEADLINE FOR DONATIONS: 12 noon MON.11th AUG.’25 Families will be feeling the pressure by this date as children will still be at home for another 3 weeks, so please continue to give generously, especially cereals, long-life milk, long-life fruit juice, cordials and biscuits, treats and snacks. Donations should be left at the back of Our Lady and St Benedict’s Church as always.
PS. MFB GIFT AID forms are now available at the back of church for individual donations of cash and cheques. If you are able to, please could you hand them into the office along with your donation or give them to us directly?
Pilgrimage to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady
The Lady Chapel, Osmotherley
Sunday August 17 2025 Rosary from 2.30pm, Mass from 3pm
REMEMBER THERE IS A LONG CLIMB UP A STEEP AND ROUGH TRACK.