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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Please remember in prayer at this time...

All those in our parishes who are unwell/housebound, including: 

Keith Watson, John Malloy, Edward O’Halloran, Craig Sutton, Simon Burns, Chloe Cant, Tommy Carr, Valeria Coleman, Eleanor Dobson, Stephen Duffy, Jack & Ellen Goodfellow, Michael Hogan, Michelle Horrocks, Sienna Jane McNestry, Fr Alan Macknight, Annette Pinota, Frances Renwick, Norah Rogers, Kathleen Diamond, Melania, Barbara Wray, Joan Hambrook, Wilf Crawley and Marcy Carter.

All those who have died recently, including:

James (Jimmy) Ford who died on the 5th August suddenly. His Requiem Mass will be at OLOL, Chopwell on the 20th August at 12.00 noon, cremation to follow at Mountsett at 1.15pm.

Shirley Cresci whose her Requiem Mass will be at St Barnabas, Rowlands Gill on Friday 22nd August at 10.30am.

Betty Welsh who has died. Her funeral service will be on the 26th August 11.30am at St Joseph’s, Blaydon.

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 season of Ordinary Time, we pray especially for:

A Deeper Understanding between Christians and Jews

Those who suffer Persecution, Oppression, and Denial of Human Rights

especially on St John Fisher and St Thomas More (22 June)

Europe

especially of the feasts of St Benedict (11 July), St Bridget of Sweden (23 July), St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (9 August) who with St Cyril and St Methodius (14 February), and St Catherine of Siena (29 April) are Patrons of Europe

Human Life

especially on the Day for Life (3rd Sunday in June)

Seafarers

especially on Sea Sunday (2nd Sunday in July)

Pope Francis decreed 2025 as 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.