On Friday 15th December we will be showing our festive film, the 1994 version of “Miracle on 34th Street” starring Richard Attenborough. Doors to the Parish Room open for pizza and drinks at 6:30pm and the screening begins at 7pm. There is no charge but, to help us with the catering, please let Andy Doyle know (0798 543 4185 or andydoyle1066@sky.com) if you are planning to come along. 

If you can spare an hour or so to scrub, clean, decorate and generally prepare the Church for Christmas then come along after the 10am Mass on Sunday December 24th, between 11:30am and 1pm. Hot chocolate and mince pies will be available!

We are now working on the Christmas Flower Arrangements.  Would you like to sponsor an arrangement in memory of a loved one or for a special occasion?  Perhaps you would just like to contribute towards the cost of the flowers.  Flowers are not getting any cheaper particularly at this time of year!  Donations can be made via the dedicated box in the Narthex or by Debit/Credit card and the machine has a heading for flowers.   Many thanks for your support.  I can be contacted either by phone or email – 0191 386 3400 or c.m.kear@dunelm.org.uk  

The ‘knit and natter’ group have knitted a crib (similar to the one we made last year for the children of the parish). We are going to raffle this to raise funds for CAFOD during Advent. Tickets will be available after Mass on Sunday. Tickets cost £2 for 1 ticket and £10 for 6.

Durham County Council is currently proposing to increase on-street car parking charges in Durham city and to extend them to Sundays. Details can be found at 

https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/30424/Car-parking-charges-and-tariff-review and this page also includes a simple form where we can give our opinion regarding the proposal. If the proposal to extend charges to Sundays were to be approved this would obviously impact the people of our parish and others in the city centre and so please consider reading the proposal and submitting your opinion.

The deadline is 5pm on Monday November 13th.

Lumiere is this week, running from Thursday to Sunday inclusive and we hope to open St Cuthbert’s on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 4:30pm to 10pm and on Sunday from after 6:30pm Mass to 10pm. We aim to offer a restful place, a chance to light a candle in prayer or reflection and also some warming drinks. To do this, we URGENTLY need volunteers to be available in the church. Please sign up on the list on the noticeboard or contact Andy Doyle (andydoyle1066@sky.com or 0798 543 4185) if you can help.

We are meeting again on Saturday 4th November at 11am in the parish room to complete the crib for CAFOD and possibly start some new projects. If you would like to get involved, please come and join our ‘knit and natter’ group. Everyone is welcome (including beginners!)

CAFOD Shared Harvest raised £216.60. Thank you to everyone for supporting us, either by bringing the fruits of your harvest or by buying all the delicious products!

If you have any spare glasses (tumblers, pint glasses or wine glasses) or mugs that are stuck at the backs of cupboards and you are willing to donate to the parish/chaplaincy kitchen, please bring them to St Cuthbert’s over the next few Sundays. Please note that we do not currently need plates, dishes or cutlery. Thank you in advance.