Northampton Directory 2025 by CathCom

THE DIOCESE OF NORTHAMPTON 2025

(Province of Westminster)

Consisting of the counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, and that part of Berkshire (formerly in Buckinghamshire) that lies to the north of the River Thames

PATRONS OF THE DIOCESE: Our Blessed Lady Immaculate (8th December) St Thomas of Canterbury (29th December)

Registered Charity No 234091

Images from cover:

Top Left: A group from Eastern Europe at a Mass to celebrate our cultural diversity

Top Right: Veneration of the relics of Saint Thomas Becket at Northampton Cathedral

Middle Left: Northampton Cathedral

Bottom Left: Lourdes Pilgrims

Bottom Right: Flags from the Mass to celebrate our cultural diversity in Aylesbury

FOREWORD

I am pleased to present the Diocesan Directory for 2025. As I read through the pages, I am reminded of how much is happening across our diocese through our parishes, schools, organisations, groups and diocesan departments.

2024 has shown that our desire to become a missionary diocese is taking shape. I write this introduction in November and last weekend I had the pleasure of attending the mission conference hosted by Mission Northampton. I would like to share two things that struck me from this conference. The ﬁrst is that we are heading towards 2033, the anniversary of the death and resurrection of Our Lord. Agenda 2033 is an evangelistic vision that aims to ensure that every human being in the world has heard the Gospel by this signiﬁcant year. So if this is our vision, we need a plan and plans require intentionality, energetic application, resources and commitment.

What can this look like in our own diocese? I was excited by the second thing I took from the conference, the witness of so many projects and ini tiatives across our diocese which aim to reach the unreached. Many of these projects were simple even small but with profound eﬀect. It was a joy to listen to the experience of both the people organising the projects and those who had been reached as a result. My prayer is that every parish and school will look for the simple and eﬀective ways of reaching those who are not currently engaged in our communities.

The launch of two projects by Caritas Northampton are also welcome: the furniture bank and Parade House. These two initiatives, which I encourage you to read more about, are making a real diﬀerence to the communities they serve and again my prayer is that more of our communities can work with Caritas to set up projects that serve our wider communities in a meaningful way.

It is always a relief and delight when our parish communi ties can be served by a priest and this year we have welcomed new clergy into our diocese both as missionary priests and, in some cases, incardinated as diocesan priests. I am grateful for the work of Fr Pius Amoako and the vocations team in promoting the call to priesthood which will be vital in the years to come.

Having listened to many people as I travel across our diocese for pastoral visitations, conﬁrmations and other gatherings, I recognise that you are aware of our need to develop structures to meet the changing needs of our diocese. I have said from the moment I arrived in this diocese that I prefer a plan to develop through listening, collectively to the Holy Spirit and not a top‐down approach. I would like to encourage all pastoral areas to build prayerful communities who actively listen to the gentle direction of the Spirit as we move forward.

Finally, let us look forward to 2025. This year is a Jubilee Year with the theme of ‘Pilgrims of Hope’. My prayer for us that we will be pilgrims, together on the journey and that we know the hope that Christ’s victory places in our hearts. 2025 is also the 175th anniversary of our diocese. It is an opportunity for us to reﬂect on where we have been, to those holy men and women whose shoulders we stand upon and look to the future, open to the Holy Spirit as we plan to leave those who follow us a vibrant, secure and faith ﬁlled diocese which is willing and able to share His love with the whole world.

REVIEW OF THE YEAR - 2024

2024 has been a year of prayer in preparation for the Jubilee Year in 2025. The theme of the Jubilee Year is Pilgrims of Hope and this theme has permeated all aspects of our mission in the last twelve months.

The year began with a Pilgrims of Hope tour. Bishop David visited each of the pastoral areas to pray, listen and share with the local community including priests, deacons, religious and laity. These evenings were a blessing to all who attended with moments of deep prayer followed by good humoured conversation and sometimes challenging words. The focus of these evenings was the synodal themes of communion, participation and mission.

A parishioner asks a question at the pilgrim of hope tour

Our cultural diversity as a diocese shows the breadth of our Church and this year we continued to celebrate the riches of this diversity through the celebration of the Eucharist and fellowship in pastoral areas. The celebrations were joyful occasions and the sharing of faith and food from across the world was well received.

In lent many parish groups made use of the ‘we dare to say’ resource prepared by the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales for the year of prayer.

Throughout the year our synodal process continued with a particular focus in the pastoral area of Aylesbury. The process began by gathering Assembly delegates, Pastoral Area Council members, school reps and other local voices on 27th January at St Claire’s, Aylesbury. From here synodal conversations began guided by a small working party from the local area. Throughout April and May a period of discernment took place and the results of this discernment were presented to Bishop David at an open meeting in the summer. This discernment highlighted particular priority areas for the pastoral area including mission, ﬁnance, property and communications. Small working groups were set up to explore these areas further and a plan has been presented from the local area to Bishop David.

Caritas Northampton, the social action arm of our diocese continued to pursue projects this year to make a difference in the local communities. In December 2024 the Love Christmas campaign took off again with many parishes and schools suppor ting those in need at Christmas. Two major projects took shape in 2024, the first a furniture store which provides furniture to those in need. People who are unable to furnish their homes due to financial constraints are said to live in furniture poverty. The furniture store aims to support these

people by repurposing furniture which has been donated by those who no longer have a use for it. In this way they can help to alleviate the emotional, physical and phycological side eﬀects created by furniture poverty. The second is Parade House. Parade House is a multipurpose space in Northampton town which aims to work with charities and organisations across the area to support those in need, especially young people. Although this project is in the infancy of its existence, the beneﬁts to the local community have been encouraging.

As we continue to grow as a missionary diocese, people from across our diocese made their way to Harrogate in June for the Divine Renovation Catholic Parish Summit. This summit gave practical examples to parishes to support them to reach out to those who are not regular Mass attendees and fulﬁl our missionary call in small ways. The work of Mission Northampton throughout the

Caritas Parade House Bishop David Oakley, Deacon

Jim Hannigan, director of Caritas Northampton and Andrew Clutterbuck, trustee

Mission Northampton Diocese

diocese continues to develop an understanding of evangelisation in our parishes and schools. The desire to reach out beyond our boundaries is evident in our local communi ties and Mission Northampton are providing the resources to build conﬁdence.

We are looking ahead to 2033, 2000 years since the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As a diocese we are joining the global, ecumenical initiative Agenda 33. The aim of this project that every human being on the planet will have heard the Gospel by 2033. What can this look like in our own diocese? Mission Northampton will make themselves available in 2025 to bring this vision to fruition.

In June, we celebrated the annual Feast of the Translation of the relics of Saint Thomas Becket. The festival incorporated a Mass, ecumenical walking pilgrimage around the sites pertaining to Becket in Northampton, a social event and the Becket lecture. This year the lecture focussed on the life of another of our holy people, the Venerable Ignatius Spencer by Fr Gerrard Skinner. Throughout the festival an art exhibition took place in the St Thomas Centre containing art by local artist focussed on Thomas Becket and our faith. The exhibition was well received. The festival is a reminder that Thomas Becket is the patron for our entire diocese, not just the town of Northampton!

Pilgrimage to Walsingham in June

A key component of our preparation for the Jubilee Year has been building a culture of pilgrimage. This sense of journeying together, through our synodal listening to the Holy Spirit, travelling to Walsingham as we did as a diocese in June or further aﬁeld like Lourdes or Lisieux as we did in August and October respectively. We are looking forward to our Jubilee pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi in March 2025 as we join thousands of other dioceses and groups making this same pilgrimage at diﬀerent times throughout the year.

A pilgrim views the artwork at the gallery during the Becket Festival in July

Family is the heart of our diocese and Bishop David joined our marriage and family life team in September to celebrate marriage and family at our Cathedral. Many couples received certiﬁcates as they celebrated signiﬁcant anniversaries.

In September forty members of our diocese travelled to Oscott college for the National Eucharistic Congress, Adoremus. A member from the clergy plus four laity represented each of our pastoral areas. Following a time of prayer and input all those present celebrated Mass before a Eucharistic procession around the grounds of the seminary. It is hoped that each pastoral area will oﬀer a time of 40 hours of Adoration through the ﬁve representatives that attended this national day.

Safeguarding continues to be of the highest priority for our diocese. As we continue to build a culture of safeguarding through all members of our parishes and hierarchy we also continue to seek ways of reaching out to and walking with those who have suffered abuse of any nature within our church. Our healing garden at Northampton Cathedral offers an oasis of peace which can be invaluable to those who have suffered and those who are simply seeking quiet and peace in their daily life. This year the addition of a bench and a statue of St Francis of Assisi have been possible through the generosity of donors and supporters.

We look forward to 2025, the Jubilee Year, our diocesan 175th anniversary and the launch of our missionary outreach agenda towards 2033.

A group of parishioners from across the diocese at the National Eucharistic Congress, Adoremus at Oscott College

Healing Garden at Northampton Cathedral

THE DIOCESE – A BRIEF HISTORY

The Catholic Faith first came to Britain in Roman times. St Alban, our first martyr, probably suffered in the year A.D. 209. Three bishops from Britain attended the Council at Arles in 314. In 597 St Augustine came from Rome to convert the pagan Angles, Saxons and Jutes who had invaded and settled in Britain after the departure of the Romans. His work of conversion was concentrated largely in the kingdoms of Kent and Essex. It was not until some thirty-eight years later that the area covered by our present diocese received the Christian message, with the arrival of the missionary St Birinus and the foundation of his see at Dorchester on Thames in 636. But the real evangelization of the people who dwelt in our district, the Middle Angles, was achieved through the labours of missionaries from the isle of Lindisfarne, off the Northumbrian coast.

Notable among them was St Chad, whose see, established at Lichfield in 669, included the present diocese of Northampton.

A few years later, to meet local needs, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Saint Theodore of Tarsus divided the Mercian see of Lichfield and founded the diocese of Leicester for the Middle Angles. There it remained until the ninth century when the disruption of the Scandinavian invasions necessitated its transference to the safer original site at Dorchester on Thames. One of the first bishops of the diocese of Leicester and major contributor to the Synod of Whitby (664), St Wilfrid must have preached in the northern parts of the diocese, as he eventually died in Oundle in 709, while he was visiting the monks at the monastery, he had founded there (Cf. Bede the Venerable, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, book V, 19-20).

With a major reorganisation of the diocesan system in the Norman period, the ancient see of Dorchester was brought to an end. In 1072, Remigius, its last bishop, was translated to Lincoln, in which jurisdiction the territory of the present diocese remained for many centuries.

From the time of the Reformation until 1850, Catholic Dioceses ceased to exist in Britain. As a result of heroic sacrifice by clergy and laity alike the Faith remained alive and from 1623 to 1850 was governed by Apostolic Vicars, who reported to the Cardinal Prefect of the Roman Congregation of Propaganda Fidei. On 23rd March 1623, with the Apostolic Letter Ecclesia Romana, Pope Gregory XV established the Apostolic Vicariate of England with the appointment of Fr William Bishop as its first Vicar Apostolic. Bishop received his episcopal consecration in Paris on 4th June 1623 and landed at Dover on 31st July 1623. In just over eight months, as he died the following April, Bishop organised the ‘Old Chapter’, a noncanonical chapter formed by twenty-four members with Fr John Colleton as dean. This Chapter would cease to exist with the advent of the re-instauration of the hierarchy in 1850.

After Bishop’s death the Chapter sent a list of candidates for his succession to the Vatican. The first name on that list was chosen, it was that of Fr Richard Smith, a Lincolnshire convert who studied first at the English College in Rome under St Robert Bellarmine, and then in Valladolid, Spain. He was appointed Apostolic Vicar on 29th November 1624 and was consecrated Titular Bishop of Chalcedon, in January 1625. He arrived in England in April 1625, and shortly lived in Turvey, Bedfordshire, at the house of Lord Montagu. Smith was very unpopular with the recusant gentry especially for the restrictions he had forced upon the ministry of regular clergy in England, to the point that the Pope Urban VIII had to remind him that he was appointed as Bishop of Chalcedon not as Bishop of England.

In August 1631, while Smith lived in London two warrants were issued for his arrest. The warrants and the troubles caused among the Catholics in England led him to leave for France and tender his resignations, which were quickly accepted.

The Old Chapter w lead the Catholics in England for the next 54 years, when the next Vicar Apostolic would be appointed by the Holy See in 1685.

With the beginning of the reign of King James II, Catholics lived a more favourable time in England and Pope Innocent XI profited at once by the circumstance. Fr John Leyburn, a former president of the English College in Douai, was chosen as the new Vicar Apostolic. On 6th August 1685, the Propaganda Fide elected Leyburn Vicar Apostolic of all England, and the pope gave his approval the same day. He was consecrated in Rome on 9th September, with the title of Bishop of Adramyttium. In October he arrived in London, and lodged in St. James's Palace, as per request of King James II. Leyburn was also given a pension of £1,000 a year by the king.

On 30th January 1688, by the letter apostolic Super Cathedram, Pope Innocent XI divided England into four apostolic vicariates called districts: the London, the Midland, the Northern, and the Western. Leyburn was named Vicar Apostolic of the London District, the senior position. So the number of bishops in England went from one to four.

The land of the modern Northampton diocese was within the Midland District which consisted of the historic counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire.

The Apostolic Vicars of the Midland District were: Bonaventure Giffard (1688-1702), George Witham (1702-1716), John Talbot Stonor (1716-1756), John Joseph Hornyold (1756-1778), Thomas Joseph Talbot (1778-1795), Charles Berington (1795-1798), Gregory Stapleton (1800-1802), John Milner (1803-1826), Thomas Walsh (1826-1840).

On 3rd July 1840, Gregory XVI, in his apostolic letter Muneris Apostolici, considering the increase of the Catholic population in England doubled the number of districts and the Midland district was split into two: the Central district and the Eastern district. Bishop William Wearing in 1840, was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of the newly established Eastern District, which covered the nine counties of Lincolnshire, Rutland, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. He selected Northampton as the seat of the Vicar Apostolic

On 29 September 1850 with the papal bull, Universalis Ecclesiae, issued by Pope Pius IX, the English Hierarchy was restored, and the diocese of Northampton came into being. The other newly created dioceses were: the metropolitan archdiocese of Westminster, the diocese of Southwark, the diocese of Hexham, the diocese of Beverley, the diocese of Liverpool, the diocese of Salford, the dioceses of Menevia and Newport, the diocese of Shrewsbury, the diocese of Clifton, the diocese of Plymouth, the diocese of Nottingham and the diocese of Birmingham.

