Welcome to our website
The parish was formed in 2006 by merging the adjoining parishes of St Mary and St Monica (which served
Cottingley) and Sacred Heart (which served Bingley).
We now have two churches in the parish, one from each of the two previous parishes.
The Cottingley church was opened on |
Sacred Heart church was opened on |
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Current Coronavirus MeasuresPlease note that there is no need to book to attend Mass, however, wearing a face covering, sanitising hands and social distancing are still recommended. Streaming On-line Mass etcFor ONLINE MASSES during the day, Holy Hours, Benediction, Evening Prayer, Rosary, this live service
streaming website, which is updated every two hours, is highly recommended:
www.churchservices.tv/whats-on-now/
Parish BulletinHere is the current parish bulletin Previous bulletins can be found at the bulletin page as .pdf documents. If you find the bulletin is out of date, it may be that your browser is showing you a previous version that it has remembered! You can force it to download the latest version by refreshing the page. To do this on a Windows computer, hold down the "Start" key and press R - on a Mac it's Command and R. Or click the little arrow going round in a circle, next to the address box. Phones usually have "Refresh" somewhere in their browser menu. Pastoral LettersRecent Pastoral Letters from Bishop Marcus (and a few others) can be found on this page. The Synod - Our Journey Together from From Parish to MissionThis autumn we have a unique opportunity to contribute to the mission of the Church. Pope Francis has invited Catholics throughout the world to listen prayerfully to what the Holy Spirit is saying to us. Then we are to share our insights with Bishop Marcus, who will submit a summary document to the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales before Christmas. We are being asked specifically to explore ten themes. You will see that they cover a lot of issues, so don’t think you have to have answers for every single one, but there is a unifying theme: how can the Church better exercise her role of offering hope to ALL the people of this generation? See the full description on the Diocese of Leeds website at www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk/parish-to-mission The responses from our parish to the questions can be seen in this ParishToMission.pdf document A synthesis of feedback from across the diocese to the questions can be seen in this Parish 2 Mission document The National Synthesis document is now available (June 2022) to download. See dioceseofleeds.org.uk/synod-national-synthesis-document-released/ for details. | |
Parish information by email
There is now an email account used occasionally for sending urgent information to our parishioners. If you would like to be included in this list, please to send an email to me, the WebMaster (Colin Spiller) and I will include you in future mailings.
Donations to the Parish
STAY SAFE - STAY SECURE
Please be aware that at this time, you and your parish are vulnerable to many dishonest financial schemes being set up by opportunistic companies and ‘crowd-funding’. In increasingly financially-straitened circumstances the question is still being asked: ‘How do I support my Parish during this time?’ In response, this page contains methods of Parish Giving which are recommended as the most secure ways for you to continue to contribute as far as you are able to the Offertory and to benefit your parish.
Bingley Food bank
Your donations are still much wanted! Donations can be made at Bingley Little Theatre (Bingley Arts Centre) on Tuesdays and Fridays between 10.30am and 11.45am.
For the list of items needed now, please see the Foodbank page
CAFOD Appeals
Parish Appeals and the parish TWIG group
In February 2024, £700 was sent to CAFOD for Turkey (the Syria Earthquake Appeal) and the Pakistan Floods Appeal and another donation of £600 was sent in October 2023 £500 for their Afghanistan Earthquake Appeal. Thank you to all Parishioners who donated to the recent TWIG collections.
Afghanistan crisis
See cafod.org.uk/News/Emergencies-news/Afghanistan-crisis to learn how CAFOD is responding and how you can help
CAFOD World Gifts
World Gifts are a range of virtual charity gifts that will delight the people you give them to and help transform the lives of communities and families living in poverty. To view them, please follow THIS LINK to worldgifts.cafod.org.uk
MISSIO COVID-19 Appeal
The Holy Father has established an emergency fund to help people and communities tragically impacted
by the Coronavirus pandemic. He has asked each one of us to contribute what they can to help the Church
overseas, through Missio. Your prayers and gifts are needed now more than ever to help protect the lives
of those in poor communities.
Further information is on the website at missio.org.uk/donate/covid-19-emergency-fund/ and from there
donations can be made by clicking the “Donate now” button (top right).
Weekly Notices from the Diocese
HERE are the Weekly Notices from the Diocese of Leeds.
SVP are looking for Volunteers
As a result of Coronavirus, the Saint Vincent de Paul Society has been forced to suspend
its visiting activities for the time being.
Instead, they have adopted ‘Telephone Befriending’
Please see the SVP Page for details.