PAFRAS
The next collection will be this weekend (30th/31st August) for food items and toiletries for the Refugees and Asylum seekers.
SEASON OF CREATION CHILDREN’S LITURGY, 7TH SEPTEMBER 11AM MASS
To celebrate the Season of Creation we are going to have a Creation Sunday in our parish next Sunday, 7th September and we will hold a special children’s liturgy on that Sunday at 11am Mass. It would be lovely to have as many children as possible to join in the celebration. We hope to have the liturgy outdoors so we can really see and hear the beauty that God has created. We will end the season of creation on 5th October with our harvest celebration and there will be a special children’s liturgy on 5th October at 11am Mass (more details to follow).
CAFOD PETITION
Cancel debt, choose hope in this jubilee year – please sign the petition in the foyer. There will be a final petition signing weekend on 30th– 31st August. Thank you.
CHURCHES TOGETHER
Praise in the Park last Sunday was a great success and an opportunity for all four Burley churches to pray and worship together. Thank you to all who came.
PARISH BRIEFING
12.10pm Sunday 21st September after Mass in the parish hall.
PARISHES MEETING
The next combined Parishes Meeting for Sacred Heart, Ss John Fisher and Thomas More and English Martyrs will be held on Tuesday 16th September at 7.15pm in our parish hall. All parishioners are welcome to attend. Could any agenda items be given to Fr Tim or Sue Rix before the 25th of August.
MARGARET SILF DAY OF REFLECTION
Prolific writer and retreat leader Margaret Silf’s next retreat day is entitled ‘Finding solid ground in times of turbulent change’. Wednesday 17th September at The Briery, Ilkley. £50pp including all resources, refreshments and a home-cooked 2 course lunch. For more information and to book, contact The Briery on 01943 607287 or admin@briery.org.uk.
COURSE: THE CATECHISM Part 1: Do you actually know WHAT WE BELIEVE?
Autumn 2025, led by José A. Pérez Díez (University of Leeds). In this course, we will be getting to know the first section of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which focuses on the sources of our faith and the Creed that we profess every week at Mass. Do we actually understand where the Catholic faith comes from, and what is the meaning of its revolutionary message of hope?
Six Tuesday evenings at 7.00pm in our Parish Hall: 23 September, 14 October, 4 and 18 November, 2 and 16 December. All sessions will finish with the prayer of Compline at 8:45pm. All materials will be supplied free of charge. If you wish to receive materials electronically in advance, please email José: japerezdiez@gmail.com.
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION
Sacramental preparation for years 3, 4 ,6 and older children who have “missed” receiving the Sacraments when they were younger. Parents and Carers of year 3 children or older children seeking preparation for First Reconciliation [Confession] please contact the Parish Office by email (office.ssfishermore@dioceseofleeds.org.uk) and ask for a registration form to register your child/children for Sacramental Preparation for the next academic year. Please return the form promptly.
Year 4 and older children who have received the Sacrament of Reconciliation can join the First Holy Communion group. Parents and carers we already hold your Registration Forms and all you need to do is to please contact the Parish Office by email (office.ssfishermore@dioceseofleeds.org.uk) please simply let us know your child’s full name and your name so we can identify your form.
Year 6 and older children and adults who have received the first two sacraments can register for Confirmation preparation. Adults have a separate preparation programme. Parents and carers we already hold your Registration Forms and all you need to do is to please contact the Parish Office by email (office.ssfishermore@dioceseofleeds.org.uk) please simply let us know your child’s full name and your name so we can identify your form.
We are looking forward to meeting you all during the next academic year.
PLEASE READ the Bulletin every week for future information. The Bulletin is available online and changes weekly. You can also register for a copy to be emailed to you.
IF YOUR CONTACT DETAILS HAVE CHANGED IN ANY WAY, PLEASE ALERT US TO THAT FACT.
THANK YOU. Fr Tim and the Catechists.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY
If you want to find out more or think you can help with our Children’s Liturgy, please get in touch with Mary Preston on: mary.preston@googlemail.com or on 07759 516386. Thank you.