On 13 March 1976, by the decree Quod Ecumenicum, Pope Paul VI formed the diocese of East Anglia for the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk. The territory left to the diocese of Northampton covers Bedfordshire, the old county of Buckinghamshire including the Slough area, and Northamptonshire.

FORMER BISHOPS

These are the past bishops who have had charge of the diocese:

Rt Rev William Wareing

Born in London 16 February 1791. Ordained Priest 28 September 1815. Taught at Oscott and Sedgley. Priest at Cresswell (Staffs), Grantham, and Stamford. April 1838, Vice-President of Oscott. 1840, Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District. 21 September 1840, consecrated Bishop of Aristopolis. Made Bishop of Northampton 1850. Retired February 1858 as Bishop of Retimo. Died 26 December 1865 at East Bergholt, Suffolk, and is buried there.

Rt Rev Francis Kerril Amherst

Born in London 21 March 1819. Ordained Priest 6 June 1846. Joined the third order of St. Dominic. Taught at Oscott. Priest at Stafford. Consecrated Bishop of Northampton 4 July 1858. Assistant to the Pontifical Throne 1862. Established the orphanage at Shefford. Resigned as Bishop of Northampton 2 April 1879. Appointed Apostolic Administrator until 9 September 1879. Appointed Titular Bishop of Sozusa, 27 July 1880. Died at Fieldgate, Kenilworth, 21 August 1883. Buried in Northampton Cathedral.

Rt Rev Arthur Grange Riddell

Born in Paris 15 September 1836. Ordained Priest 2 September 1858. Curate at Hull, then Parish Priest at Scarborough. Consecrated Bishop of Northampton 9 June 1880. Founded many new missions in the Diocese, and a Seminary; active for Catholic education. Died at Northampton, 15 September 1907. Buried in the Northampton Cemetery, possibly later reburied outside Northampton Cathedral.

Rt Rev Frederick William Keating DD

Born in Birmingham 13 June 1859. Ordained Priest 20 October 1882. Taught at Olton, Marston Green Children’s Home, and Oscott. 1887, Vice-Rector at Olton. 1888 Priest at Wednesbury. 1898 Administrator at St. Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham. Consecrated Bishop 25 February 1908. Commissioned by the Government to lecture in America in World War 1. Translated to Liverpool as Metropolitan and Archbishop, 13 June 1921. Died 7 February 1928. Buried at Upholland, Lancs.

Rt Rev Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes

Born in Nice, 5 February 1868. Ordained Priest 30 May 1896. Priest at Peterborough and Luton and Diocesan Inspector of Schools. Consecrated Bishop 15 December 1921. Began Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes. Died 1 May 1932 Buried at Great Billing, Northampton, his family home.

Rt Rev Laurence Youens

Born in High Wycombe 14 December 1873. Ordained Priest, 3 June 1901 at Choubrah (Egypt). Joined Society of African Missions. Taught at Zagazi (Egypt). 1902, returned to England. Curate at High Wycombe, then Rector of Shefford Boys’ Home. Consecrated Bishop 25 July 1933. Restored the Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham. Died at Northampton 14 November 1939. Buried at Belmont Abbey, Hereford.

Rt Rev Thomas Leo Parker MA

Born in Sutton Coldfield 21 December 1887. Ordained Priest 29 May 1915. Bishop’s Secretary for Salford Diocese until 1936 then Priest at Higher Broughton. Active for Catholic Education and a member of the B.B.C. Religious Affairs Committee. Domestic Prelate, 1940 11 February 1941, consecrated Bishop. Extended the Cathedral. Present at Vatican II. 1966,

appointed Assistant to the Pontifical Throne. Retired to Fox Den (Burnham) 17 January 1967 as Bishop of Magarmel. Died 25 March 1975. Buried in the Cathedral.

Rt Rev Charles Alexander Grant M A., LCL

Born in Cambridge 25 October 1906. Ordained Priest 16 June 1935. Priest for Cambridge, Ely and Kettering. 1955, Vicar General 1960, Monsignor. 25 April 1961, Auxiliary Bishop. Consecrated Bishop, 26 April 1967. Spoke at Vatican 11 on poverty and the immorality of weapons of mass destruction. Worked for international justice and the combating of poverty. Retired 1982 to Kiln Green, Reading). Died 24 April 1989.Buried at Woburn Sands. In 1976 the diocese was divided and the Diocese of East Anglia was formed. Bishop Clark (Auxiliary Bishop 1969 -1976) was its first Bishop.

Rt Rev Francis Gerard Thomas STL

Born in Stone, Staffs 29 May 1930. Ordained Priest 5 June 1955. Priest at Leamington Spa, then further studies, Rome. 1959, taught theology at Oscott. 1968, Rector. 1979, Parish Priest at Newcastle under Lyme. 29 September 1982, ordained Bishop of Northampton. Active in the Ecumenical movement. Initiated the Diocesan Assembly. Died 25 December 1988 aged 58. Buried at Great Billing.

Rt Rev Patrick Leo McCartie

Born in West Hartlepool 5 September 1925. Ordained priest, 17 July 1949. Priest at Coventry, Cotton College, Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Wednesbury. Ordained Auxiliary Bishop in Birmingham, 20 May 1977. Installed as Bishop of Northampton, 19 March 1990. Formed the Diocesan Pastoral Council, promoted the Diocesan Education Service centred in Milton Keynes, re-ordered the Cathedral and encouraged the annual Schools Mass. Retired May 2001. Died on 23 April 2020. Buried at Great Billing.

Rt Rev Kevin John Patrick McDonald BA,STL,STD

Born in Stoke-on-Trent 18 August 1947. Ordained priest, 20 July 1974. 1975, Priest at Stourbridge. 1976, taught moral theology at Oscott. 1985, worked at Pontifical Council for Christian Unity and became Monsignor, 1988. Parish priest, Sparkhill, 1993. Rector of Oscott, 1998. Ordained Bishop of Northampton 2 May 2001. Commenced ‘Build my Church’ programme. Translated to Southwark as Metropolitan and Archbishop, 8 December 2003. Retired 2009.

Rt Rev Peter John Haworth Doyle

Born in Wilpshire, near Blackburn, Lancashire, on 3rd May 1944. Ordained priest in St John’s Cathedral, Portsmouth on 8th June 1968. Thereafter, Bishop Peter worked in parishes in the Diocese of Portsmouth – assistant priest at St. Joseph’s, Copnor 1968-70, assistant priest at St. Edward’s, Windsor 1970-75, administrator at St. John’s Cathedral, Portsmouth 1975-87, parish priest at St. Joseph’s, Maidenhead 1987-91, and parish priest at St. Peter’s, Winchester 1991-2005 and also at St. Gregory’s, Alresford from 2004. He was a member of the Council of Priests, a Consultor and a member of the Cathedral Chapter and from 2001 a member of the Bishop’s Council and a Vicar General. He was also Dean of Portsmouth and of Winchester, chaired various school Governing bodies, and was Chairman of the Diocesan Schools Commission and the Diocesan Religious Education Council.

Ordained the twelfth Bishop of Northampton at the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and St Thomas of Canterbury on 28th June 2005. Retired as Bishop of Northampton in 2020.

Diocese of Northampton

THE BISHOP

Rt Rev Dr David James Oakley, Bishop of Northampton

Born in Stourbridge, in the West Midlands: 28 November 1955

Ordained priest in St Dunstan's, Kings Heath, Birmingham: 5 July 1980

Ordained 13th Bishop of Northampton in the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and St Thomas of Canterbury: 19 March 2020

RESIDENCE

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton NN2 6AW Tel: 01604 715635

BISHOP'S SECRETARY

Mrs Sapphire Tuckfield bishopssecretary@northamptondiocese.org

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE BISHOP Neil Roseman neil.roseman@northamptondiocese.org

Tel: 07725 234700

BISHOP EMERITUS

Rt Rev Peter Doyle, 12th Bishop of Northampton - 2005-2020 1 Grange Road, Alresford, Hampshire, SO24 9HB. peterdoyle2020@gmail.com

VICAR GENERAL

Rev Canon Michael Harrison

366 Leagrave High Street, Luton, LU4 0NG Tel: 01582 663706 vicargeneral@northamptondiocese.org

CHANCELLOR

Rev Brendan Seery C/O Bishop’s House, Marriott Street, Northampton NN2 6AW chancellor@northamptondiocese.org

Chancery Administrator: Elaine Goodship chancery.admin@northamptondiocese.org

Please note that the Chancery Office is only open on Wednesdays for Marriage paperwork and processing. Any contact should be made via parish clergy on behalf of wedding couples.

BISHOP’S COUNCIL

VICAR GENERAL: Rev Canon Michael Harrison

Episcopal Vicar for the King Vicariate: Rev Christopher Perry

Episcopal Vicar for the Prophet Vicariate: Rev Simon Penhalagan

Episcopal Vicar for the Priest Vicariate: Rev Anthony Brennan

Episcopal Vicar for the Servant Vicariate: Rev Francis Higgins

CURIAL STRUCTURE

Following the introduction of vicariate structure in July 2021, Bishop David installed a senior leadership team to implement the strategic desires of the Bishop’s Council. This team consists of executive members covering all aspects of diocesan life. All curial activities are line-managed and represented through senior leadership team members, offering a cohesive approach to the operational and missional areas of our curial support.

The senior leadership team meets in person bi-monthly. Additionally, the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Communications meet with the Bishop’s Council once a month to convey key points discussed by the senior leadership team.

The senior leadership team consists of:

Chief Operating Officer: Deacon Oliver Larkin

Financial Manager: Majella Meehan

Director of Communications and

Executive Assistant to the Bishop: Neil Roseman

Director of Mission Northampton: Maria Heath

Interim Director of Education: Pauline Cuddihy

Director of Caritas:

Deacon Jim Hannigan

Property Manager: Michelle Tysoe

Director of Pastoral Development: Avril Baigent

Safeguarding Coordinator: Danielle Dixon

HR Manager: Angela Madge

KING VICARIATE

Episcopal Vicar: Rev Christopher Perry frchristopher.perry@northamptondiocese.org 01536 203121

DIOCESAN FINANCE BOARD AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

President: The Bishop of Northampton

Members:

The Bishop of Northampton

Rev Canon Michael Harrison (VG)

Rev Canon Anthony Brennan

Rev Dcn Crispin Walkling Lee

Siobhan Campbell

Peter Commons

Rev Christopher Perry (EV)

Rev Simon Penhalagan (EV)

Rev Canon Dr Brendan Killeen

Kate Brooks

Andrew Clutterbuck

Deborah Purfield

Secretary to the Trustees: Deacon Oliver Larkin

Bishop’s House, Marriott Street, Northampton NN2 6AW

THE DIOCESAN CURIA

Main Address: Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton NN2 6AW

Tel: 01604 715635 enquiries@northamptondiocese.org

Website: www.northamptondiocese.org

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Dcn Oliver Larkin, Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton NN2 6AW oliver.larkin@northamptondiocese.org

Assistant to COO: Ciara Ingham coo.assistant@northamptondiocese.org Tel: 01604 435804

DIOCESAN FINANCE OFFICE

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton NN2 6AW Tel: 01604 712065. Option 2, then Option 2.

Office Hours: Mon to Fri: 9.00am to 5.00pm Invoices to: admin@nrcdfinance.com

Finance Manager: Majella Meehan majella.meehan@northamptondiocese.org

Finance Assistant: Trudie Warner trudie.warner@northamptondiocese.org

Financial Accountant: Chris Nzekwe chris.nzekwe@northamptondiocese.org

Asst Financial Accountant: Melissa Foxton melissa.foxton@northamptondiocese.com

Finance Asst Apprentice: Samuel Stringer samuel.stringer@northamptondiocese.org

HUMAN RESOURCES

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton NN2 6AW

HR Manager: Angela Madge angela.madge@northamptondiocese.org Tel: 01604 714840

People are at the heart of our mission. Across the Diocese we employ over 100 lay people to help support the life and mission of the church.

Our HR department support all those who work for the diocese in our parishes, agencies and curial offices.

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton NN2 6AW

Information Manager: Ayodeji Anthony dpo@northamptondiocese.org

Asst Archivist: Fr Benedetto D’Autila frbenedetto.dautilia@northamptondiocese.org

The office of the information manager and archivist is responsible for organising, preserving, and providing access to the organisation’s valuable records and information. This department establishes efficient systems to manage both physical and digital document handling to ensure proper categorisation, storage, and retrieval. This involves safeguarding historical records, maintaining compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and assisting researchers or stakeholders in locating relevant information. By maintaining an organised and accessible repository of information, the department also contributes to informed decision-making and the overall efficiency of the diocese.

This includes the roles of Archivist and Data Protection Manager.

DIOCESAN PROPERTY SERVICES

The Diocesan Property Department provides supervision of all Diocesan property. Generally, day to day responsibility for the basic upkeep of parish buildings is overseen by the Parish Priest, but with larger scale projects, H&S compliance related tasks and repairs being dealt with by the property team.

The property team will also provide the parish with assistance and guidance on reported building defects, insurance claims, generating additional income such as rentals, sourcing contractors and many other ad hoc activities.

Chair of the Trustees Property Committee: Rev Christopher Perry frchristopher.perry@northamptondiocese.org

Property Manager: Michelle Tysoe michelle.tysoe@northamptondiocese.org

Tel: 01604 723512

Property Admin: Anthony Dumont anthony.dumont@northamptondiocese.org Tel: 01604 723511

Diocesan Surveyor: David Wilson. david.wilson@northamptondiocese.org Tel: 01789 490614 Mob: 07864 584288

Fire & Electrical Safety: Gareth Derham Office: 01908 564301 Mob: 07527 583861

HEALTH AND SAFETY

GOOD HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF US ALL.

