Category Archives: Announcements

Serving at the altar

We are looking to increase the number of servers available for both of our Sunday Masses and also for Weekday Masses where there will be some sacristan duties involved. We welcome anybody of any age who has made their First Holy Communion and full training will be given. If you are interested, or you know of someone who may be, please let Andy Doyle, David Crookes or Fr Andrew know.

Journey in Faith

Our Journey in Faith programme continues on Tuesday 7 November at 7pm in the Parish Room. Although designed primarily for those looking to be baptised, received into the Catholic Church and/or confirmed, all parishioners and students are very welcome to come along and explore the Catholic faith. This week’s session looks at the question “Who is Jesus?”.

Holy Souls

November is the month in which Catholics traditionally bring to mind those who have died and pray for their souls. Our Parish Book of Remembrance will be open at the font all month from All Saints Day for you to write the names of your departed family members and friends. The 10am Mass on Sunday November 12 will be a sung Requiem Mass for the souls of all who died in the World Wars and other conflicts of recent decades.

We will also invite all who have been bereaved in the last few years to come along to a special Mass at 10am on Saturday November 25th which will be followed by light refreshments.IMG_20141101_114912

The Feast of All Saints is this Wednesday, 1 November, and is a Holy Day of Obligation. The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) is on Thursday.

Please note there is no Vigil Mass for All Saints at St Cuthbert’s but there will be a Vigil Mass at St Joseph’s, Mill Lane, Gilesgate at 7:00pm on Tuesday 31 October.

A big thankyou for Low Newton donations

Your overwhelming response included so much clothing that sadly not all of it could be stored. It therefore seems best to donate the surplus to a Charity Shop, most likely a St Cuthbert’s Hospice store. If anyone is unhappy about this please can you let Ciara know, preferably by email office before 14 November after which the clothing will go. All the toiletries were very gratefully received and we are told the women are extremely appreciative of all practical support on release.

Safeguarding

DBS rechecks are now required every three years. There are a large number of volunteers in the parish who have not had these rechecks done for a number of years, therefore the parish safeguarding rep, Stephanie Brown, will be providing you with a Safeguarding Self Declaration Form (DBS4) over the next few weeks. When it is your turn it would be appreciated if all forms could be returned as quickly as possible.

Postgrad student seeking accommodation

My name is Jakub Betinský (29), from Slovakia, about to begin a PhD at Durham. My wife Justína and I are moving to Durham on November 12th. We are Catholic newly-weds looking for reasonably-priced accommodation: a flat in the outskirts of Durham or a large room with double bed and shared kitchen anywhere closer to the city centre. Since we are new to Durham, we will accept all help we can get to find our new home. If you know of any accommodation of this type, please do not hesitate to contact me either via email jakubbetinsky@gmail.com or call me at 00421 903 069 029. If you yourself have a spare large room/flat to rent, we would be happy to help out around the house too: gardening, cleaning at weekends, etc. Thank you.