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You are very welcome!

Thank you for taking the time to visit our parish website. We are a very active Catholic community, seeking to share the gospel values as revealed to us by our saviour Jesus Christ. If you find yourself in the area, please do call in and celebrate Holy Mass with us. Our parish priest, Canon John Griffiths is very keen to meet with visitors to the parish.

You are very welcome!

Thank you for taking the time to visit our parish website. We are a very active Catholic community, seeking to share the gospel values as revealed to us by our saviour Jesus Christ. If you find yourself in the area, please do call in and celebrate Holy Mass with us. Our parish priest, Canon Gerard Kearney is very keen to meet with visitors to the parish.

Our latest parish weekly news, notices and events below

Download the parish Newsletter Here

CAFOD Chocolate Raffle

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
We'll be having a chocolate raffle on Sunday 6th April , please can you donate any chocolate prizes (eggs and bars are all greatly appreciated!). Please leave donations at the back of Church for St Aelred's and in the Church shop for St Mary's. Tickets will be available soon to purchase (at both Churches). All money raised will be going towards CAFOD's lent appeal.

Thank you from Cafod

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
Thank you for your donations to CAFOD’S Family Fast Day Appeal, you are helping people like Lokho in Kenya have a more secure future. If you haven’t returned your envelope please put it in with the offertory collection or donate online at cafod.org.uk/envelope .

St Mary's 200 Club

By Webmaster • March 22, 2025
The winning numbers for the February draw:- £40 - 24, £25 - 139, £20 - 138, £15 - 148. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The winning cheques can be collected from the notice board.

Supporting Chafed during Event

By Webmaster • March 16, 2025
Supporting CAFOD during Lent: If you can support CAFOD with your almsgiving during Lent, please take one of the boxes from the back of Church and return it during Holy Week. Would you like a walking challenge during Lent? You can join CAFOD’s Big Lent Walk and journey together with Catholics in England, Wales and Scotland as Pilgrims of Hope in this Jubilee Year – set your own distance. Sign up here: https://walk.cafod.org.uk/

Lent day: Volunteers needed for St Roberts School

By Webmaster • March 16, 2025
Lent Day at St Robert's Primary School. Monday 31st March. This year, in consultation with Head Teacher Miss Jill Collins, we will be focussing the children's prayer on the Live Simply programme. Volunteers are needed to accompany the children around the various prayer stations. New and experienced helpers are very welcome. Volunteers needed for morning and/or afternoon sessions. Please speak to Krista Rafferty-Gray for further details.

Fr. Kearney's Prayer requests: Please remember those who are sick in your daily prayers:. If you would like to add someone to the list, please email the parish office through this link or email the parish direct  (on the newsletter) - Also, please pray for our recently bereaved - List Here

American Style Ceilidh

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
American Style Ceilidh - Saturday 5th April 7 . 30pm in St Aelred’s Hall. The next in our popular twice-yearly series. Come and dance to a top-class live band. Sociable and fun. No previous dance experience needed - our expert dance caller will explain everything. This event is open to the public - bring your friends from outside the parish. Tickets £10 / £6 on the door. Tea, coffee & cake in the interval. No licensed bar but you can bring your own drinks if you wish. For more information see Philip Rowe (Sunday organist St Aelred’s 9am).

Stations of the Cross

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
Stations of the Cross each Friday during Lent, at 3pm at St Mary’s - 7pm at St Aelred’s - every Sunday,

Easter Mass Times

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
Wednesday, 16 April – Mass of Chrism 11.00 Leeds Cathedral – all welcome. Holy Thursday, 17 April – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7pm with watching at the Altar of Repose to 9.15.pm at St Mary’s. Good Friday, 18 April – Celebration of The Lord’s Passion 3pm in both churches with Stations of the Cross at St Aelred’s. Holy Saturday, 19 April – Easter Vigil 8pm at St Aelred’s.  Easter Sunday masses as usual.

Lent day: Volunteers needed for St Roberts School

By Webmaster • March 16, 2025
Lent Day at St Robert's Primary School. Monday 31st March. This year, in consultation with Head Teacher Miss Jill Collins, we will be focussing the children's prayer on the Live Simply programme. Volunteers are needed to accompany the children around the various prayer stations. New and experienced helpers are very welcome. Volunteers needed for morning and/or afternoon sessions. Please speak to Krista Rafferty-Gray for further details.

You are very welcome!

Welcome to St Mary’s Knaresborough. It is the town’s Roman Catholic Church, situated on Bond End on the main A59 on the edge of the town centre. The parish comprises all of Knaresborough town and many of the surrounding villages including Scriven, Scotton, Lingerfield, Farnham, Copgrove, Staveley, Arkendale, Coneythorpe, Flaxby, Goldsborough, Hay-a-Park, Harrogate Road up to the golf club house, and Forest Moor Road towards Harrogate up to and including White House Farm.  For directions to church see the Contact page


Whether you are looking to join our parish community on a regular basis, or are enquiring about becoming part of the church for a special event, such as a wedding or a baptism, or simply visiting the area and looking for a place to worship, these pages should give you all that you need to know.

Our latest parish weekly news, notices and events

Keep informed about parish activities on a week by week basis. Our important activities can be seen featured below, and found on our Parish Newsletter - available online here, or in print at the back of the church.