The Facilities Safety Manual issued by the Diocese has been approved by the Diocesan Trustees. It has been created in line with current legislation and regulations, guidance from the Diocesan subcommittee and advice from external experts. At parish level the priest holds responsibility for Health and Safety, but in many cases will call upon the assistance of volunteer(s) to help achieve practical implementation.

The Diocesan Health and Safety Consultants are Mentor Services and they can be contacted on 0800 634 7000. Our client number is 56690 (this number would need to be quoted in any enquiry)

DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL

All correspondence to be addressed to: Tribunal Office, Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton NN2 6AW.

Office hours: 8am - 4pm Monday to Friday. tribunal@northamptondiocese.org

Officialis: Rev Canon Dr Brendan Killeen, BSc, STB, MA, JCL, MCL, PhD

Tribunal Administrator: Miss Wendy Scott

Vice-Officialis: Rev Canon John Koenig, JCL

Judges: Rev Canon Seamus Keenan

Rev Canon John McArdle, STB, JCL, MCL

Dr Helen Costigane, SHCJ, MA, MTh, MA (can law), JCD, PhD

Defenders of the Bond: Rev Dr James Cassidy CRIC, STL, JCL, PhD

Promoter of Justice: Rev Dr James Cassidy CRIC, STL, JCL, PhD

Auditors:

Deacon M. Fleming, V. Corben, M. Fernandez, N. Stokes

Secretary: Mrs Janice Vint

Diocese of Northampton

EDUCATION

NORTHAMPTON DIOCESAN EDUCATION SERVICE

St Thomas Centre, 1 Primrose Hill, Northampton, NN2 6AG Tel: 01604 953364 educationserviceadmin@northamptondiocese.org

Website: www.northamptondioceseschools.org

Team Administrator: Ann Collon

Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-4pm

Director of Schools: Pauline Cuddihy pauline.cuddihy@northamptondiocese.org

Tel: 07715103949

Governance and Admissions Administrator: Debbie Main

Tel: 01604 953369 debbie.main@northamptondiocese.org

Choral Director : Marcela Compaña marcela.compana@northamptondiocese.org

TRUSTEES EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE

The Diocese is undertaking a fundamental review of Education Strategy, including Academisation. When concluded the Education Sub-Committee will be reconstituted. In the time being, the Interim Education Director is tasked with updating the Trustee Board on all Education matters together with the Episcopal Vicar for the Servant King Vicariate, Fr Christopher Perry.

DUNS SCOTUS TRUST working on behalf of Bishop David to ensure the charitable objects of the academies in the Diocese are met

Chair: Fr Christopher Perry

Members: Catherine Ashman, Deacon David Curtis, William Deegan, Brian Greene, Melanie Kavanagh

PASTORAL SERVICES

SAFEGUARDING ADVISORY BOARD

The Safeguarding Advisory Board was established to provide independent and professional advice and expertise to the Safeguarding department staff and the Safeguarding Subcommittee. A volunteer body made up of representatives of the statutory agencies and other professionals skilled in safeguarding matters from within the Diocese. The Advisory Board meets quarterly to consider safeguarding issues and to advise the Safeguarding Coordinator and the Bishop accordingly.

Chair: Hugh Williams – c/o Safeguarding Office, Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton NN2 6AW.

Advisory Board Members: Hugh Williams; Neil Roseman; Kathy Franklin; Glen Bowen; Rev Dcn Peter Collins; Victoria Willett; Louise Tolley; Andrea Garcia-Sangil; Charlotte Gunn; Sr. Anne Morris; Fr. Andrew Behrens; Canon Dr Brendan Killeen

SAFEGUARDING OFFICE

BISHOP'S HOUSE, MARRIOTT STREET, NORTHAMPTON NN2 6AW

Office Hours: Mon to Fri: 9.00am to 5.00pm

Website: http://www.northamptondiocese.org/safeguarding

This office advises on all aspects of safeguarding within the Diocese in respect of ministry with vulnerable groups and provides welfare support and advice to clergy. The safeguarding team comprises of a safeguarding coordinator and a safeguarding support officer, who jointly manage the delivery of the diocesan safeguarding service.

The safeguarding coordinator has involvement in the development and promotion of policies across the diocese and coordinates, plans and monitors all safeguarding work, in accordance with national standards. Key responsibilities includes the management of allegations or concerns, delivery of safeguarding training to clergy and parish safeguarding representatives, provision of safeguarding advice and acts as a point of contact for anyone hurt by church related abuse. The coordinator ensures that the Bishop and Trustees are kept up to date with all safeguarding matters through regular reports to the Safeguarding Subcommittee and Safeguarding Advisory Board.

The safeguarding support officer has responsibility for managing the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) process, recruiting and supporting parish safeguarding representatives and providing administrative support for training courses. The support officer is also available to provide support to clergy and religious and acts as the clerk to the Safeguarding Advisory Board.

As a diocese, we remain committed to continuous improvement of our response to and engagement with those who have been hurt by abuse. In order to support the diocese in this mission, the Healing and Reconciliation group was formed as a sub-group of the Safeguarding Advisory Board in 2019. Since this time, the group has supported a number of initiatives including:

- A Time to Listen (opportunities for anyone affected by abuse to speak with Bishop David in a safe and non-judgemental environment)

- Towards Healing and Reconciliation – a Mass dedicated to victims and survivors of any form of abuse

Safeguarding Coordinator: Danielle Dixon danielle.dixon@northamptondiocese.org

Tel: 01604 723514 Mob: 07833 050628

Safeguarding Support Officer: Laura Lester laura.lester@northamptondiocese.org

Tel: 01604 723516 Mob: 07552 835886

Outgoing Clergy Advisor for Safeguarding: Rev Andrew Behrens Tel: 01604 713015 frandrew.behrens@northamptondiocese.org

Incoming Clergy Advisor to Safeguarding: Fr Gregory Marchwinski

Chair of the Safeguarding Sub Committee for Safeguarding: Canon Dr Brendan Killeen. Tel: 01604 402301 bcpk@northamptondiocese.org

Safeguarding National Days of Prayer

The Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Abuse is observed on 20th May 2025. It is always marked on the Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter in England and Wales. For more information please see www.cbcew.org.uk/prayer-for-survivors-of-abuse/

STATUTORY BODY

HISTORIC CHURCHES COMMITTEE

Historic Churches Committee - under current legislation, it is compulsory for all dioceses to have an Historic Churches Committee. Each Diocese is to have its own or combine with one or more other dioceses. The Committee is responsible for the Ecclesiastical Exemption from Listed Building Control. In effect, the Committee replaces the Local Authority as Planning Authority for the following categories of work: listed buildings; unlisted buildings in a conservation area; archaeological works.

Committee

Mgr Sean Healy(Chair); Provost of the Cathedral Chapter

Rev John Danford: Artistic input

Rev John McArdle: Art and Architecture

Miss Liz Clark: Liturgical Commission

Mr David Raleigh: Practising Chartered Surveyor

Rev Roy Karakkattu MSFS: Representing Religious Orders

Rev Andrew Behrens: Council of Priests

Rev Oliver Larkin: Chief Operating Officer of the Diocese

Ms Michelle Tysoe: Diocesan Property Manager

Mr Hugh Davies

Mrs Sapphire Tuckfield: Minutes Secretary

Associate members

Sophie Andreae: Patrimony Committee, Bishops' Conference of England and Wales

Suzi Pendlebury: Architect

Representatives of English Heritage, Joint Amenities and Local Planning Authority are invited to attend.

COMMISSIONS

LITURGY COMMISSION

Pastoral Centre, 33 Westbourne Road, Luton LU4 8JD

Tel: 01582 728849/722127

liturgy@northamptondiocese.org

President: Bishop of Northampton

Chair: Mgr Kevin McGinnell

The Second Vatican Council asked that every diocese establish a Liturgy Commission to fulfil its belief that “zeal for the promotion and restoration of the liturgy is rightly held to be a sign of the providential dispositions of God in our time, as a movement of the Holy Spirit in His Church. It is today a distinguishing mark of the Church’s life, indeed of the whole tenor of contemporary religious thought and action. “ Sacrosanctum Concilium n.43

In our diocese the Commission is advisory to the bishop as the first liturgist of the diocese, supportive of diocesan liturgies and offers formation for all involved in liturgy in our parishes.

The Commission is formed of four departments, the members of which co-opt others as the need arises.

Pastoral Rites: Mgr Kevin McGinnell, Fathers Simon Penhalagan, Gerard Byrne

Music: Teresa Brown, Fr Daniel Rooke, Helen Murphy, Marcella Campana, Michelle Chum

Liturgical Formation: Mgr Kevin McGinnell, Liz Clark, Mary Bull, Fathers Andrew Behrens, Allan Jones CRIC, Jaismon Francis MSFS, Deacon Peter Collins

Art and Architecture: Fathers John Danford, Andrew Behrens, Liz Clark

CATHEDRAL LITURGIES CELEBRATED BY THE BISHOP

Rite of Election – First Sunday of Lent

Anniversary of Episcopal Ordination –

Palm Sunday, Easter Triduum and Easter Sunday Liturgies:

Chrism Mass Maundy Thursday

Pentecost Sunday Confirmation Mass

Celebration of Priesthood (Jubilarians)

Becket Festival: Patronage of St Thomas

175th Anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese

Patronal Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Christmas Midnight Mass

OTHER DIOCESAN LITURGIES

Sunday of the Word of God – for readers

The Gift of the Eucharist – for Eucharist Ministers

9 March 2025 - 3pm

19 March 2025 - Noon

16 April 2025 - 11am [TBC]

8 June 2025 - 5.15pm [TBC]

12 June 2025 Noon (Solemnity of the Sacred Heart)

5/6 July 2025

29 September 2025 Noon

8 December 2025 Noon

24 December 2025

26 January 2025 - 3pm

29 June 2025 - 3pm

Celebrating Marriage – Mass to celebrate marriage and family life [tba]

Celebrating Our Riches – Mass reflecting the variety of cultures

Mass for the Sick and Housebound – to be celebrated in pastoral areas

PROPHET VICARIATE

Episcopal Vicar: Rev Simon Penhalagan frsimon.penhalagan@northamptondiocese.org 01604 714556

COMMUNICATIONS

The Communications Department is a service to support the mission of our Church in the Diocese of Northampton, unifying diocesan activities in the area of communication. The Department is at the service of our evangelising mission by promoting the wider messages of the Catholic Church globally, nationally and locally. The department seek to complement the communications of diocesan departments and parishes as they share the Gospel to their local communities. Through our diocesan website, social media, e-newsletter, email communications and other digital platforms we aim to enhance the visibility of our Church through the local mission. The Department support the ministry of Bishop David through amplification of his words and ministry.

The Director of Communications is also the Executive Assistant to the Bishop and the point of contact for media requests for Bishop David Oakley.

Diocesan Director of Communications: Neil Roseman

Tel: 07725 234700 neil.roseman@northamptondiocese.org

Diocesan Website: www.northamptondiocese.org

Communications Apprentice: Harry Trasler harry.trasler@northamptondiocese.org

All content and website enquiries should be referred to the Communications Department

MISSION NORTHAMPTON

Mission Northampton assists the Diocese of Northampton to live out its vocation to be a missionary diocese. They enable parishes and diocesan departments to be evangelistic, working with Bishop David to develop mission strategies and policies. Supporting schools to explore possible missionary opportunities through school chaplaincies and youth ministry. The team provide training for catechesis. The team support specific mission projects in parishes and pastoral areas, monitoring their fruitfulness and sharing good practice between parish communities. Mission Northampton explore the possibility of new ecclesial communities or movements moving into the diocese.

The Mission Northampton Team: Director of Mission Northampton: Maria Heath maria.heath@northamptondiocese.org

Adviser for Adult Faith Formation, Catechetics and Chaplaincy: Alex Heath alex.heath@northamptondiocese.org

Youth Ministry Co-ordinator: Vicky Bunting vicky.bunting@northamptondiocese.org

Evangelisation Volunteer: Yoofi Clarke yoofi.clarke@northamptondiocese.org

Administrator: Nyta Hirons admin.mission@northamptondiocese.org

NORTHAMPTON CHARISMATIC DIOCESAN SERVICE OF COMMUNION(CDSC)

“Today, one thing ends, and another begins. A new stage of this journey is beginning. A stage marked by communion between all the members of the charismatic family, in which the mighty presence of the Holy Spirit is manifested for the good of the entire Church.” These are the words of Pope Francis spoken in June 2019 when he instructed the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life to erect CHARIS, the new and only international service with a public juridical personality to serve the entire Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) in the church. This resulted in the creation of Charismatic Diocesan Service of Communions (CDSC) teams in England and Wales. The Northampton CDSC team was commissioned by Bishop David Oakley on 18th March 2023 to serve the church in Northampton. Its main purposes are to share the grace of baptism in the Holy Spirit within the church, to build unity with other Christians to promote concern for the poor and to support and to promote and encourage all expressions of CCR. The team currently consists of 11 lay members, a priest and a seminarian.

Coordinator: Yoofi Clark yoofi.clarke@northamptondiocese.org

Assistant Coordinator: Mick Fagan

Secretary: Jayne Fagan

NORTHAMPTON YOUTH MINISTRY OFFICE

NYMO is the Youth Ministry Department of the Diocese of Northampton and it is also part of Mission Northampton, an initiative set up to highlight the importance of promoting the Gospel within the diocese. Ministering to young people aged 11-18 years and young adults

up to the age of 35. NYMO supports parish and pastoral area youth ministers through training and development opportunities and strategic consultancy. It supports local youth ministry through diocesan events such as the LUX residential weekend, Blaze confirmation day, leadership programs, pilgrimages, World Youth Day and also supports national youth events. There are many regular opportunities for young adults which can be found on the website.

