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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

SVP St. Vincent's Centre Leeds

By Webmaster • October 5, 2025
SVP St. Vincent's Centre Leeds. Small Electricals Appeal. Please leave unwanted kettles, irons, lamps, heaters. microwaves, hairdryers etc. in the entrance way in the marked boxes in both churches.

St Mary's 200 Club

By Webmaster • October 4, 2025
The winning numbers for the August draw:- £40 - 137, £25 - 56, £20 - 173, £15 - 100. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The winning cheques can be collected from the notice board.

Calling all Bakers

By Webmaster • October 4, 2025
Calling all bakers we invite you to share your talents. Next weekend October 4th/5th we are having a “Bake and Take” stall after each mass at St Aelred’s.  Please bake/bring something to donate and the parish can share and enjoy.

CAFOD's Family Fast Day

By Webmaster • September 28, 2025
Please donate to CAFOD's Family Fast Day collection to share God’s abundant gifts with our global neighbours as they find lasting solutions to poverty and climate challenges. Your generosity offers “signs of hope” in this Jubilee Year, helping build more water tanks in communities like Waré’s in Ethiopia where women must walk for hours to get water. Use the CAFOD envelope in church or donate online at cafod.org.uk/envelope

A Tin a Week

By Webmaster • September 27, 2025
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.

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

Would you be interested in joining a Men’s Group?

By Webmaster • October 4, 2025
The group will be for men of the parish to come together socially and support one another. The group will meet once a season (4 times a year), and there is no cost. If you’re interested, please contact aidan.gillespie@hotmail.com

Calling all Bakers

By Webmaster • October 4, 2025
Calling all bakers we invite you to share your talents. Next weekend October 4th/5th we are having a “Bake and Take” stall after each mass at St Aelred’s.  Please bake/bring something to donate and the parish can share and enjoy.

CAFOD's Family Fast Day

By Webmaster • September 28, 2025
Please donate to CAFOD's Family Fast Day collection to share God’s abundant gifts with our global neighbours as they find lasting solutions to poverty and climate challenges. Your generosity offers “signs of hope” in this Jubilee Year, helping build more water tanks in communities like Waré’s in Ethiopia where women must walk for hours to get water. Use the CAFOD envelope in church or donate online at cafod.org.uk/envelope

Offertory donations

By Webmaster • September 20, 2025
Offertory donations - are you new to the parish? If so, you may wish to make your donations to the parish by way of Standing Order and, if you are a UK taxpayer, by completing a Gift Aid declaration the parish can benefit by 25p for every £1 you donate. If interested, please speak to either David Rutherford Tel: 01423 887470 or Father Gerard.

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

SVP St. Vincent's Centre Leeds

By Webmaster • October 5, 2025
SVP St. Vincent's Centre Leeds. Small Electricals Appeal. Please leave unwanted kettles, irons, lamps, heaters. microwaves, hairdryers etc. in the entrance way in the marked boxes in both churches.

St Mary's 200 Club

By Webmaster • October 4, 2025
The winning numbers for the August draw:- £40 - 137, £25 - 56, £20 - 173, £15 - 100. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The winning cheques can be collected from the notice board.

Calling all Bakers

By Webmaster • October 4, 2025
Calling all bakers we invite you to share your talents. Next weekend October 4th/5th we are having a “Bake and Take” stall after each mass at St Aelred’s.  Please bake/bring something to donate and the parish can share and enjoy.

CAFOD's Family Fast Day

By Webmaster • September 28, 2025
Please donate to CAFOD's Family Fast Day collection to share God’s abundant gifts with our global neighbours as they find lasting solutions to poverty and climate challenges. Your generosity offers “signs of hope” in this Jubilee Year, helping build more water tanks in communities like Waré’s in Ethiopia where women must walk for hours to get water. Use the CAFOD envelope in church or donate online at cafod.org.uk/envelope

A Tin a Week

By Webmaster • September 27, 2025
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.

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Important Notices

Help needed

By Webmaster • October 6, 2025
St Mary’s: could you help prepare for Mass? If you can offer help in the sacristy, please see Fr Gerard or Janet.

APF Mill Hill Red Boxes

By Webmaster • October 6, 2025
Would box holders please leave their boxes at the back of church over the next 2 weeks and Michael and Ellen. Many thanks for your generosity. If anyone would wish to become a red box holder, there are some spare boxes available. If you wish to make a straight bank transfer, APF Mill Hill details are: account name - Missio Sort code - 16 00 16 Account number 10824230

Mass Intentions

By Webmaster • October 5, 2025
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.

Events

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.

A year of Hope

By Webmaster • January 17, 2025
A Year of Hope: An Introduction to the Jubilee Year with the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development 2025 is a Jubilee year, but what does that mean? Catholic talk show host and author Nana Churcher, and CAFOD’s Simon Giarchi will be hosting Fr Jan Nowotnik (Director of Mission for the Bishop’s Conference), Christine Allen (CAFOD’s Director) and Kayode Akintola (CAFOD’s Head of Africa) and more for a lively start to the Jubilee. With a special appearance by Catholic band Ooberfuse. Saturday 18th January 2025 - 10:30am-midday, online. All welcome. Register here for free: cafod.org.uk/jubilee

Youth Group

By Anthony Evans • November 30, 2024
Youth group - new members welcome - our youth group for young people in Year 7 and above will be gathering on Sunday evenings in St Aelred's Church hall 6.30pm to 8pm. For more details please see Maria Coyle or send her an email via the parish email address

Pilgrimage to Medjugorje

By Anthony Evans • November 10, 2024
M edjugorje Pilgrimage 4th - 11th June 2025 For further information please call Richard on 07970 198096 or Katherine on 07974 941441 www.aglowpilgrimages.com All very welcome.

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Events: Dates for your diary

By Webmaster • October 5, 2025
STA Cheese and wine: POSTPONED STM 25th October concert of sacred music St. Mary’s Singers at Holy Trinity Church STM Shared lunch : 2nd November 12 Noon STA Tuesday 11th November Memorial Mass STA Christmas Fair : 30th November CJM Music Day 6th December 10.30 to 4.30 followed by Mass STA Carol Service : 7th December 4pm STA First Confessions 4.30pm 14th March 2026 STM First Confessions 6pm 18th March 6pm STM First Holy Communion 16th May 11am STA First Holy Communion 17th May 9.00am Details of classes coming soon!

Deanery Day of Renewal

By Webmaster • October 4, 2025
Deanery day of renewal. Saturday 11th October 11.30 am to 3.45 pm in St. Aelred’s Speaker is David Bolton. Title of the talk is “The Mystical Gifts of Saints” - Bible foundations, Catholic and Celtic saints and Modern Mission

St Mary's Friendship Group

By Webmaster • October 4, 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.

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