Public Worship Suspended

A First for Hemsworth

Join us for Mothering Sunday – 22 March

Walsingham Youth Pilgrimage 2020

Join us for the 2020 Youth Pilgrimage:

Monday 3rd – Friday 7th August

Inseparable – Friends for Life

2020 Youth Pilgrimage – led by Bishop Philip North

The Youth Pilgrimage is a week of lively worship, teaching, fellowship and fun for 11-18 year olds.

Our friends are some of the most important and influential people in our lives. Often we have many different types of friends: best friends, school friends, sports team friends, church friends and people we are friends with on social media who we might not have ever met in person.

Friendship is a gift from God and our friendships should model Christ’s love for us. There are not many things in this world that are more valuable than true friendship. We are called to love our friends for who they are, not what they can offer us.

The 2020 Youth Pilgrimage will explore the theme of Christian friendship with its ups and downs, helping us to look to Christ as our model so that we can be the best friends possible.

More information from the Shrine

Photos from last year

A Report from last year

What does the Church teach about Social issues?

Fellowship of S Helen’s

Wednesday 11 March at 7pm

What does the Church teach about Social issues?

An Evening of Fellowship and Learning

Led by

Br Joseph Emmanuel SSF

Featherstone Male Voice Choir Concert

Christmass Confessions

External preparations form part of the season of Advent: they help create the Christmas atmosphere of joy and expectation. A lot of people are extremely busy at this time. All this is part of the Advent season but it’s not the most important thing. Let us never lose sight of the utmost importance of our interior preparation to celebrate the first coming of Our Lord: “by preparing my heart, so that Jesus may be happy” as the little girl once said with all the simplicity and truth which can only come from a child. We do that, or rather God does that, in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, or Confession as it’s better known. It offers us an important way of getting closer to God (or rather God getting close to us) – to be forgiven for our sins. As Pope Francis puts it “it’s an encounter with the Lord’s mercy which spurs us on to do our best”.

Confession is not a tool of spiritual one-upmanship for the highly committed and ultra-pious. It should be a normative part of the Christian life and above all something we should offer to new Christians and to the undecided. How can we hold back from that wonderful joy of knowing God’s complete forgives us? This beautiful sacrament has the power to renew your lives.

Now is the time to plan, prepare and make your Christmas Confession. Is your heart ready to receive the Christ Child this Christmass?? Come and celebrate this sacrament of renewal and transformation.

Wed 18 Dec: 10.00 -10.30am & 11am onwards (Fr David)

Thu 19 Dec: 6.00 – 6.30 pm

Sat 21 Dec: 10.00 – 10.30 am & 6.00 – 6.30 pm

Sun 22 Dec: 11.00 – 12.00 am (Fr David & Fr Robert)

Tue 24 Dec: 9.30 – 10.00 am & 10.30 – 11.00 pm

Or by appointment with Fr Robert (Tel: 01977 610507)

Christmas Grand Draw Winners 2019

	Prize	Number	Name
1st	£50 Tesco Voucher	0926	P.Baz   (Claimed)
2nd	Luxury Christmas Hamper	0511	E. Lister (Claimed)
3rd	Dinner and Drinks for 2 at Wetherspoons	3849	Pat Parr (Claimed)
4th	Cut & Finish at G & D Hairstyles	4348	Julie (Claimed)
5th	Breakfast for 2 at Wetherspoons	0087	Juliette Dixon   (Claimed)
6th	Bottle of Whiskey	1554	S. Jowett  (Claimed)
7th	Bottle of Sherry	2363	Charlie Piper (Claimed)

Thank you to all who supported us by buying tickets and those who donated prizes!

Christmas @ S Helen’s 19

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Christmas Craft Fair 2019