RE Centre, 33 Westbourne Road, Luton LU4 8JD

Tel: 01582 720627 www.nymo.org nymo.admin@northamptondiocese.com

Youth Ministry Coordinator: Vicky Bunting vicky.bunting@northamptondiocese.org

Social Media and volunteer Coordinator: Rebekah Gray rebekah.gray@northamptondiocese.org

MISSIO

Missio is the Pope’s charity supporting World Mission. Our Charity is evangelising, and through donations in the ‘Red box’ or otherwise we help the spread of the Gospel everywhere by investing in specific projects across the Globe, such as building churches, schools, wells or whatever else might be the need

The St Thomas Centre, Northampton Cathedral, 1 Primrose Hill, Northampton, NN2 6AG Director of Missio: Rev Daniel Rooke frdaniel.rooke@northamptondiocese.org

CARITAS DIOCESE OF NORTHAMPTON

The Caritas office shares the mission of the diocese by serving the poor and those in any kind. We do this by promoting charity and justice across the diocese through social action. We also run the diocesan Furniture Bank and a Support Hub for those in need. Importantly, we promote and support the great social action work that is already being done throughout our parishes and schools and we share this knowledge and skills with other interested parishes. Our role is to help grow social action throughout the diocese in all its forms based on the principles of Catholic Social Teaching so that we may live as people of God.

The St Thomas Centre, Northampton Cathedral, 1 Primrose Hill, Northampton, NN2 6AG Director of Caritas Northampton: Deacon Jim Hannigan

Tel: 01604 434363 deaconjim.hannigan@northamptondiocese.org

Caritas Northampton Administrator: Nyta Hirons

Tel: 01604 434362 caritas@northamptondiocese.org

Caritas Social Development Advocate: Brian Emmanuel

Tel: 01604 434347 caritas@northamptondiocese.org

ECUMENICAL AND INTER-FAITH DIALOGUE

Diocesan Interim Inter-faith Coordinator: Mgr Kevin McGinnell frkevin.mcginnell@northamptondiocese.org

Diocesan Ecumenical Officer: Fr James Evans frjames.evans@northamptondiocese.org

ECUMENICAL COMMISSION

President: Bishop of Northampton

Chair: Sr. Helen Haigh, Convent of Jesus & Mary, Thornton MK17 0HJ

Tel: 01280 813254 haigh.hm70@gmail.com

Northampton

Secretary: Awaiting Appointment

Other Members: Rev Mgr Seán Healy; Teresa Brown; Anita Nancollas; Pauline Gray; Rev Dcn Peter Remmington; Sr Zoe Davis OSB

COUNTY ECUMENICAL OFFICERS

Beds: Vacant. ct.beds@gmail.com

Berks: Mrs Louise Cole. ctberks@sky.com

Northants: Rev Stuart Jenkins. stuartjenkins@shireandsoke.org.uk

Milton Keynes: Rev Canon John Robertson (Mission Development Officer)

Office: Mission Partnership Office, Foundation House, The Square, Aylesbury Street, Wolverton, Milton Keynes MK12 5HX

Tel: 01908 311310

missionpartnership@talktalk.net

BISHOP'S HOSPITAL AND PRISON CHAPLAINCY

See Chaplaincy section.

MARRIAGE

AND FAMILY LIFE

The Commission consists of a small team of volunteers who support Marriage and Family Life Ministry in the Diocese providing advice and support to parishes/pastoral areas, MFL resource recommendations and organising the Diocesan annual celebration of Married Life Mass. We also provide a Diocesan link to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) central Evangelisation team for Marriage and Family. We would welcome others joining us - if you would like to do so, please contact Sam by email as below.

Marriage and Family Life Commission

Chair: Samantha (Sam) Canning. mfl@northamptondiocese.org

Secretary: Lewis Canning (South Bucks PA – St Columba’s)

Marriage and Family Life Members: Joanna and Paul Hale (South Bucks PA – St Aidan's);

Nigel and Rose Stokes (North Northants PA – St Edward’s, Kettering)

PILGRIMAGE COMMITTEE

The pilgrimage committee explore the opportunities for pilgrimages both overseas, internationally and locally.

Fr Simon Penhalagan (chair); Neil Roseman; Fiona Furman; Deacon Michael Fleming and Canon John Udris

DIOCESAN

PILGRIMAGE TO WALSINGHAM – SATURDAY 7TH JUNE 2025

Director: Rev Dcn Michael Fleming deaconmichael.fleming@northamptondiocese.org

Tel: 01604 647750.

WOMEN

IN MINISTRY GROUP

The group present the voices of women in the Diocese of Northampton and the many and varied ministries they undertake and hope to be an advocate and support to women in the Diocese, sharing and celebrating new perspectives and developments in women’s ministry

Lead Contact: Helen Burgess helen.burgess@northamptondiocese.org

THE SPIRITUALITY NETWORK

This network exists to support the spiritual growth of all within our Diocese by offering:

• Days of recollection, online retreats, and other prayer opportunities and resources,

• Spiritual accompaniment for those seeking it,

• Signposting for those wishing to train/develop skills in spiritual accompaniment,

• Ongoing support and resources to those who accompany others in this ministry.

Coordinator: Canon John Udris frjohn.udris@northamptondiocese.org

Tel: 01628 483696

PRIEST VICARIATE

Episcopal Vicar: Rev Anthony Brennan franthony.brennan@northamptondiocese.org 01582 662710

CONSULTATIVE BODIES

CATHEDRAL CHAPTER (erected 24 JUNE 1852) & COLLEGE OF CONSULTORS

Provost: Rev Mgr Provost Seán Healy

Canons: Revv Kevin O'Driscoll (Canon Theologian); John Udris (Canon Penitentiary); Bennie Noonan (Secretary); Seamus Keenan; Mark Floody (Canon Precentor); Michael Harrison; Brendan Killeen; John Beirne; Anthony Brennan; Francis Higgins

Honorary Canons: Revv John Koenig; Bosco Clarke; John McArdle; Joseph Walsh

COUNCIL OF PRIESTS

President: Bishop David

Chair: Mgr Kevin McGinnell

Vice Chair: Canon Kevin O’Driscoll

Vicar General: Canon Michael Harrison

Chapter: Mgr Sean Healy

Curia: Canon Brendan Killeen

Members for Clergy Deaneries: Revv Andrew Behrens, Gerard Byrne, John Danford, Roy Karakkattu MSFS, Gregory Marchwinski, David Nixon MSC, Nathaniel Onwuekwe, Leszek Wisniewski (Canon John Beirne)

COUNCIL OF DEACONS

Formation Team: Bishop David; Canon Tony Brennan; Deacons Tony Falcon; Peter Remmington; Brin Dunsire; Peter Griffin; John Sillitoe; Erik Kerr

VICAR FOR RELIGIOUS

Sr Monica Matthews SHCJ. mamatthewsshcj@gmail.com

Tel: 07979 710866

CLERGY WELFARE

CARE AND FORMATION OF CLERGY

On-Going Clergy Formation:

Pastoral Centre, 33 Westbourne Road, Luton LU4 8JD

Tel: 01582 723312 ogf@northamptondiocese.org

Monsignor Kevin McGinnell (Chair), Canons Tony Brennan, John Udris, Fathers Wayne

Coughlin, Eustace Durugbo, Liam Castle.

Deacon rep to be appointed.

Clergy Welfare Coordinator: Madeleine West

Clergy Welfare Office, Bishop’s House, Marriott Street, Northampton NN2 6AW

Tel: 01604 723515 Mob: 07342 993688 maddy.west@northamptondiocese.com

DIOCESAN VOCATIONS TEAM

Chairman: The Bishop of Northampton

Vocations Director: Rev Pius Amoako

Tel: 01582 502400 vocationsdirector@northamptondiocese.org

Other Members: Canon Tony Brennan; Maria Heath, Fr Pius Amoako, Fr Simon Penhalagan

DIOCESAN DIRECTOR OF THE PERMANENT DIACONATE

Rev Canon Tony Brennan franthony.brennan@northamptondiocese.org

Tel: 01536 512497

Assistants: Mrs Annette Hannigan, Deacons Eric Kerr and Crispin Walking-Lea

REGISTRAR FOR DECEASED CLERGY

c/o Bishop’s House, Marriott Street, Northampton NN2 6AW

Tel: 01604 715635 bishopssecretary@northamptondiocese.org

DIOCESAN STUDENTS FOR THE PRIESTHOOD

STUDENTS FOR THE PRIESTHOOD

Christopher Colaco

Oliver Patton

Renver Pena

St Mary’s College, Oscott (Yr 5)

St Mary’s College, Oscott (Yr 4)

St Mary’s College, Oscott (Yr 1)

DIOCSEAN STUDENTS FOR PERMANENT DIACONATE

PROPAEDEUTIC GROUP

Paul McGregor

Jim Byrne

Sebastian Rawski

Chris Stevenson

FORMATION PROGRAMME FOR THE DIACONATE

Oliver Pena

Mark Lawrenson

Jason Bridge

St Martin de Porres, Luton

St Francis & St Therese, Northampton

St Francis, Shefford

SERVANT VICARIATE

Episcopal Vicar: Canon Francis Higgins

frfrancis.higgins@northamptondiocese.org 01908 221228

The Vicariate is responsible for enabling and supporting Bishop David’s vision for a synodal church developed by the Assembly process. Key areas of work include:

 Lay involvement in diocesan decision-making through: The Diocesan Pastoral Council, Pastoral Area Councils and Local Parish Pastoral Councils

 Pastoral Planning - Facilitating conversations about local pastoral strategy. Offering ongoing support and guidance for parishes and diocesan departments and at diocesan level so that they can more effectively create and implement long term planning.

 A Synodal Style - Offering formation in skills of listening, discernment and leadership

To support Pope Francis’ desire to transform how we make decisions in the Church, the tone and manner of the conversation, and the people who are included in it.

Director of Pastoral Development: Avril Baigent avril.baigent@northamptondiocese.org

Assistant: Alexandra Shelton-Bourke alexandra.shelton-bourke@northamptondiocese.org

Administrator: Louise Wood louise.wood@northamptondiocese.org

“Called and Equipped” Course: Joanna Hale joanna.hale@northamptondiocese.org

ST THOMAS CENTRE & CAFÉ 1850

Opening times for the Café 1850: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-3pm Sunday 9am-2pm @cafe1850northampton on Instagram and Facebook

Call 01604 435850 or email richard@northamptondiocese.com northamptondiocese.org/cafe-1850/

St Thomas Centre

WHAT IS CASPAR?

CASPAR is your way to stay in touch with your parish, to find out what is going on, to share your skills, and enable you to be connected to your parish and the wider Diocesan family.

What does it do?

It allows parishes to contact you, it lets you sign up to the parish newsletter, and the newsletters of other Churches you may attend. It reduces parishes’ administration and workload. Most importantly, the aim is to ensure there is more time for those in the parish to minister to parishioners and less time taken doing admin.

What will CASPAR do in the future?

CASPAR is constantly being developed to give you the information you need, and to allow you to register for the facilities you require.

Is my information safe?

Yes. It is not only safe, but you are in control of it. If you want to delete your information, or unsubscribe from newsletters, you can log in and do that yourself.

What if I don’t use the Internet?

Don’t worry, you can still contact the parish and ask them to add you to CASPAR, and this will ensure, if you need help, we know how to contact you.

How do I get involved?

In the Parish section there are QR codes next to each parish. You can scan the QR code for your parish, with your phone, and sign up to CASPAR. If you prefer to sign up on a computer go to www.northamptondiocese.org/Caspar-sign-up and choose your parish. Most importantly – we want to include you, stay in touch and respond

CLERGY AND RELIGIOUS

Diocesan Priests

Amoako, Rev Pius BA (Hons) Post Grad Dip (Theol) STB (Theology) (04 July 2015) (Vocations Director)

Wellington Street, Slough SL1 1XU e: frpius.amoako@northamptondiocese.org

B

t: 01753 523147

History: St Edward's, Kettering 2015-17, Milton Keynes Area Cluster 2017, Thrapston, Raunds & Oundle 2021, Our Lady Immaculate & St Ethelbert's, Slough 2022. Vocations Director 2023.

Barrett, Rev Bernard BD (Hons) MA (05 May 1990)

St Francis de Sales Presbytery, 22 Stratford Road, Wolverton MK12 5LJ e: frbernard.barrett@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01908 842701

History: St Ethelbert, Slough 1990-91, Our Lady, Corby 1991-92, Cathedral 1992-94, Diocesan Director, Archconfraternity of St Stephen 1992-94, Wellingborough 1994-95, Wolverton 1995, and St Mary Magdalene, Stony Stratford 2002.

Barrett, Rev David PhB STL Dip.Couns (30 July 1993)

Allen Hall, 28 Beaufort Street, Chelsea SW3 5AA

e: frdavid.barrett@northamptondiocese.org

History: Kettering 1993-98, St Augustine, High Wycombe 1998-99, SS Philip &, James, Bedford 2000-01, Bishops' Chaplain 2002-07, Diocesan Director and Promoter of Vocations 2003, Priest-in-Charge of Woburn Sands, 2004, Further Studies, Rome 2007-10, Burnham, 2010-12, Sabbatical 2012. St Augustine's, High Wycombe 2018-19, Human Formator, St John's Seminary, Wonersh 2018, Our Lady Help of Christians, Olney 2019-2024, Director of Human Formation and Lecturer in Patristics, St John's Seminary, Wonersh, 2020-2021, Lecturer in Patristics, Allen Hall Seminary, 2021, Director of Human Formation, Allen Hall Seminary, 2023.

Barrett, Rev Richard BD JCD (01 June 1985) 105 High Street, Stony Stratford MK11 1AT e: richard.barrett@diginet2.co.uk

History: Kettering 1985-88, Further Studies, Rome 1988-92, Burnham 1992-94, St Joseph, Bedford 1994-96, Kettering 1996-98, Ker Maria, Princes Risborough 1998-99, Chaplain, Bridgettine Convent, Iver Heath 1999-2001, Belmont Abbey 2001-02, Supply Work 2002.

Behrens, Rev Andrew AKC (02 January 1998) 22 Park Avenue North, Northampton NN3 2HS

e: frandrew.behrens@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Joseph, Bedford 1998-2002, St Gregory, Northampton 2002.

Beirne, Rev Canon John BA BD VF (08 July 1977)

56 High Street, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 1SE e: frjohn.beirne@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01604 713015

t: 01296 483629

History: (Canon 2017) St Joseph, Luton 1977-81, St Brendan, Corby 1981-88, St Wulstan, High Wycombe 1988-96, Parochial Administrator, Our Lady of Grace, High Wycombe 1995-96, Little Chalfont 1996-99, St Joseph and St Clare, Aylesbury 1999.

