With One Voice: Pilgrims of Hope

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This website is currently developing as our four parishes develop their new relationship and partnership.

Our four parishes strive to serve God and his people in the Tyne and Derwent Valleys.  We believe that our faith can help to make us better people, caring for others while on our journey to our heavenly home. We respect and keep safe all who come to join us, what ever their circumstances. As the Catholic Church, we welcome everyone, inspired by the words of Pope Francis in his encyclical Fratelli Tutti: 

Of the counsels (St) Francis offered, I would like to select the one in which he calls for a love that transcends the barriers of geography and distance, and declares blessed all those who love their brother “as much when he is far away from him as when he is with him”.  In his simple and direct way, Saint Francis expressed the essence of a fraternal openness that allows us to acknowledge, appreciate and love each person, regardless of physical proximity, regardless of where he or she was born or lives.”

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For details of this week's services and Masses, please see this week's newsletter  

Please remember in your prayers at this time...

All those in our parishes who are sick, including: 

Deacon Derek Gallagher, John Robinson, Edward O’Halloran, George Harrison, Albert Younger, Craig Sutton, Jenny Burns, Simon Burns, Chloe Cant, Tommy Carr, Valeria Coleman, Shirley Cresci, Eleanor Dobson, Stephen Duffy, Jack & Ellen Goodfellow, Michael Hogan, Michelle Horrocks, John James, Sienna Jane McNestry, Fr Alan Macknight, Terry Meadows, Annette Pinota, Frances Renwick, Norah Rogers, Barbara Wray, Kathleen Diamond. 

• Please pray for the repose of the soul of Ruth Douglas who passed away recently.
• Please pray for the repose of the soul of Catherine Hughes who passed away recently.
• Please pray for the repose of the soul of John Robinson who passed away unexpectedly this week.

Please contact the parish office requesting the name of the person to be included in the published list for people who are sick/housebound. Only the named person, or their next of kin/close relative, is permitted to give permission for their name to be included in the published list in the newsletter. Please inform us if someone’s name can be removed from the list.

Cycle of Prayer

During this winter period of Lent, we pray especially for:

Candidates for the Sacraments, especially on the Sundays of Lent

The Needy and Hungry of the World, especially on Lent Fast Day (Friday after 1st Sunday of Lent)

Women's World Day of Prayer, (1st Friday in March)

Survivors of Sexual Abuse, especially on Friday of 5th Week of Lent

Penitents and Wanderers

Pope Francis has announced that 2025 will be a year of Jubilee. The theme is “Pilgrims of Hope” – hope for a world suffering the impacts of war, the ongoing effects of COVID-19 pandemic, and a climate crisis.

In our Diocese, we’ll be reflecting on our initial Diocesan Vision during the Jubilee Year. There will be lots of resources for parishes, clergy, religious, laypeople, educators and more, both on the Jubilee Year and on our Diocesan Vision. It’s a vital year in the Church’s life.

There’s more information about the Jubilee Year on the Diocesan website HERE.

Download your Pilgrims of Hope Reflection Guide.