SVP
Our SVP group collect good quality household items, small items of furniture, laundered good quality clothes and bedding (not duvets or pillows) in Sacred Heart Church garage. The garage is open for donations on the first Saturday of every month between 11.30-12noon – i.e. next Saturday. Recent visits to the St Vincent centres in Leeds and Bradford have made us very aware of the desperate need for appropriate donations!
Thank you.
MARY’S MEALS
Mary’s Meals currently works in 16 of the world’s poorest countries, feeding over 2.4 million young children one good meal every day in their place of education. They are asking you to donate any left-over foreign currency or obsolete UK currency that you may have lying around. Just bring any foreign or old coins/notes to church by 21st September and we will pass them on. The money raised from this initiative will help Mary’s Meals bring hope to more desperately hungry children across the globe. Every 10p is enough to provide a hungry child with a nutritious meal in school. Further literature plus donation envelopes are available in the Church foyer. Mary’s Meals would like to thank you for your continuous support and prayers.
RECYCLING BLISTER PACKS
Boots now accept blister packs for recycling, and we can even get advantage points for bringing them in! Could we all use this facility since it helps with our LiveSimply programme. We will take the ones previously collected to local Boots shops. Please let our LiveSimply team know if you would like to help with this. Thank you.
PASTORAL LETTER FOR THE SEASON OF CREATION, September 2024
Bishop Marcus’ pastoral letter can be read here. Our bishop reminds us that, “Care for creation is a subject which has long and rich tradition in the Catholic Church, from the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament through to the teachings of successive Popes.” He says:
- our care for the earth should be “motivated not by catastrophic visions but by hope in the future” and a deep love for the God in whom we live and move and have our being.
- in this period of prayer in preparation for the Church’s Jubilee Year of Hope, let us be inspired to take hopeful, but urgent, positive action as stewards of creation.
- these works we cannot just leave to others. We may lack the power to change the whole world, but we do have the ability to make our views known to those who govern our country, and to make changes in our own lives, homes and communities.
LiveSimply social/fundraising event for our new garden project
A big thank you to all for helping to make Sunday 23 June’s LiveSimply social/fundraising event such a success and what a celebration! To everyone who donated bottles/games/cakes/jams & plants and to those who looked after the tombola, cakes (weren’t they beautiful and delicious!) and plant stalls. There are a few plants left, they are in the kitchen at the back of the hall, please take one and give it a home. This was our first Fund Raiser for the new garden project and we received over £500 in donations which was brilliant. We are planning similar celebration events later in July and an autumn harvest Sunday when we will have fruits and veg to bring in and share.
Do join our LiveSimply team, you can leave your details on the form in the church entrance. We are finalising the new garden details; you can help with this, for example choosing new plants or building the paved area. Also if you were away you can support the project by donating LiveSimply via the DONA machine.
Mother’s DayMother’s Day activity at Children’s Liturgy – showing appreciation for mothers everywhere.


The Deanery celebration of Confirmation of 80 candidates at Leeds Trinity University. Such a happy occasion!
Tree of Life
At our parish meeting in October Fr Tim asked us to include Caring for Creation as one of our main priorities. This would mean building on what we did to gain our CAFOD LiveSimply award with new ideas from all our parish families. At our Mass on Sunday 18th October you wrote your suggestions on card leaves, these will be added to the Tree of Life in the foyer. We will be repeating this at a Saturday Mass early in the New Year to give everyone in our parish the opportunity to contribute to this work. In the meantime, you can add your ideas on card leaves in the basket in the church foyer. Please include your name and email/telephone so that we can contact you.
‘The Wednesday Word’ Web Site
This site contains information which you may find helps in preparation for the Mass readings for each Sunday, see http://www.wednesdayword.org
SVP, do you want to join?
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) is very active in Leeds Diocese. Ss John Fisher and Thomas More had a conference in the past. Sacred Heart Ilkley SVP Conference remains active and would like to extend an invitation to any Burley parishioners who might be interested in finding out more about the society and perhaps joining us in our work. The central purpose of the society is to assist those in need whatever form that need takes. Amongst other things members visit people in their own homes or in residential homes. For more information please contact Frank McCrickard, thatcanyon@gmail.com or Krzysia Condliffe krzysiacondliffe@gmail.com