Bialowas, Rev Dariusz (12 June 1993)

1 Hayway, Rushden NN10 6AG

e: frdariusz.bialowas@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01933 353649

History: Incardinated April 2006, Assistant, St Edwards, Kettering and St Joseph's, Luton 2006, Our Lady Help of Christians, Luton 2007, on sabbatical 2022, St Peters, Rushden 2023.

Bowen, Rev Kenneth (03 May 1982, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: Our Lady of Lourdes, Milton Keynes 1982-86, RAChD Chaplain to the Army of the Rhine, Germany, with the rank of Captain 1986-87, Burnham 1987-92, St Clare, Aylesbury 1992-96, Thrapston and Raunds 1996-2005, Woburn Sands and Chaplain to the Catholic post-graduate students of Cranfield University 2005-17. Retired 2017.

Brennan, Rev Canon Anthony BA EV (24 June 1994)

82 West Street, Dunstable LU6 1NY

e: franthony.brennan@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01582 662710

History: Burnham 1994-2000, St John Ogilvie, Corby 2000-03, Justice and Peace Coordinator 2001, Holy Cross, Bedford 2003-11 and SS Philip and James, Bedford 2007-11, Holy Family & St John's, Luton, 2011-19 St Mary's, Dunstable 2019, Canon 2021. Episcopal Vicar, Priest Vicariate, 2023.

Bull, Rev Malcolm (05 December 2002, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: St Philip and St James, Bedford 2002-07, Officiating Priest, Olney 2007-19. Parish Administrator, Newport Pagnell 2014-17. Retired 2019.

Byrne, Rev Gerard STB (29 June 1998)

1 Sycamore Avenue, Bletchley MK2 2JE

e: frgerard.byrne@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01908 372315

History: Kettering 1998-2002, St Joseph, Bedford 2002, St Brendan, Corby 2007 and St Patrick, Corby 2008 - 2023, Diocesan MC, 2007. St Thomas Aquinas and All Saints, Bletchley 2023.

Castle, Rev Liam (25 March 2022)

The Presbytery, 2 Brereton Road, Bedford MK40 1HU

e: frliam.castle@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01234 352569

History: St Martin De Porres Church, Luton 2022-2024, Holy Child and St Joseph Bedford 2024.

Chima, Rev Michael (24 June 2017)

32 London Road, Daventry NN11 4BZ

e: frmichael.chima@northamptondiocese.org

History: Our Lady of Charity & St Augustine 2024.

Chittuparamban, Rev Biju STB MA MSc MPhil (31 December 2008)

39-41 West Street, Olney MK46 5HH

e: frbiju.chittuparamban@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01327 300248

t: 01234 711212

History: St Mary's College, Oscott, 2017-2023, St Ethelberts, Slough 2024, Our Lady Help Of Christians and St Lawrence, Olney 2024 from August.

Cielen, Rev Jan (18 May 1986)

c/o Bishop's House - Diocese of Northampton, Marriott Street, Northampton NN2 6AW

History: (Previously with the Divine Word Fathers): Incardinated 11 September 1995, Wellingborough 1991-94, Kettering 1994-96, St Joseph, Bedford 1996, St Gregory, Northampton 1996-98, Biggleswade 1998-2008.

Clarke, Canon Michael (16 June 1968, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: (Canon 2000): St George, Norwich 1968-71, St Ethelbert, Slough 1971-76, St Augustine, High Wycombe 1976-78, St Wulstan, High Wycombe 1978-84, Holy Family, Slough 1984-2002, St Peter, Marlow 2002, Retired 2010.

Coughlin, Rev Wayne BSc BA (05 January 2013)

The Presbytery, 71 Occupation Road, Corby NN17 1EE

e: frwayne.coughlin@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01234 352607

History: Daventry 2013, IHM, Great Missenden 2013-17, Holy Cross and SS Philip & James, Bedford 2017. Our Lady of Walsingham, Corby, 2023.

Coy, Rev Andrew (25 March 2021)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

e: frandrew.coy@northamptondiocese.org

History: Cathedral Hub March 2020, Bishop's Private Secretary 2022 - 2023. Secretary to Apostolic Nuncio, Wimbledon, 2023.

D'Autilia, Rev Benedetto BA (Hons, Theol.) STB (Theol.) (01 August 2015)

St Paul's Presbytery, 2 St Paul's Gardens, Thrapston NN14 4FE

e: frbenedetto.dautilia@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01832 617050

History: History: St Thomas Aquinas & All Saints, Bletchley 2015-19. St John Henry Newman, High Wycombe 2019-22. St Paul's, Thrapston - St Thomas More, RaundsMost Holy Name of Jesus, Oundle 2022.

Danford, Rev John VF (21 June 1986)

The Presbytery, 5 Beaudesert, Leighton Buzzard LU7 8HZ

e: parish.sacredheartlb@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01525 372321

History: St Gregory, Northampton 1986-90, St Augustine, High Wycombe 1990-95, Towcester 1995-99, Christ the King, Milton Keynes and Newport Pagnell 1999-2005, Leighton Buzzard 2005. Also Sacred Heart, Flitwick 2017-2019.

Durugbo, Rev Eustace (23 June 1990)

432 Berkhampstead Road, Chesham HP5 3HQ

e: freustace.durugbo@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01494 785269

History: St Margaret of Scotland Luton to 2024, Chesham & Great Missenden 2024. E

Evans, Rev James STB (07 July 2001)

St Thomas More Presbytery, 1 Meeting Lane, Towcester NN12 6JX

e: frjames.evans@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01604 715635

History: (Editor, Diocesan Directory 2007-11): Daventry 2001-06, Christ the King, Milton Keynes and Newport Pagnell, 2006-2014. Aston le Walls 2014-2020, Vice Chancellor 2015. Bishop's Private Secretary, Bishop's House 2020. St Thomas More, Towcester 2021.

Fleming, Rev John (19 March 1964, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: (Previously with Benedictine Order): Incardinated May 1983, Kettering 1978, Burnham 1978-80, St Joseph, Aylesbury 1980-83, Bletchley 1983-86, Chaplain, Thornton College 1986-87, Shefford 1987-92, Guardian Angels, Aylesbury, 1992, Retired 2020.

Floody, Rev Canon Mark BD VF (15 June 1990)

151 Beanfield Avenue, Corby NN18 0AZ

e: frmark.floody@northamptondiocese.org

Gt: 01536 202879

History: (Canon 2012) St Joseph, Luton 1990-93, Our Lady, Luton 1993-96, St John, Luton 1996-2011 and Holy Family, Luton 2001-11, Cathedral 2011, Also St Aidan's, Northampton 2017, Northampton Cluster 2021- 2023. St Brendan & St Patrick's, Corby, 2023.

Gilbride, Rev Francis (08 June 1969, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

HHarrison, Rev Canon Michael MA STB VG (07 July 1990)

366 Leagrave High Street, Luton LU4 0NG

e: frmichael.harrison@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01582 663706

History: (Canon 2016) Our Lady, Luton 1990-92, Diocesan Youth Officer 1992-96, Our Lady, Corby 1992-97 and Parochial Administrator, St John Ogilvie, Corby 1996-97, St John Ogilvie, Corby 1997-2000, St Gregory, Northampton 2000-02, Bletchley 2002-2013 with Winslow 2009-13, St Anthony, Slough 2013-2014. Our Lady of Walsingham, Corby 2014, Also St John Ogilvie, Corby 2015-2023. Also Oundle, Thrapston and Raunds 2018-2022. Vicar General 2021. St Martin De Porres, Luton, 2023.

Healy, Rev Mgr Provost Sean STL M.Phil VF (26 July 1980)

t: 01494 673018

St Teresa's Presbytery, 40 Warwick Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire HP9 2PL

e: frsean.healy@northamptondiocese.org

History: (Vicar General September 2001-2021, Chaplain to His Holiness 2002, Canon 2003, Administrator 2003-05, Provost 2005, Prelate of Honour 2006, Chancellor 2007-2021) Further Studies, Rome 1980-81, St Joseph, Luton 1981-87, Irish School of Ecumenics 1987-88, Diocesan Ecumenical Officer 1988, Our Lady's, Luton 1988-90, Christ the King, Milton Keynes 1990-96, Burnham 1996-2001, Daventry 2001-17 also Aston-le- Walls from 2010-14, Beaconsfield and Bourne End 2017.

Higgins, Rev Canon Francis STB MA M.Ed EV VF (04 July 1992)

t: 01908 221228

St Mary's Presbytery, Aspley Hill, Woburn Sands, Milton Keynes MK17 8NN

e: frfrancis.higgins@northamptondiocese.org

History: Bletchley 1992-96, Holy Family, Slough 1996-98, Further Studies, Boston College USA. 1998-2000, St Margaret, Luton 2000-05, Beaconsfield and Bourne End 2005-17, Milton Keynes Area Cluster 2017, Canon 2021. Episcopal Vicar 2023.

Hill, Rev Jonathan STB (16 December 1995)

t: 01494 523969

The Presbytery, 24 Amersham Hill, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP13 6NZ

e: frjonathan.hill@northamptondiocese.org

History: Wellingborough 1996-99, Editor, Diocesan Ordo 1997, St Augustine, High Wycombe 2000-01, St Martin, Luton 2001-11, Holy Cross and SS Philip &, James, Bedford 2011- 17, St Augustine's, High Wycombe 2017, also St John Henry Newman, High Wycombe 2022.

Hogarth, Rev Anthony (11 July 1970, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: Retired 2007.

Hutton, Rev Patrick (21 February 2009, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: SS Philip and James, Bedford, 2009-2014, Christ the King, Bedford 2014, Retired 2020.

IInman, Rev Paul (10 June 2012)

The Presbytery, 82 Knox Road, Wellingborough NN8 1JA

e: frpaul.inman@northamptondiocese.org

Jt: 01933 222780

History: Previously - assistant priest at St Edward, Kettering 2012, Parish Priest at Our Lady's, Wellingborough since 2015.

James, Rev Jithu (27 June 2022)

7 St Peter Street, Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 1NQ

e: frjithu.james@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Thomas Aquinas and All Saints, Bletchley 2022.

KKeenan, Rev Canon Seamus KCHS (29 June 1980)

2 Brereton Road, Bedford MK40 1HU

e: frseamus.keenan@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01628 483696

t: 01234 352569

History: (Canon 2009): Kettering 1980-83, St Ethelbert, Slough 1983-89, Cathedral 1989-92, St Margaret, Northampton 1992-94, Vice Officialis, Diocesan Tribunal 1990-99, Vocations Promoter 1992-96, Duston 1994-2002, The Holy Child and St Joseph, Bedford 2002, Our Lady of Ransom, Kempston.

Kenny, Rev Thomas (08 July 1962, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW e: kenny.tom@gmail.com

History: (Previously with Carmelite Order) Incardinated December 1975, Bury St Edmunds 1970-75, Chaplain, Cardinal Newman School, Luton 1975-79, Wellingborough 1979-83, St John, Luton 1983-91, St Ethelbert, Slough 1991-93, St Joseph, Luton 1993-2005, SS Philip & James, Bedford 2005-07, Retired 2007.

Killeen, Rev Canon Dr Brendan BSc STB MA JCL MCL PhD JV VF (11 June 1993)

t: 01604 402301

The Catholic Presbytery, Pyramid Close, Weston Favell, Northampton NN3 8DP

e: parish.sacredheartwestonfavell@northamptondiocese.org

History: (Canon 2017) Cathedral 1993-96 , Further Studies, Ottawa, Canada 1996-98, Christ the King, Milton Keynes 1998-99, Vice Officialis Diocesan Tribunal 1999, Towcester 1999 and Hunsbury 2002. Officialis, Diocesan Tribunal 2007. The Sacred Heart, Weston Favell and Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 2021.

Koenig, Canon John JCL (18 September 1970, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: (Canon 1997, Canon Penitentiary 2000): English Martyrs, Cambridge 1971-73, Pont. Eccl. Academy, Rome: 1973-75, Wellingborough 1975-79, Wolverton 1979-86, Vice-Officialis, Diocesan Tribunal 1980, Thrapston 1986-94, Kettering 1994-2019. Retired 2019.

Koshackal Jose, Rev Jobin (03 December 2015)

The Holy Family, 24 Freshwater Close, Luton LU3 3TA

e: frjobin.jose@northamptondiocese.org

History: Our Lady of Walsingham, Corby 2019. Holy Family, Luton 2024.

t: 01582 502400

L

Lance, Rev Derek MA Cert.Ed MIACE (29 June 1975, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: St John, Norwich 1975-76, St Lawrence, Cambridge 1976-77, Chaplain, Thomas Becket School, Northampton 1977-88, Chaplain, Catholic Students, Northampton 1977-2002, Promoter of Spirituality 1988-2002, Diocesan Adviser on the Healing Ministry 1988-2002, Retired 2002.

MManley-Harris, Rev Eric BA (History) MA (Theology) (16 September 2003, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: St Joseph, Luton 2003-04, Long Crendon 2004-2010, Retired 2010.

Marchwinski, Rev Gregory (14 June 2007)

t: 01536 512497

St Edward Presbytery, 2 The Grove, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN15 7QQ

e: frgregory.marchwinski@northamptondiocese.org

History: Our Lady of Walsingham 2017, St Edwards, St Nicholas Owen, Holy Trinity and St Bernardette, Kettering, 2018, Incardinated in Northampton 2019.

McArdle, Rev Canon John STB JCL MCL (01 July 1995, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

e: frjohn.mcardle@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Augustine, High Wycombe 1995-98, Holy Family, Langley 1998-99, Further Studies, Ottawa, Canada 1999-2001, SS Philip and James, Bedford 2001-05, St Joseph, Luton, Retired 2024. 2005, Honorary Canon 2021.

McGinnell, Rev Mgr Kevin VF (19 March 1990)

Parochial House, 33 Westbourne Road, Beach Hill, Luton LU4 8JD

e: frkevin.mcginnell@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01582 728849

History: (Chaplain to His Holiness 2001, Episcopal Vicar for Education 2000-2021): St Joseph, Aylesbury 1990-96, Director of Religious Education 1991, Christ the King, Milton Keynes 1996-98, Our Lady of Lourdes, Milton Keynes 1998-2005, Holy Ghost, Luton 2005.