Fr Gerard's Prayer requests:  Please remember those who are sick in your daily prayers:  

If you would like to add someone to the list, please email the parish office   through this link  or email the parish direct (on the newsletter) - Also, please pray for our recently deceased -  List Here

CAFOD Chocolate Raffle

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
We'll be having a chocolate raffle on Sunday 6th April , please can you donate any chocolate prizes (eggs and bars are all greatly appreciated!). Please leave donations at the back of Church for St Aelred's and in the Church shop for St Mary's. Tickets will be available soon to purchase (at both Churches). All money raised will be going towards CAFOD's lent appeal.

Thank you from Cafod

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
Thank you for your donations to CAFOD’S Family Fast Day Appeal, you are helping people like Lokho in Kenya have a more secure future. If you haven’t returned your envelope please put it in with the offertory collection or donate online at cafod.org.uk/envelope .

St Mary's 200 Club

By Webmaster • March 22, 2025
The winning numbers for the February draw:- £40 - 24, £25 - 139, £20 - 138, £15 - 148. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The winning cheques can be collected from the notice board.

Supporting Chafed during Event

By Webmaster • March 16, 2025
Supporting CAFOD during Lent: If you can support CAFOD with your almsgiving during Lent, please take one of the boxes from the back of Church and return it during Holy Week. Would you like a walking challenge during Lent? You can join CAFOD’s Big Lent Walk and journey together with Catholics in England, Wales and Scotland as Pilgrims of Hope in this Jubilee Year – set your own distance. Sign up here: https://walk.cafod.org.uk/

Lent day: Volunteers needed for St Roberts School

By Webmaster • March 16, 2025
Lent Day at St Robert's Primary School. Monday 31st March. This year, in consultation with Head Teacher Miss Jill Collins, we will be focussing the children's prayer on the Live Simply programme. Volunteers are needed to accompany the children around the various prayer stations. New and experienced helpers are very welcome. Volunteers needed for morning and/or afternoon sessions. Please speak to Krista Rafferty-Gray for further details.

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Important Notices

St Mary's spring clean

By Webmaster • March 22, 2025
St Mary’s - spring clean the office and reception room. Lots of help needed - preparing papers for professional shredding and a general tidy up on Saturday 29th March at 11.30am.

Confirmation Candidates

By Webmaster • January 25, 2025
Confirmat ion Candidates are warmly invited for their formation session at St Mary’s Hall on Sunday 26th January 2025, 12 Noon to 3pm. Please bring a packed lunch. Parents are invited to meet with Fr Gerard at 2.30pm for an update on the same day. Please note this is the only session we are running and it is essential to attend before the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation. Home work: please bring with a Saints/Biblical name for your Confirmation name

Sacrament of Confirmation

By Anthony Evans • January 17, 2025
Confirmation Candidates are warmly invited for their formation session at St Mary’s Hall on Sunday 26 th January 2025, 12 Noon to 3pm. Please bring a packed lunch. Parents are invited to meet with Fr Gerard at 2.30pm for an update on the same day. Please note this is the only session we are running and it is essential to attend before the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation. Home work: please bring with a Saints/Biblical name for your Confirmation name.

Events

Stations of the Cross

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
Stations of the Cross each Friday during Lent, at 3pm at St Mary’s - 7pm at St Aelred’s - every Sunday,

Lent day: Volunteers needed for St Roberts School

By Webmaster • March 16, 2025
Lent Day at St Robert's Primary School. Monday 31st March. This year, in consultation with Head Teacher Miss Jill Collins, we will be focussing the children's prayer on the Live Simply programme. Volunteers are needed to accompany the children around the various prayer stations. New and experienced helpers are very welcome. Volunteers needed for morning and/or afternoon sessions. Please speak to Krista Rafferty-Gray for further details.

SVP - Shop Knaresborough

By Webmaster • March 8, 2025
St Vincent’s Shop (SVP) in Knaresborough is in need of volunteers for various tasks: in the shop, sorting, on the till. Please call into the shop at 52 High Street Knaresborough or email annetteh@svp.org.uk. If you are able to offer an hour or two that would be much appreciated. The shop also needs donations of clothes, shoes, handbags and bric-a-brac.

Ash Wednesday 5th March

By Webmaster • February 22, 2025
 Ash Wednesday is on the 5th March. Masses will be at 10am at St Mary’s (members of our school community will be joining us) and 7pm at St Aelred’s.

Sunday Mass Livestream

American Style Ceilidh

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
American Style Ceilidh - Saturday 5th April 7 . 30pm in St Aelred’s Hall. The next in our popular twice-yearly series. Come and dance to a top-class live band. Sociable and fun. No previous dance experience needed - our expert dance caller will explain everything. This event is open to the public - bring your friends from outside the parish. Tickets £10 / £6 on the door. Tea, coffee & cake in the interval. No licensed bar but you can bring your own drinks if you wish. For more information see Philip Rowe (Sunday organist St Aelred’s 9am).

St Mary's Friendship Group

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
Friendship Groups: St Mary’s Friendship Group meet Monday afternoons from 1.30pm to 3pm with refreshments and good cake! All most welcome.  St Aelred’s Friendship Group meet on the third Wednesday of each month at 1.30pm – 3.30pm all most welcome.

Stations of the Cross

By Webmaster • March 28, 2025
Stations of the Cross each Friday during Lent, at 3pm at St Mary’s - 7pm at St Aelred’s - every Sunday,

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The parish ministry  support the community in so many different ways. We encourage all parishioners to be involved.

Saint Ignatius Loyola

Pray as if everything depends on God, and work as if everything depends on you

OUR LOCAL MARIAN SHRINE

OUR LADY OF THE CRAG

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