Bulletin & prayers

Download the weekly bulletin:  24th week of Easter
PEOPLE WHO NEED OUR PRAYERS

FOR OUR PARISHIONERS Please pray for our parishioners who are ill and have requested our prayers for their health and intentions. Please remember those who have died recently, all those whose anniversaries occur about this time and all our deceased relatives and friends. Thank you.

THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED ANNIVERSARIES: Burley Judith Glover, Ann-Marie Addy, Elizabeth Metcalfe, Janice Cammarata, Jennifer Coope, Eugene Farry, Monica Placek, Bridie Kelly, Veronica Hargreaves and Eileen Fielding. THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED ANNIVERSARIES: Ilkley Elaine Allister, Martin Coleman, Imelda Murphy, Kathleen Howson, Dolly Foster, James Kelly, Joseph Brannigan, Molly Schwind, Elizabeth Blanche, Maragret Hayes, Anthony Crannigan, Sheilagh Yellowley, Mary Forrest, Mary Arnold, Kathleen Smollen, Molly Brown, Maurice Kennedy, Albert Hammersley, Margaret Brannan, Mary Ridley, Charles Terry, Maureen Gardiner, Jim Mulvaney, Patricia Jackson, Anne Lord and Jackie Emmott. Our parish prayer God our loving Father, You made us your children in baptism. Pour out on us the gifts of your Holy Spirit. Help us as a parish to know the paths we must follow so as to build up your kingdom. Teach us to grow in faith, to encourage one another with words of hope, and to care for your family with love. Let us bear witness to the Good News, and be faithful followers of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen

Mass times & information

Weekend Masses are Saturday 5:30pm (vigil), Sunday 11am.
Weekday Masses are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday, all at 10am.
The sacrament of reconciliation is Saturdays, 5 - 5:15pm.
ILKLEY MASS
The Sunday Mass at Ilkley is at 9:15am.

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