Misiura, Rev Mirek (19 June 1998)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

e: frmirek.misiura@northamptondiocese.org

History: Incardinated December 2013. St Margaret of Scotland, Luton 2013-19. Sacred Heart, Stopsley 2019, St Augustines, Daventry 2022, Sabbatical 2024.

Murray, Rev Eamon STB (15 July 2001, retired)

t: 02892 094300

3 Coolsallagh Cottages, Blackskull, Dromore, County Down BT25 1GZ N Ireland

History: St Augustine, High Wycombe 2001-04, St Margaret of Scotland, Luton 2005-11, Biggleswade, 2011, Retired 2012.

Nnaji, Rev Ugochukwu (26 April 2000)

22a Bolingbroke Road, Farley Hill, Luton LU1 5JD

e: frugo.nnaji@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Margaret of Scotland Luton 2024.

Noonan, Rev Canon Benjamin (13 June 1970, retired)

t: 01582 757905 or 01582 720966

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW e: frbenjamin.noonan@northamptondiocese.org

History: (Canon 2006): St Joseph, Bedford 1970-79, Our Lady of Lourdes, Aylesbury 1979-91, Our Lady of Lourdes, Milton Keynes 1991-98, Shefford 1998. Also Sacred Heart, Flitwick 2015-17, St Peter's, Biggleswade 2017. Retired 2024.

O'Connell, Rev Kevin (29 March 1978, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: Cathedral 1978, St Joseph, Luton 1978-80, Catholic Communications Centre 1980-84, Catholic Missionary Society 1984-88, St Joseph, Luton 1988-90, Leave of Absence 1990-91, The Assumption, Torquay 1992, Holy Family, Slough 1993-94, Chaplain to Woodhill Prison, Milton Keynes 1994, Chaplain to Grendon Underwood and Spring Hill Prisons 1999-2001, Winslow 1994-2009. Retired 2009.

O'Driscoll, Rev Canon Kevin MA VF (05 July 1974)

226 Trelawney Avenue, Langely, Slough SL3 7UD

e: frkevin.odriscoll@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01753 543770

History: (Canon 2000): Cathedral 1974-78, St Martin, Luton 1978-81, St Augustine, High Wycombe 1981-90, Biggleswade 1990-91, Bletchley 1991-2002, Holy Family, Slough 2002, Also St Augustine's, Datchet 2017-2018.

Ollard, Rev Andrew (21 September 2002)

e: frandrew.ollard@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Joseph, Luton 2002-03, Bletchley 2003-04, St John Ogilvie, Corby 2004-05, Our Lady of Lourdes, Milton Keynes 2005-08, Sabbatical 2008-10, Daventry and Aston-le-Wall, 2010-2014. Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois 2014. St Bernadine of Siena 2021-2023. Sabbatical 2023.

PPatey, Rev Michael BSc STL (08 September 2012)

Downside School, Radstock BA3 4RJ

e: frmichael.patey@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Joseph, Bedford, 2012-14, St Martin de Porres, Luton 2014-18, Downside School Chaplain 2022 (Clifton Diocese).

Penhalagan, Rev Simon EV (28 June 2008)

Cathedral House, 1 Primrose Hill, Northampton NN2 6AG e: frsimon.penhalagan@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01604 714556

History: Cathedral 2008-10, President, Sion Catholic Community for Evangelism 2010-18. St Martin de Porres, Luton 2018-2023. EV for Prophet Vicariate 2021. Dean of Northampton Cathedral 2023.

Perry, Rev Christopher MA (Theology) EV (05 January 2013)

The Presbytery, 71 Occupation Road, Corby NN17 1EE e: frchristopher.perry@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01536 203121

History: Our Lady of Walsingham, Corby 2013, St Thomas Aquinas &, All Saints, Bletchley 2013-2023, Our Lady of Walsingham and St John Ogilvie, Corby, 2023, EV for Servant King Vicariate 2021.

Platt, Rev Graham STB (21 July 2001, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: Kettering 2001-02, Burnham 2002-03, St John Ogilvie, Corby 2003-04, Oundle 2004- 07, Sabbatical, France 2007-2013, Chesham Bois 2013-2014. Retired 2014.

Preece, Rev Robert (22 November 1997, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: Our Lady, Corby 1997-2011, Retired 2011.

Reno, Rev Alessandro BA (Hons, Psych, Theol) (18 January 2014)

t: 01494 523969

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW e: fralessandro.reno@northamptondiocese.org

History: San Pablo, Portoviejo 2014-15. Nestra Senora de La Paz, Manta 2015-16. St Columba's, Chesham 2016-2023. Also Immaculate Heart of Mary, Great Missenden 2017-2023. Our Lady's School, Chesham Bois Chaplain 2019. Incardinated June 2019.

Richardson, Rev Andrew (21 June 2008)

t: 01582 502400

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

e: frandrew.richardson@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Edward, Kettering 2008-12, Burnham 2012-19. Holy Family &, St John's, Luton 2019-2023. EV for Priest Vicariate 2021-2023. St Mary's College, Oscott 2023.

Rooke, Rev Daniel (26 September 2020)

Cathedral House, 1 Primrose Hill, Northampton NN2 6AG

e: frdaniel.rooke@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01604 714556

History: St Augustine's High Wycombe 2021-2023. Northampton Cathedral 2023. Diocesan Director of Missio 2023.

S

Sawyer, Rev Keith MA PGCE (30 June 1977, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: Cathedral 1977-80, 1979-84 RAChD (TA Commission), St Ethelbert, Slough 1980-83, St Joseph, Luton 1983-85, Wellingborough 1985-91, Winslow 1991-94 and Chaplain to HMP Woodhill Prison 1992-94, Holy Family, Slough 1994-96 and ATC Chaplain 1995-2007, Our Lady's, Luton 1996-2000, Supply Work 2000. Retired 2013. Sea Cadet Chaplain 2014-16.

Seery, Rev Brendan BA Hons (Theol.) MA (Canon Law) (06 February 2016)

The Presbytery, 52 Castle Street, Luton LU1 3AG

e: frbrendan.seery@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01582 723254

History: Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate, Northampton 2016-18. Milton Keynes Area Cluster 2018, Chancellor 2021, Our Lady Help Of Christians, Luton 2022

Strain, Rev William (16 June 1963, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: St George, Norwich 1963-68, St Joseph, Bedford 1968-71, St Patrick, Corby 1971-73, Marlow 1973-78, St Augustine, High Wycombe 1978. Retired 2014.

Swingler, Rev Philip MA DD Dip.Ed (22 November 1997, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: Cathedral 1997-2002, St Patrick, Duston 2002-13, Retired 2013.

TTurner, Rev Michael STL (20 December 1970, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: (Previously with Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception): Incardinated 21st December 1994, St Ethelbert, Slough 1992, St Joseph, Luton 1993-97, St Martin, Luton 1997-2001, Our Lady, Luton 2001-03, Burnham 2003-10, Marlow 2010, Retired 2021.

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Udris, Canon John STL (14 July 1984)

7 St Peter Street, Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 1NQ

e: frjohn.udris@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01628 483696

History: (Canon 2006): Our Lady, Corby 1984-91, Kettering 1991-94, Further Studies, Rome 1994-96, Diocesan Director and Promoter of Vocations 1996-2003, Beaconsfield 1996-2003 and Bourne End 2002-03, Cathedral 2003-11, Spiritual Director, Oscott College, 2011-2021, St Peter's, Marlow 2021. Director of Spirituality Network. W

Walsh, Rev Canon Joseph BD (13 June 1982, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW e: frjoseph.walsh@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Gregory, Northampton 1982-83, St Anthony, Slough 1983-89, St Brendan, Corby 1989-93, Little Chalfont 1993-95, Rushden 1995, Honorary Canon 2021.

Webb, Rev Anton (12 May 2007)

t: 07944 665141

St Alban's RC Parish St Laurence Room, Market Square, Winslow MK18 3AB e: franton.webb@northamptondiocese.org

History: Incardinated August 2016. St Alban's, Winslow and Managing Chaplain to HMP Grendon and Springhill.

Whitehouse, Rev Christopher (20 June 1980, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

History: Holy Family Langley 1980-84, Our Lady, Corby 1984, St Gregory, Northampton 1984-86, Cardiff Archdiocese 1986-89, St Joseph, Bedford 1989-90, St Joseph, Luton 1990-92, Shefford 1992-96, Chesham 1996-2002, Leighton Buzzard, 2002-05, Christ the King, Milton Keynes &, Newport Pagnell 2005-06, Sacred Heart, Luton 2006-19. Retired 2019.

Wisniewski, Rev Leszek BD PGCE (17 May 1980)

The Good Shepherd, 45 The Croft, Haddenham HP17 8AS e: parish.haddenham@northamptondiocese.org

m: 07780 796331

History: Cathedral 1980-81, Polish Mission, Brighton, 1981-86, Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia, 1986-92, Argentina, 1992-94, Malaysia 1994-99, St Josephs, Aylesbury 1999-2001, Parish Priest, Strandfontein, S. Africa 2002-04, London 2004, The Good Shepherd, Haddenham, June 2004 and also Our Lady of Light, Long Crendon, 2010.

Religious Priests

Balawender, Rev Marek SMA (29 June 2002)

Our Lady of Peace Presbytery, Lower Britwell Road, Slough SL2 2NL e: parish.ourladyofpeace@northamptondiocese.org

History: Our Lady of Peace and St Andrews, Burnham.

Bortolazzo, Rev Giuseppe CS 10 Woburn Road, Bedford MK40 1EG e: gbortolazzo@libero.it

Cassidy, Rev Dr James CRIC (08 July 1977)

148 Ashcroft Road, Luton LU2 9AY

e: frjames.cassidy@northamptondiocese.org

History: Church of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Luton

t: 01628 605764

t: 01234 359515

t: 01582 723099

Dampson, Rev Anthony SMA (17 August 2013)

Our Lady of Peace Presbytery, Lower Britwell Road, Slough SL2 2NL e: franthony.dampson@northamptondiocese.org

Davies, Rev Bob OCD (16 January 2001) (Prior & Parish Priest)

t: 01628 605764

t: 01753 886581

St Joseph's Priory, Austenwood Common, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross SL9 8RY e: frrobert.davies@northamptondiocese.org

De Malleray, Rev Armand FSSP MA (Sorbonne) (01 January 2001)

St Alban House, 18 Brett Drive, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8RF e: malleray@fssp.org

Devassy, Rev Ditto MSFS

Cathedral House, 1 Primrose Hill, Northampton NN2 6AG e: frditto.devassy@northamptondiocese.org

History: Northampton Cathedral 2024.

FFlynn, Rev Maurice OCD

t: 01234 954316

t: 01604 714556

t: 01753 886581

St Joseph's Priory, Austenwood Common, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross SL9 8RY e: frmaurice.flynn@northamptondiocese.org

Francis, Rev Jaismon MSFS (02 January 2007)

The Presbytery, 13 Pevensey Close, Aylesbury HP21 9UB e: frjais.francis@northamptondiocese.org

History: Our Lady of Lourdes, Aylesbury.

GGelardi, Rev Giacomo MSC (19 November 2002)

t: 01296 290545

t: 01582 571187

St Joseph the Worker Presbytery, 68 Gardenia Avenue, Limbury, Luton LU3 2NS e: frgiacomo.gelardi@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Joseph the Worker, Luton.

Gunturu, Rev Don Bosco MSFS (28 April 2009)

Chandos Road, Buckingham MK18 1AL e: frbosco.gunturu@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Bernardine of Siena, Buckingham and St Martin, Brackley.

IIbe, Rev Alexander SMMM (26 July 2014)

St Philp and St James Presbytery, 2 Severn Way, Bedford MK41 7BX e: fralexander.ibe@northamptondiocese.org

History: Ss Philip and James, Bedford.

Ituah, Rev Jerome OCD (18 August 2007) (Sub-Prior)

t: 01280 813105

t: 01234 352607

t: 01753 886581

St Joseph's Priory, Austenwood Common, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross SL9 8RY e: frjerome.ituah@northamptondiocese.org

Jones, Rev Allan R. CRIC (26 June 2012)

148 Ashcroft Road, Luton LU2 9AY

e: frallan.jones@northamptondiocese.org

History: Sacred Heart of Jesus, Luton.

Jose, Rev Elvis

t: 01582 723099

t: 01536 512497

St Edward Presbytery, 2 The Grove, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN15 7QQ

e: frelvis.jose@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Edward, Kettering.

Joseph, Rev Benny MSFS (03 January 2000)

St Patrick's Presbytery, 28 Peveril Road, Duston, Northampton NN5 6JW e: frbenny.joseph@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01604 751071

History: St Patrick, Duston.

Karakkattu, Rev Roy MSFS (09 April 2005)

t: 01494 763518

St Aidan's Presbytery, Finch Lane, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire HP7 9NE e: frroy.karakkattu@northamptondiocese.org

Kasireddy, Rev Vijayasatya Prasad MSFS (11 August 2005)

St Francis of Assisi Presbytery, 25 High Street, Shefford SG17 5DD e: frprassad.kasireddy@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01462 813436

Marottikudy, Rev Shalbin MSFS (28 June 2008)

St Patrick's Presbytery, 28 Peveril Road, Duston, Northampton NN5 6JW e: frshalbin.marottikudy@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Patrick's Duston 2024.

Mayhead, Br John OSB (24 August 2000)

Monastary of Christ our Saviour, Turvey Mews, Turvey, Beds MK43 8DH e: turveymonks@yahoo.co.uk

McDonald, Rev Martin OCD

t: 01604 751071

t: 01234 881211

t: 01753 886581

St Joseph's Priory, Austenwood Common, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross SL9 8RY e: frmartin.macdonald@northamptondiocese.org

McGowan, Rev John OCD

t: 01753 886581

St Joseph's Priory, Austenwood Common, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross SL9 8RY e: frjohn.mcgowan@northamptondiocese.org

McGuinness, Rev Chris SPS (23 June 1991)

Holy Redeemer Presbytery, Wexham Road, Slough SL2 5QR e: frchris.mcguinness@northamptondiocese.org N

Nixon, Rev David MSC (01 January 1995)

t: 01753 578328

t: 01582 571187

St Joseph the Worker Presbytery, 68 Gardenia Avenue, Limbury, Luton LU3 2NS e: frdavid.nixon@northamptondiocese.org

History: Chesham & Great Missenden 2023-2024, St Joseph the Worker 2024.

