St. Mary’s 25 Bond End, Knaresborough, HG5 9AW LEEDS DIOCESAN TRUST REG. CHARITY NO. 249404 Fr. William Wright O.S.B. [email protected] 01423 862388

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CELEBRATIONS AND MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Pope Francis has declared 2021 to be a Year of St – See website for Consecration to St Joseph

FOURTH WEEK OF LENT 2021 Sunday Cycle B/ Weekday cycle I Day Rank Service time Mass Intention Mass: Sat 6.00 pm *L* Rosemary Hill Sun 14 Mar FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT Mass: Sun 10.00 am *L* Rose Smiles Mass: Sun 5.00 pm *L* Parish Mon 15 Mar Weekday of Lent 9.00am Mass *L* Finlay Harrity Tue 16 Mar Weekday of Lent No service Wed 17 Mar FEAST – St Patrick 9.00am Mass *L* Phyllis Hunter Thu 18 Mar Weekday of Lent No service Fri 19 Mar SOLEMNITY – ST JOSEPH 9.00am Mass *L* Sat 20 Mar Weekday of Lent No service Mass: Sat 6.00 pm *L* Parish Sun 21 Mar FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Mass: Sun 10.00 am *L* Yvonne Anne Long Mass: Sun 5.00 pm *L*

Services marked *L* are Livestreamed from the website homepage Services marked *IC* are In-Church – please register online from website homepage or phone parish priest Livestream enables parishioners to celebrate Mass with us remotely from the link on the parish website. See notices at church and on website with more information, and showing the field of vision for the livestream.

MASS INTENTIONS: If you’d like a Mass to be celebrated for a particular intention phone 01423 865996 or email Angela Smith [email protected] who keeps the intentions diary. Please give three weeks’ notice if you would like a particular date. Donations for a mass are now best made online to the stipend account letting Angela know by email. Bank: Santander. Sort code 09-01-54. Account number: 8284 3284. Account name: Ampleforth Abbey Trust.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION by arrangement, please contact parish priest.

IN YOUR PRAYERS, PLEASE REMEMBER: Carol Holgate, Tina Jagdhar, Mariana Robinson, Brigid Davies, Harry Boucher, Alison Drake, Graham Drake, Lyze Dudley, Eleanor Mayhew and all who are ill and those who care for them. Prayer requests to: [email protected]

PLEASE PRAY FOR: Philip Bothamley, who has died, and for John O’Brien, Con Shanahan, Sheila Condon, Simon Fenwick, Frederick Arthur Richmond, Theodore Rylance, Elfriede Allen, Evelyn O’Beirne, John Burdett, George Henry Eve, William Emmett, Kathleen Lynch, Giuseppi Molinari, and for all whose anniversary of death occurs this week.

PRAYER INTENTIONS OF FRANCIS FOR MARCH 2021 – Sacrament of Reconciliation Let us pray that we experience this sacrament with renewed depth & taste the infinite mercy of God FOURTH WEEK OF LENT

PHILIP BOTHAMLEY Philip died at home in the early hours of the morning on Friday 12th March.

SECOND COLLECTION Second collection this Sunday in support of Catholic Care and their work. See Annual Review on the parish website. Donations can be made online: www.catholic-care.org.uk

SONGS OF PRAISE, SUNDAY 14 MARCH 2021, BBC2 AT 1.15PM. Sr Anne Hammersley, from The Briery, is being interviewed about Venerable Elizabeth Prout, also known as Mother Mary Joseph, the foundress of The Cross and Passion Sisters. Tune in to learn about the history of this fascinating woman who started a religious Order in the slums of .

INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH The total raised for our parish International Outreach in January and February is as follows: January £243, February £113. To add your support or find out more click DONATE on the homepage.

VACCINE VOLUNTEER Knaresborough Connectors are looking for volunteers to help marshall at the vaccine centre at the Great Yorkshire Showground. for more information, and to volunteer, please email [email protected] with “Vaccine Volunteer” in the subject box.

VACANCY Headteacher to Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School for Sept 2021. Application packs from [email protected]. Closing date: 22 March 2021.

VACANCY – Classroom Teacher at our own St Mary’s primary. Click here for more details

GOD WITH US: EXPLORING THE OLD TESTAMENT TOGETHER Online Scripture course for Lent with Fr Tim Swinglehurst, Mondays 7-8pm via Zoom. Talk Four 15th Mar: & the Prophetic Word on Fire. Zoom ID: 937 0177 0978. Passcode: 629951

GLOBAL CATHOLIC CLIMATE MOVEMENT Invites you this Lent to join them for a series of reflective evenings with inspiring speakers, prayer and discussion, using the film-based resource Global Healing. Six Thursdays from 18th Feb to 25th March 7.30pm-8.30pm. To join, or for more info, click the Global Healing link on the parish homepage

MARK 10 MISSION A series of 15 min videos for each Sunday, anchored in the gospel reading of the Mass. A good Sunday resource for children of the parish not quite ready for Mass. Today 4th Sunday of Lent: Series 4: Episode 4 - 4th Sunday of Lent - YouTube

YEAR AMORIS LAETITIA FAMILY – 19th March 2021 to 26th June 2022 It’s 5 years since the publication of Amoris Laetitia on the beauty and joy of love in the family. On 19th March, Pope Francis will launch the Year Amoris Laetitia Family. Everyone with internet connection can be involved: http://www.laityfamilylife.va/content/laityfamilylife/en/amoris-laetitia.html

JOURNEYING WITH JESUS TOWARDS EASTER You are invited to join the “God for Grown Ups” online group as we ponder the great Biblical Stories of the Season of Lent. Weekly during Lent on Zoom from 7.30pm to 8.45pm commencing Ash Wednesday 17th Feb. For more details it’s [email protected]