Bulletins
Below is a list of dates, just click on the date to download a copy of the bulletin as a pdf Document.
We have added a new page to the website Response to Refugees. This can be found by clicking Links in the top menu and then Response to Refugees. There is also a link on this page and the home page down the right hand side panel which IPhone and IPad users may find works better.
Homilies
Below is a list of dates, just click on the date to download a copy of fr. Pat's homily for that week.
19th Sunday Year B – Strength for the Journey
18 Year B (2018) - Spiritual Food
Homily 17th Sunday Year B
Feeding the Hungry
Seventeenth Sunday of Year B - God Provides
Homily 16th Sunday Year B
The Value of Being Still
Thirteenth Sunday of Year B – Keeping Hope
Homily: Parish Live Simply Programme - So Far
11th Sunday of Year B – The Kingdom, the Church, and ourselves.
Devotion to the Sacred Heart of JesusCorpus Christi – Sign of Lasting Love
7 Easter Year B - Intercession
6 Sunday Year B – Recognising and Responding to Love
4 Easter A-B-C Vocations Sunday
Third Sunday of Lent (B) - Casting Out Clutter
Homily: 2 Lent B – Faith and SightFirst Sunday of Lent (B) – The Purposes of Penance
Pastoral Letter - Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Pastoral Letter on the Diaconate
Job Vacancies
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Vicariate for Education - School Vacancies
St Paul's Catholic Primary School Alwoodley
KS2 permanent teacher from 1st September 2018 see link below fro more information.
http://www.stpaulscps.com/catholic-vacancies/
VACANCIES
DIOCESAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL VACANCIES
A number of vacancies exist in Catholic schools across the Diocese of Leeds for both leadership positions and teaching staff. Please see the vacancies notice on the notice board for more information. Alternatively if you wish to discuss opportunities available in our catholic schools please contact:
evangelisation.admin@dioceseofleeds.org.uk.
TEACHING VACANCIES
Our Lady and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School
The Governors would like to appoint two Teachers who make learning fun and support the children to be the best they can. We are seeking to appoint someone who is sympathetic to the ethos of our Catholic school and deeply committed to further developing high standards of achievement for our pupils. The first vacancy is a fulltime permanent post with TLR to lead English or Maths and the second is a maternity cover. Both positions are required from 1st September. The closing date is Friday 18th May at 4.00pm and interviews are on Thursday 24th May. More information can be found on our school website www.ourladyandstbrendans.co.uk or by contacting the school office on 01274 611992.
J&P COMMISSION - FAMILY POVERTY:
A Diocese Acts - paid piece of work: Could you help our new project by devising a set of parish-based meetings about Family Poverty and how this relates to Catholic Social Teaching. We need someone to do a paid piece of work to devise the meeting content. If interested then please email jandp@dioceseofleeds.org.uk and we will supply full details. The closing date for applications is Tuesday 15th May.
ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER/SENCO
Start date 1st Sept 2018, Salary grade L5-L9. Full time and permanent.
Applications are invited from teachers who will support the Catholic ethos of the school.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact Mrs Flynn at the school on 0113
2677532 or flynns@holynameleeds.co.uk to arrange a visit. Further details and an application
form can be found at www.bishopwheelercatholicacademytrust.org/vacancies
Completed CES application forms should be emailed to Amanda Whelan, Head of HR for the
Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust at a.whelan@bwcat.org for the attention of the Peter
Hughes, Executive Headteacher.
Closing date: Wednesday 16 May 2018, 12.00 noon
Interviews: Monday 21 May 2018
Other info.
(Friday 6th-Thurs 12th July 2018) If anybody would like to join the pilgrimage as a Doctor, Nurse or Carer (no formal qualifications required to be a carer), we are hosting a meeting on Tues 27th March at Hinsley Hall, 7pm where you can come along and meet some of the team and ask any questions you may have. We raise money throughout the year, to help fund our Nurses to come as they are desperately needed. Any questions please feel free to ring Jo Jarvis on 07881518465.
UP-COMING PILGRIMAGES:
TO LINDISFARNE (HOLY ISLAND)
Young Adults (20s and 30s), 4th - 8th April 2018. For more information contact Sr Lynne fcJ at lynnefcj@hotmail.com
TO WALSINGHAM (PRO-LIFE)
Monday 9th April 2018 Pick up outside St. Mary’s Church at 6.30am. For more information, please call Pat Sammon on 0113 258 2745 or Kate on 07505 767415. Many thanks.
TO KNOCK SHRINE, IRELAND
7th May 2018. Contact Patricia on 01268 762278 or email knockpilgrimages@gmail.com. Knock Pilgrimages is a member of the Travel Trust Association and is fully protected by ATOL T7613.
TO LOURDES 2018
6th -12th July. Please be aware that there are three ways to book a place on the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes: Online: joewalshtours.co.uk - all booking documents will be given to you online subsequently. Telephone: 0161 820 8790. Via the booking form sent to parishes along with the posters. Please do photocopy the booking form as required. Booking forms can be downloaded and printed off at this link:
http://www.joewalshtours.ie/x/Downloads/Leeds%20Diocesan%202018%20booking%20form.pdfAYS: The programme at Leeds Cathedral on 7th April, 5th May, 2nd June, 7th July and 4th August: Start 10:30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, if possible; the Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet; Confession; 12noon Mass; 12:30pmTalk in the Hall when possible; 4:00pm Finish.
World Apostolate of Fatima Membership requirements: The minimum requirement for becoming a member of the WAF is to make a Pledge in which one promises: 1. To offer up every day the sacrifices demanded by one’s daily duty through the faithful observance of God’s law; 2. To say five decades of the Rosary daily while meditating on the mysteries; 3. To wear the brown scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as a sign and reminder of personal consecration to Our Lady and her Immaculate Heart; 4. On the first Saturday of five consecutive months, with the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to confess and receive Holy Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary, and keep company with Our Lady for fifteen minutes while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary.
PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND 24TH - 29TH SEPTEMBER 2018: Itinerary to include: Krakow, Czestochowa, Wieliczka, Wadowice, Kalwaria Zebrzydowskan & Auschwitz. Further details: Fr Timothy Whitwell - Telephone: 01274 720299
E-mail: timothy.whitwell@dioceseofleeds.org.uk
SHELTERED HOUSING – ST SCHOLASTICA’S RETREAT – VACANT FLATS AVAILABLE: The Retreat offers sheltered housing to practising Catholics aged 60 or over in 36 self-contained flats at £459pcm – more information from The Warden: Deacon Seán Duffy, 27 The Retreat, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, HP27 0JG (01844) 344437. Email: info@stscholasticas.co.uk www.stscholasticas.co.uk