Nyamali, Rev Theophilus OCD

t: 01753 886581

St Joseph's Priory, Austenwood Common, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross SL9 8RY e: frtheophilus.nyamali@northamptondiocese.org

Owen, Rev Mark CSsR

t: 01908 221228

St Edward's Presbytery, Burchard Crescent, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes MK5 6DX e: frmark.owen@northamptondiocese.org

Payikkattu, Rev Lijo Jose MSFS (10 May 2010)

St Teresa's, New Road, Princes Risborough, HP27 0JN e: frlijo.payikkattu@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01844 345578

Thekkekutte, Rev Jose Marie MSFS (21 April 1983)

The Presbytery, Main Street, Aston-le-Walls NN11 6UF e: frjose.thekkekutte@northamptondiocese.org

History: The Sacred Heart and Our Lady, Aston-le-Walls.

Thomas, Rev Ebin (29 December 2001)

The Holy Family, 24 Freshwater Close, Luton LU3 3TA e: frebin.thomas@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01295 660592

t: 01582 502400

Williamson, Rev John OCD e: frjohn.williamson@northamptondiocese.org

Priests of the Ordinariate

At: 01753 886581

Alldrit, Rev Nicolas MA DPhil (26 May 2012, retired) Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

Broadhurst, Mgr John STh AKC DD (11 January 2011, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

Reader-Moore, Rev Anthony BA MA (02 June 2012, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

Priests From Other Dioceses

Aladics, Rev Richard MA STL (Diocese of Leeds, 16 July 1988)

The Presbytery, Harrowden Road, Bedford MK42 0SP e: frrichard.aladics@northamptondiocese.org

History: Christ the King, Bedford.

Chacko, Rev Shyju (Palghat - India, 31 December 2003)

70 Eton Road, Datchet SL3 9AY

e: frshyju.chacko@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Augustine, Datchet.

De Keyser, Rev Nick (Diocese of Brentwood, 06 October 2012, retired)

t: 01234 342641

t: 01628 522956

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

Manomey, Rev Jerry MA STL (Accra, Ghana, 19 August 2006)

The Presbytery, 8 Pope Close, Flitwick MK45 1JP e: frjerry.manomey@northamptondiocese.org

History: Sacred Heart, Flitwick. N

Nwanzi, Rev Nicholas (Enugu, Nigeria, 09 December 2007)

The Presbytery, Harrowden Road, Bedford MK42 0SP e: frnicholas.nwanzi@northamptondiocese.org

History: Christ the King, 2023. O

Okami, Rev Emmanuel (Ilorin, Nigeria)

t: 01525 715109

t: 01908 978575

St Augustine's Presbytery, Langcliffe Drive, Heelands, Milton Keynes MK13 7PL

e: fremmanuel.okami@northamptondiocese.org

Onwuekwe, Rev Nathaniel (Nnewi, Nigeria, 05 July 2005)

The Presbytery, Farnham Road, Slough, Berkshire SL2 3AE e: frnathaniel.onwuekwe@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Anthony, Slough.

t: 01753 267918

Orazulike, Rev Stanley (Nigeria, 09 July 2011)

t: 01604 701947

Ss Francis and Therese Presbytery, Overslade Close, East Hunsbury, Northampton NN4 0RZ

e: frstanley.orazulike@northamptondiocese.org

History: Northampton Cathedral 2023.

Sadecki, Rev Ryszard (Poland)

Society of Christ, 22 Misbourne Drive, Great Missenden HP16 0BL e: r.sadecki@pcmew.org

t: 01494 868248

Turnham, Very Rev Canon Derek (Diocese of Middlesbrough, 16 June 1996)

t: 07753 633713

St Anne's Church, Aylesbury Road, Wendover HP22 6JG e: frderek.turnham@northamptondiocese.org

White, Rev John (Archdiocese of Westminster, retired)

Bishop's House, Marriott Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6AW

Priests Serving the Polish Community

B

Buba, Rev Leszek SChr

Divine Mercy Polish Mission, 48 Pitts Road, Slough SL1 3XH

e: slough@pcmew.org

Budzynski, Rev Andrzej SChr (08 June 1974)

Laxton Hall, Northants NN17 3AU e: andrzejbud@yahoo.co.uk

Januszewski, Rev Grzegorz SChr

t: 01753 533861

t: 01780 444242

t: 01582 662807

Our Lady of Czestochowa Presbytery, 17 Victoria Street, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU6 3AZ e: g.januszewski@pcmew.org

Kubiak, Rev Adam SChr

t: 01582 662807

Our Lady of Czestochowa Presbytery, 17 Victoria Street, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU6 3AZ e: parafiadunstable@gmail.com

Manturzyk, Rev Pawell SChr

St Lawrence House Flat 1, Duke Street, Northampton NN1 3BA e: wikariusznorthampton@gmail.com

Maziarz, Rev Thomasz SChr

t: 07401 917725

m: 07545955330

Sacred Heart of Jesus and St Cuthbert 37 Fairholme, Putnoe, Bedford MK41 9DA e: t.maziarz@pcmew.org, bedford@pcmew.org

Pilak, Rev Henryk SChr (retired)

t: 01753 533861

Local Polish Catholic Mission in Slough, Parish of Divine Mercy and Our Lady Queen of Poland, 48 Pitts Road, Slough SL1 3XH e: hpilak@wp.pl

Rusin, Rev Canon Edward SChr

59 Carlton Road, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7SB e: e.rusin@pcmew.org

Stebel, Rev Pawel SChr

t: 07758 689059

The Presbytery, Flat 2, St Lawrence House, Duke Street, Northampton NN1 3BA e: p.stebel@pcmew.org

Taraszka, Rev Ryszard SChr

1 Copenhagen Road, Corby NN18 9BX

e: corby@pcmew.org

Permanent Deacons

Adonis, Rev Deacon Brent (07 July 2018)

e: deaconbrent.adonis@northamptondiocese.org

B

t: 01780 444242

t: 01494 673018

History: Married to Lynn, St Teresa's, Beaconsfield and St Dunstan's, Bourne End.

Bannan, Rev Deacon Jim (13 July 2013)

e: deaconjimbannan@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Chris, Sacred Heart, Luton.

C

Carr, Rev Deacon Richard (24 January 2004, retired)

History: married to Rhona, St Teresa, Princes Risborough, Retired.

Collins, Rev Deacon Peter (24 June 2017)

e: deaconpeter.collins@northamptondiocese.org

t: 07943 634262

t: 01494 866325

History: married to Michelle, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Great Missenden.

Crowshaw, Rev Deacon John (24 June 2000, retired)

e: deaconjohn.crowshaw@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Mary, St Aidan, Little Chalfont and Our Lady's, Chesham Bois.

Curtis, Rev Deacon David (18 July 2015)

e: deacondavid.curtis@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01494 762225

Derbyshire, Rev Deacon John (28 January 1978, retired)

e: deaconjohn.derbyshire@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Mary, St John the Apostle, Luton. Retired.

Dunsire, Rev Deacon Brin (20 July 2013)

e: deaconbrin.dunsire@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Marian, St Augustine's, High Wycombe.

t: 07931 607249

Falcon, Rev Deacon Tony BA (Hons) MSc FIBMS (28 June 2014)

e: deacontony.falcon@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Marilyn, Sacred Heart, Leighton Buzzard.

Felix, Rev Gerard

e: deacongerard.felix@northamptondiocese.org

Fleming, Rev Deacon Michael (15 July 1989)

e: deaconmichael.fleming@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Linda, St Gregory, Northampton.

t: 01525 371383

t: 01494 785269

t: 01604 647750

Gajdus, Rev Deacon Marek (18 September 2004)

e: deaconmarek.gajdus@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Agnieszka, Our Lady of Peace, Burnham.

Grennell, Rev Deacon James (11 October 2003, retired)

e: deaconjim.grennell@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Maureen, St Joseph, Luton.

Griffin, Rev Deacon Peter (16 November 2002)

e: deaconpeter.griffin@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01753 733582

t: 01582 580877

t: 07850 499414

History: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Wellingborough 2002-18. Olney 2018.

Guina, Rev Deacon Noel MVO MA FRAS (08 July 2000, retired)

History: St Thomas Aquinas, Bletchley. Retired.

t: 01908 649356

Hannigan, Rev Deacon James (26 July 2014)

e: deaconjim.hannigan@northamptondiocese.org

t: 07756 685220

History: married to Annette, Holy Family and St John the Apostle, Sundon Park, Luton.

Howard, Rev Deacon Shaun (21 December 2002, retired)

History: married to Adrianne, St John Ogilvie, Corby. Retired.

Hyde, Rev Deacon Peter (20 June 1997)

e: deaconpeterhyde@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Jenny, St Francis of Assisi, Shefford. J

Jones, Rev Deacon Graham (27 June 2015)

e: deacongraham.jones@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Mary, Holy Family, Langley.

KKerr, Rev Deacon Erik (13 July 2019)

e: deaconerik.kerr@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Maureen, St Joseph, Luton. L

Lang, Rev Deacon John (20 June 2015)

e: deaconjohn.lang@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Susan, St Peter's, Biggleswade.

Larkin, Rev Deacon Oliver (22 June 2024)

e: deaconoliver.larkin@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Augustine's, Milton Keynes 2024.

Lee, Rev Deacon Gerard (05 October 2001, retired)

History: married to Linda, Our Lady of Walsingham, Corby. Retired 2016.

Lovelock, Rev Deacon John (03 July 1999, retired)

History: St Bernardine, Buckingham.

t: 01462 711702

t: 01753 523433

t: 01582 416152

t: 07465 607247

t: 01908 978575

McGrogan, Rev Deacon Gerard MA MSc BSc CEng CPhys (15 October 2004, retired)

e: deacongerrymcgrogan@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Margaret, Our Lady Help of Christians, Luton. Retired 2015.

Nunn, Deacon Gordon

e: parish.stteresapr@northamptondiocese.org

History: St Teresa of the Child Jesus, Princes Risborough

O'Leary, Rev Deacon Michael (24 July 2010)

e: deaconmick.oleary@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Christine, St Patrick, Northampton.

Ossei-Williams, Rev Deacon Michael (10 July 2010)

e: osseiwilliams@btopenworld.com

History: married to Alexandra, Holy Redeemer, Slough. P

Phelan, Rev Deacon Michael OBE MA (23 July 2006, retired)

e: mikephelan@aol.com

History: married to Lily, St Teresa, Beaconsfield.

Priestley, Rev Deacon Paul (20 July 2013)

e: deaconpaul.priestley@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Sarah, St John Henry Newman, High Wycombe.

Pugh, Rev Deacon Philip BA (16 July 2006, retired)

e: deaconphilippugh@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Janet, Sacred Heart, Flitwick

Quinlan, Rev Deacon Tony (09 July 2016)

e: deacontony.quinlan@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01844 345578

t: 01604 858864

t: 01628 415962

t: 01494 678259

t: 01494 523969

t: 07711 953926

t: 01234 353116

History: married to Mariateresa, Holy Cross, Bedford and SS Philip & James, Bedford.

Reidel, Rev Deacon Klaus (18 June 2011)

e: deaconklaus.reidel@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01908 617298

History: married to Wendy, St Bede, Newport Pagnell and Christ the King, Kents Hill.

Remmington, Rev Deacon Peter (08 July 2017)

e: deaconpeter.remmington@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Linda, St Peter's, Rushden.

Ryan, Rev Deacon Kevin (08 December 2018)

e: deaconkevin.ryan@northamptondiocese.org

Sanni, Rev Deacon Lanre

e: deaconlanre.sanni@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Kemi. St Anthony, Slough.

Sillitoe, Rev Deacon John (12 July 2009)

e: deaconjohn.sillitoe@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Jan, St Joseph & St Clare, Aylesbury.

Stewart, Rev Deacon Rory (15 July 1989, retired)

e: deaconrory.stewart@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Anne, St Gregory, Northampton.

Stoker, Rev Deacon Brian (24 January 2004, retired)

History: married to Valerie, St Teresa, Princes Risborough. Retired 2015.

Swindlehurst, Rev Deacon Peter (10 June 2006)

e: frderek.turnham@northamptondiocese.org

History: married to Penelope. W

Walkling-Lea, Rev Deacon Crispin (09 July 2016)

e: deaconcrispin.walklinglea@northamptondiocese.org

t: 01933 388802

t: 01628 483696

t: 01753 267918

t: 01296 641889

t: 01604 408407

t: 01296 623930

m: 07941 884645

History: married to Sarah, Holy Cross, Bedford and SS Philip & James, Bedford.Diocesan Trustee

Walls, Rev Deacon Jon (12 July 2008)

e: deaconjon.walls@northamptondiocese.org

t: 07527 115610

History: married to Diane, St Bede, Newport Pagnell and Christ the King, Kents Hill.

Watson, Rev Deacon Keith BA (01 February 2006, retired)

History: married to Christine, all churches of the parish of St Edward's, Kettering. Retired 2019.

Wyer, Rev Deacon Paul (24 June 2007)

History: married to Maura, resident in Ireland.

