Mass Times
Mass times during the week can occasionally change. Please check the latest bulletin for times.
MESSAGE FROM FATHER MAURICE FOR SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
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...
MESSAGE FOR FATHER MAURICE FOR FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
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...
LENTEN TALKS ON THE OLD TESTAMENT LED BY FR TIM SWINGLEHURST
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...
ST JOSPEH’S CHURCH IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR PUBLIC MASS
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...
MESSAGE FROM FATHER MAURICE FOR THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
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...
MESSAGE FROM FATHER MAURICE FOR THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
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...
MESSAGE FROM FATHER MAURICE FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
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...
THE ROLE OF CATHOLIC CHURCHES DURING LOCKDOWN
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...
MESSAGE FROM FATHER MAURICE ON THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
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...