Celebration of Married Life on Saturday 16th May , there will be a special Celebration Mass for Married Life at Leeds Cathedral at 12 Noon for couples and their families celebrating their 25th (Silver), 40th (Ruby), 50th (Golden), 60th (Diamond) and 70th (Platinum) wedding anniversaries this year. There will be an opportunity for couples, who wish to do so, to renew their marriage vows during the liturgy. If you are celebrating the anniversary of your wedding and you would like to take part in this celebration, please fill out the application form which is available at the back of church.
Palm Sunday Masses as usual. Wednesday 1st April Mass of Chrism at Leeds Cathedral 11am – all welcome. Holy Thursday: Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7pm St Aelred’s with watching at the Altar of repose until 9pm. Good Friday 11am Family Stations of the Cross St Aelred’s 3pm The Lord’s Passion at both churches. Holy Saturday Easter Vigil 7pm at St Mary’s. Easter Sunday usual Sunday Masses.
Divine Mercy Sunday April 12th This will be celebrated at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Skipton Road, Harrogate. 2pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with confession. 3pm Prayer of Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Benediction and veneration of the Holy Image. All very welcome.
Easter Egg Hunt at St Mary’s after 10.30am Mass on Easter Sunday.
UPDATE Family Fast raised from St Aelred’s £791.04 plus gift aid and from St Mary’s £326.00. A very big thank you.
St Mary’s Garden day Saturday 11th April from 11am to 1pm.  Please bring your trowel and snippers. Refreshments for the workers and help needed now to remove the rubbish.
Matt and Isaac Coates, will be doing a sponsored walk over Easter to help raise vital funds for St Mary’s church roof repairs. We will be walking the Nidderdale Way (over 50 miles in total) Donate to St Mary’s Catholic Church Roof, organized by Matt Coates gofund.me
A big thank you to everyone who supported our Mother’s Day flower fundraiser at St Mary’s — we’re delighted to share that we raised £100. This will be split between repairs to the church and our journey towards becoming sustainable and single use plastic free in our flowers! We will also be arranging flowers for Easter Sunday on Saturday 4th April at 10:30am. Everyone is very welcome to come along, lend a hand, and enjoy a cup of tea together
St. Aelred’s Church. Woodlands Drive Harrogate HG27BE Wednesday evenings from 7.00pm to 8.30pm except Saturday 9th May noon to 3.30 (shared table lunch) Sessions, topics and speakers. 15th April -God’s Love – Fr. Jonathan Hart 22nd April –Salvation –Fr. Chris Angel 29th April –New Life - David Bolton 6th May- Receiving God’s gift -Rev. Mike Resch 9th May – Praying for Baptism in the Spirit- Fr. Chris Thomas 13th May – Growth – Rev. Olivia Lambert  20th May – Transformation – Deacon Martin Fenlon. Free event. Register online via the QR code, Ring Dolores Omand 01423870789 or register on the night.
Mozart Requiem and Coronation Mass will be performed by the Fisher Singers on Saturday 28th March at 7.30pm in St Wilfred's Church, Harrogate Tickets £15/£8 under 18s.Tel: 07958665410/07411258713. Tickets also available on the door.
Food Bank: A TIN A WEEK: Our SVPs collect food for the hungry, can you spare a tin a week for this, also some toiletries? These can be left in the boxes at the back of our churches. The Lord tells us to feed the hungry, so thank you all for your donations which are sincerely appreciated.
Chocolate Donations : We will be holding a chocolate raffle (both churches) on Sunday 29th March in aid of CAFOD. We are in need of chocolate donations, please leave any chocolate donations in the relevant box at the back of church, thank you! If you would like a raffle ticket, please see Krista Gray or email: office.staelred@dioceseofleeds.org.uk tickets priced at £1 each. Many thanks!
The winning numbers for the February draw are:- £40 - 116, £25 - 58, £20 - 80, £15 - 160. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The winning cheques can be collected from the notice board.
Mass intentions gratefully received using the brown envelopes in both churches. All Mass intentions must be made via the brown envelopes in the narthex and a cash donation placed in them or use the tab on the Dona machine. Please give at least 2 weeks’ notice to facilitate a special day.
St Patrick’s Day Quiz took place on Saturday 14th March 2026 Below are some photos from thet quiz at St Mary’s Knaresborough raising £1500 towards our building fund appeal of £250,000 The Winners with 92 points were the Knights of the Round Table. Thank you to all who took part
St Mary’s Thursday 26th March 7pm. St Aelred’s Saturday 28th March 4.30pm.
Jo Boyce (CJM Music) and friends will be with us on Saturday 8th May for a day of music and refection at St Mary’s. Further details to follow.
St Mary’s Garden Spring Tidy took place on Saturday 7th March A day was held to get the parish gardens ready for spring at St Mary's Knaresborough with many hands to prune, sweep and fill bags for tip runs
Monday 2nd March All are welcome to come and enjoy fish and chips, mushy peas, bread & butter, coffee/tea and sweets to finish as well as some good chat. Hall opens 12 noon, lunch served 12.30pm £8.00 monies to be paid to Tony or Margaret. Please put your names on the list at the back of St Aelreds Church or phone Tony on 07912790773.
Deanery day of renewal. Saturday 14th March 11.30 am to 3.45 pm in St. Aelred’s church hall, Speaker is Angela Powell, Community Participation co-ordinator for the Diocese of Leeds. “Hearts for the Kingdom of God.”