CHURCH OPEN APPROX 10.00am - 3.00pm each day. SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS
Fr Kentigern hopes to be regularly available to Parishioners on site: Tuesdays: 11.00am - 12.30pm; Thursdays from Mass – 12.30pm; Saturdays 10.00am - 12.30pm
100 CLUB With the beginning of 2022 the Parish 100 Club has come to an end. There was a final Grand Draw at the end of 2021. The final prize winners (November & December) were: K. Lawford-Davies £50 M Sturges £40 G Thompson £30 M Sturges £15 M Brown £10
A Glaister £48 A Dowson £35 P Wallace £25 I Lovat £18 R Walker £12
MIND Sue Walsh is doing a cold water swim challenge every day in January to raise money and awareness of mental health especially in younger people. Here’s the online link to donate : https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/sue-walsh6
MIDDLESBROUGH FOOD BANK There will be another delivery on Tuesday 11 January 2022. Deadline for donations: Monday 10 January 2022. Donations can be left at the back of Our Lady & St Benedict’s church or in the Church Hall. Cash or Cheques to be handed in to St Benedict’s House.
WORLD COMMUNITY OF CHRISTIAN MEDITATION WCCM meetings on Monday afternoons will recommence in St Benedict’s Hall on January 10th. 2022. We gather at 2pm. Simple, Still Silent Meditation begins at 2 15pm, followed by refreshments. We take our leave by 3 30 pm. It has been a joy to be alongside each other again in groups between 5 and 9. Mary Sturges.
MIDDLESBROUGH JUSTICE AND PEACE On January 15 (via Zoom) there will be a talk Climate Change, Arms & Conflict: What does Security mean in a time of Climate Crisis? given by Aisling Griffin of Pax Christi. To arrange a place or for more details please contact bhungin@yahoo.co.uk
SYNOD 2021 – 2023 Next opportunities to participate: Wed 19 Jan 7.00pm; Thu 20 Jan 10.15, Sat 22 Jan 4.00pm
CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & HOUSEBOUND There is a shortage of carers for the sick and housebound in the Village. If you think you may be able to help, please contact Suzanne Flannery.
LEADERSHIP GROUP We are due to meet again on 12 January. If you have any ideas, suggestions or comments for us to discuss, please contact Robert Toone, Dominic Carter, Clare Lally, Jennie Black or Fr Kentigern.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
January 10 Meditation Group 2.00pm (in Parish Hall); Deadline for Foodbank donations
January 11 Foodbank delivery takes place at 12.00pm
January 12 Leadership Group Meeting 7.00pm
January 15 Climate Change Talk (via Zoom)
SUNDAY MASS TIMES IN THE LOCAL AREA
Sat 6.00pm Vigil Mass Our Lady & St Benedict Sun 9.00am St Mary’s Helmsley Sun 9.30am Ampleforth AbbeySun 10.00am Our Lady & St Benedict Sun 10.30am Our Lady & St Chad, Kirkbymoorside Sun 11.15am Ampleforth College (Term Time Only) Sun 12.00pm Stanbrook Abbey