St. Joseph`s will re-open for Mass next Sunday 7 March.  We will be subject to the same restrictions as previously undertaken during the pandemic.  I suggested in last week`s Bulletin that this was going to be a good way forward and asked for comment from you. I`ve...

I think it would be a good idea if we re-opened for Mass next month; let`s say 3rd Sunday of Lent  on 7 March.  Hopefully, a lot of people will be feeling safer after having had the jab, and probably the weather will be getting better.  If, on the other hand, you want...

Leeds Diocese are running a series of Lenten talks on the Old Testament ("God with Us"), led by Fr Timothy Swinglehurst. If you'd like to attend remotely, please send a quick email to gregory.stacey@dioceseofleeds.org.uk, and use the Zoom links in the timetable given...

The church is closed for public masses for the time being. Father Maurice has decided to move back the decision to re-open the church until the end of February, when hopefully new guidance issued by HM Government will prove helpful in defining the way forward. Our...

At 9.45am on Tuesday 9 February at the Village Hotel in upper Headingly I was vaccinated against Coronavirus.  Praise be the NHS.  The next one is April 30. After that I will be safe unless I drop dead between now and then. In the gospel, Jesus cures a leper. Lepers...

In today`s gospel, Jesus is in a place called Caperneum which he seems to have made his base.  He works lots of miracles there; he cures Peter`s mother-in-law of fever, he cures all sorts of diseases and sicknesses, and he casts out evil spirits.  But in the evening...

Last week our country registered 100,000 deaths since the beginning on the pandemic.  Some people say these people would have died soon anyway.  It raises the question, should we be doing, or the NHS be doing, all it can to prevent people dying?  In fact it`s a...

On Friday 8 January, following some questions about why our churches remain open, Bishop John Sherrington, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, issued a letter explaining the position and role of our churches during the current lockdown. The letter can be read here...

This Sunday is the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary time. Ordinary time and the high feasts mingle throughout the year; they go together, they don`t separate.  The high feasts help us to take off; Ordinary time prevents us from floating away. In the gospel Jesus calls the...