Deacons From Other Dioceses

Abrahams, Rev Deacon Reg (Archdiocese of Westminster) e: rabrahams@rcdow.org.uk

50 Years (1975-2025)

2025 JUBILARIANS

Diocesan Priests

Rev Derek Lance 29 June 1975

40 Years (1985-2025)

Rev Richard Barrett 1 June 1985

30 Years (1995-2025)

Rev Canon John McArdle 1 July 1995

Rev Jonathan Hill 16 December 1995

25 Years (2000-2025)

Rev Ugochukwu Nnaji 26 April 2000

RELIGIOUS ORDERS

Women

Benedictines (Olivetan)

Turvey - Priory of Our Lady of Peace

Turvey Abbey, Turvey MK43 8DE

E-mail: info@turveyabbey.org.uk

Website: www.turveyabbey.org.uk

Mother M Zoe Davis OSB (Prioress)

Bon Secours Sisters de Paris

Bourne End - Bon Secours Sisters de Paris House

Tel: 01234 881432

Tel: 01628 522956

St Dunstan's Presbytery, Cores End Road, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire SL8 5AR

E-mail: srwinifred@northamptondiocese.org

Sr Winifred McCahill

Sunday Mass: 10:00am

Weekdays: Tue, Fri 9:30am

Iver Heath - Bridgettine Convent

Bridgettine Sisters

Fulmer Common Road, Iver Heath SL0 0NR

E-mail: bridgettineiver@icloud.com

Website: www.bridgettineguesthouse.co.uk

Tel: 01753 663027

Sr M Giacomina George OSsS (Superior), Rev Nathaniel Onwuekwe (Priest)

Slough - DMMM Sisters

Daughters of Mary, Mother of Mercy

Tel: 01753 380752 / 07533 272022

DMMM Community, 5 Buckingham Avenue East, Slough, Berkshire SL1 3EB

E-mail: dmmmsistersslough@gmail.com

Sr Caroline Anyeagby DMMM

Daughters of Providence of St Brieuc

Aylesbury - Daughters of Providence of St Brieuc

Tel: 07811 405018 / 01296 486004

10 Pearl Court, Croft Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP21 7BY

E-mail: sisterannemarie@daughtersofprovidence.org

Website: daughtersofprovidence.org

Sr Anne-Marie Frearson (Superior)

Bedford - Bedford DHS

Daughters of the Holy Spirit

188 London Road, Bedford MK42 0PS

E-mail: dympnaconnolly09@gmail.com

Sr Dympna Connolly DHS

Tel: 01234 350794

Luton - Luton DHS Tel: 01582 755917

106 Dorrington Close, Luton, Bedfordshire LU3 1XR

E-mail: sisters_dhs@yahoo.co.uk

Sr Teresa Harrington DHS

Northampton - Northampton DHS

22 Holyrood Road, Northampton NN5 7AH

E-mail: provincial.eiw@gmail.com

Website: www.daughtersoftheholyspirituk.org

Sr Anne Morris DHS (Provincial)

Tel: 01604 587423

Olney - St Joseph's Convent Tel: 01234 711267

33 West Street, Olney, Buckinghamshire MK46 5HH

E-mail: bursar3dh6@yahoo.com

Sr Eileen Gorman DHS (Superior)

Olney - DHS Community

13 Aspreys, Olney, Buckinghamshire MK46 5LN

E-mail: jw13@live.co.uk

Sr Josephine Walsh DHS

Tel: 01234 712162 / 07803 393693

Woburn Sands - Burlington Hall Care Home

9 Station Road, Woburn Sands MK17 8RR

Sr Regina Bond DHS

Woburn Sands - Support Community

57 Aspley Court, Woburn Sands MK17 8PA

Sr Regina Bond DHS

Order of Consecrated Virgins

Luton - Order of Consecrated Virgins

2 Pembroke Avenue, Luton LU4 9BH

E-mail: theresa.aluko@ntlworld.com

Sr Theresa Aluko OCV

Tel: 01980 8584718

Tel: 01582 593741

Religious of Jesus and Mary

Milton Keynes - Religious of Jesus and Mary House

Tel: 01280 813254 / 07793 017403

Convent of Jesus and Mary, Thornton, Milton Keynes MK17 0HJ

E-mail: haigh.hm70@gmail.com

Sr Helen Haigh RJM

Sisters of Mary Immaculate (Polish)

Near Corby - Sisters of Mary Immaculate

Laxton Hall, Corby, Northamptonshire NN17 3AU

E-mail: teresasabok@yahoo.com and michas77777@wp.pl

Website: www.laxtonhall.co.uk

Tel: 01780 444292

Sr Magdalena Michas (Sister Superior), Sr Teresa Sabok (Director of Carehome)

Kettering - Sisters of Our Lady

Sisters of Our Lady

Flat 6 233 Rockingham Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN16 9JB

E-mail: aidanrichards@yahoo.co.uk

Sr Aidan Richards SND (Superior)

Sisters of the Holy Cross

Chalfont St Peter - Holy Cross Convent

Grange Road, Chalfont St Peter SL9 9AH

E-mail: imedla.flemingll@gmail.com

Sr Imelda Fleming HC (Leader)

Tel: 07999 596065

Tel: 01753 890108 / 07845 403257

Society of the Holy Child Jesus

Milton Keynes - Society of the Holy Child Jesus

9 Goring, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes MK14 6AS

E-mail: mamatthewsshcj@gmail.com

Website: www.shcj.org

Sr Monica Matthews SHCJ

Men

Benedictines (Olivetan)

Turvey - Monastery of Christ our Saviour

Tel: 07979 710866

Tel: 01234 881211

Monastery of Christ Our Saviour, Jacks Lane, Turvey, Bedfordshire MK43 8DH

E-mail: turveymonks@yahoo.co.uk

Website: www.turveymonks.org.uk

Br John Leonard Mayhead OSB (Superior)

Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception

Luton - Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, 148 Ashcroft Road, Luton LU2 9AY

E-mail: parish.sacredheartofjesus@northamptondiocese.org

Rev Dr James Cassidy CRIC (Superior)

Tel: 01582 723099

Sunday Mass: Sat 6:30pm, 9:00am, 11:00am, 3rd Sun 3:00pm (Bethany Mass for those with additional needs and their families and carers)

Weekdays: Mon-Fri 9:30am

Holy Days: 9:30am, 7:30pm

Confessions: Sat 6:00pm-6:20pm (please also feel free to arrange appointments with the priests)

Discalced Carmelites

Gerrards Cross - St Joseph's Priory

Austenwood Common, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross SL9 8RY

E-mail: Parish.stjosphsgerradrscross@northamptondiocese.org

Rev Michael Spain OCD (Superior), Rev Bob Davies OCD Fransalian Fathers

Duston - St Patrick

28 Peveril Road, Duston, Northampton NN5 6JW

E-mail: parish.stpatrickduston@northamptondiocese.org

Rev Benny Joseph MSFS

Tel: 01753 886581

Tel: 01604 751071

Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo (Scalabrini Fathers)

Bedford - St Frances Cabrini

10 Woburn Road, Bedford MK40 1EG

E-mail: italianmission@outlook.com

Rev Giuseppe Bortolazzo CS (Priest)

Tel: 01234 359515

Sunday Mass: Sat 7:00pm (English), 8:30am (Portuguese), 10:00am (Italian), 11:30am (English)

Weekdays: Tue-Thu 7:00pm (Italian), Fri 10:30am (Italian)

Holy Days: 10:30am, 7:00pm

Adoration: Fri 10:00am (Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament)

Chesham - St Columba

Missionaries of the Sacred Heart

432 Berkhampstead Road, Chesham HP5 3HQ

E-mail: parish.stcolumba@northamptondiocese.org

Website: https://stcolumbas.church/

Tel: 01494 785269

Rev Giacomo Gelardi MSC (Priest), Rev David Nixon MSC (Parish Priest), Rev Gerard Felix (Deacon)

Sunday Mass: 9:00am, 6:00pm

Please see the newsletter on the website for Holy Days, Confessions and Adoration.

Bedford - St Alban House

Priestly Fraternity of St Peter

18 Brett Drive, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8RF

E-mail: malleray@fssp.org

Website: fssp.org.uk

Rev Armand de Malleray FSSP

Redemptorists

Shenley Church End - St Edward's Presbytery

Burchard Crescent, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes MK5 6DX

E-mail: admin.stbarnabascluster@northamptondiocese.org

Rev Mark Owen CSsR

Burnham - Our Lady of Peace

Society of African Missions

Lower Britwell Road, Slough SL2 2NL

E-mail: parish.ourladyofpeace@northamptondiocese.org

Website: www.ourladyofpeace.org

Tel: 01234 954316

Tel: 01908 221228

Tel: 01628 605764

Rev Marek Balawender SMA (Assistant Priest), Rev Anthony Dampson SMA (Parish Priest), Rev Deacon Michael Ossei-Williams

Sunday Mass: 9:30am (Our Lady of Peace Church), 11:30am (Saint Andrews Shared Church, Cippenham)

Weekdays: Mon-Fri 9:30am, Sat 10:00am

Holy Days: 9:30am (Masses for Bank Holidays are at 10:00am), 7:30pm

Confessions: Sat 5:00pm-5:45pm

Adoration: Mon-Fri 8:15am-9:10am, Sat 8:45am-9:45am

Society of Christ (Polish Order)

Dunstable - Our Lady of Czestochowa

17 Victoria Street, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU6 3AZ

E-mail: parafiadunstable@gmail.com

Website: www.parafiadunstable.co.uk

Tel: 01582 662807

Sunday Mass: Sat 5:00pm (Polish), Sat 7:00pm (Polish, Milton Keynes), 8:30am (Polish), 11:30am (Polish), 2:00pm (Polish, Milton Keynes), 5:00pm (Polish, Luton), 7:00pm (Polish)

Weekdays: Mon, Wed, Fri 10:00am (Polish), Tue-Wed, Fri 7:00pm (Polish), Thu 7:00pm (Polish, Milton Keynes)

Holy Days: 10:00am, 7:00pm

Great Missenden - Society of Christ

Tel: 01494 868248 22 Misbourne Drive, Great Missenden HP16 0BL

Slough - Polish Church of Divine Mercy

Local Polish Catholic Mission in Slough, Parish of Divine Mercy and Our Lady Queen of Poland, 48 Pitts Road, Slough SL1 3XH

E-mail: slough@pcmew.org

Rev Leszek Buba SChr

Sunday Mass: Sat 6:00pm (Polish), 8:00am (Polish), 10:00am (Polish), 12:00pm (Polish), 6:00pm (Polish, Cancel during the summer bank holiday time)

Weekdays: Tue-1st &amp, 3rd Fri 7:00pm (Polish), Wed, Fri 10:15am (Polish), 1st Sat 8:00am (Polish), Sat 6:00pm (Polish)

Confessions: Tue-Thu 5:30pm-6:45pm (Polish), 7:15am-7:45am (Polish), 1st &amp, 3rd Fri 8:00pm-9:00pm (Polish), Sat 5:00pm-5:50pm (Polish)

Adoration: Tue-Fri 6:00pm-6:45pm, 1st Fri 8:00pm-8:00am, Sat 5:00pm-5:45pm

Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy

Bedford - Holy Cross, Ss Philip and James

St Philp and St James Presbytery, 2 Severn Way, Bedford MK41 7BX

E-mail: parish.ssphilipandjames@northamptondiocese.org

Rev Alexander Ibe SMMM

Kettering - Syro Malabar

Syro Malabar

Tel: 01234 352607

Tel: 01536 512497

St Edward Presbytery, 2 The Grove, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN15 7QQ

E-mail: parish.stedwardkettering@northamptondiocese.org

Rev Elvis Jose

Vincentians

Luton - St John the Apostle & Holy Family

The Holy Family, 24 Freshwater Close, Luton LU3 3TA

E-mail: parish.holyfamilyandstjohn@northamptondiocese.org

Rev Ebin Thomas, Rev Jobin Koshackal Jose

Tel: 01582 502400

Other Religious Priests in the Diocese

St Patrick's Missionary Society (Kiltegan Fathers)

Slough - Holy Redeemer Presbytery

Wexham Road, Slough SL2 5QR

E-mail: parish.holyredeemer@northamptondiocese.org

Rev Chris McGuinness SPS

Tel: 01753 578328

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NORTH NORTHANTS PASTORAL AREA

MILTON KEYNES PASTORAL AREA

BEDFORDSHIRE PASTORAL AREA

LUTON PASTORAL AREA

AYLESBURY PASTORAL AREA

SOUTH BUCKS PASTORAL AREA

SLOUGH PASTORAL AREA

PASTORAL AREAS

Northampton Pastoral Area: St Thomas of Canterbury

North Northants Pastoral Area: St Luke

Bedfordshire Pastoral Area: St Josephine Bakhitta

Milton Keynes Pastoral Area: St Paul

South Bucks Pastoral Area: St Monica

Area

Luton Pastoral Area: St Alban

Aylesbury Pastoral Area: St John Fisher

Area

Slough Pastoral Area: St Peter

Area

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PARISHES

parish.cathedralhub@northamptondiocese.org

Address: Cathedral House, 1 Primrose Hill, Northampton NN2 6AG Website: www.northamptoncathedral.org

Clergy: Rev Simon Penhalagan EV (Dean), Rev Daniel Rooke, Rev Ditto Devassy MSFS, Rev James Evans (resident at St Thomas More Presbytery, Towcester), Rev Stanley Orazulike (resident at Ss Francis and Therese Presbytery, Northampton)

Hub Admin: Ann Comerford

Hub Secretary: Philly McKenna

Office Hours: 9am-5.30pm

Clustered Parishes Consisting of:

Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate & St Thomas of Canterbury

Repository: Mon-Fri 10am-1pm (St Thomas Centre)

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 8.30am, 11am, 5.15pm

Weekdays: See weekly bulletin/website

Holy Days: See weekly bulletin/website

Confessions: See weekly bulletin/website

Adoration: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament see website/newsletter

History: 1821, Rev Magrath here. He left before the end of 1821. 1823: Chapel 30 Nov. Rev Foley on Black Lion Hill. 1825: 25 Oct. Chapel of St Andrew, Rev Foley. 1844: 25 June, Collegiate Chapel of St Felix, Bishop Wareing, 1864: 28 April, Cathedral, Bishop Amherst. 1959: Enlargement, Bishop Parker. 1960: 22 June Consecration, Bishop Parker. 1998: Re-ordered, Bishop McCartie.

Hospital: Northampton General Hospital page 91

St Aidan

Sunday Mass: 9.45am

Weekdays: As announced

Holy Days: see weekly bulletin/website

Confessions: As announced

Adoration: See bulletin/website

History: 1955: 17 April Mass first said. 1956: 1 Nov. Fr Boswell served from Cathedral. 1957: Rose and Crown, Welford Road. 1964: 27 July Manor Road, Church opened 4 August. Rev C. Roberts first resident priest.2014 - 27 July Dedication of the Church.

Ss Francis and Therese

Clergy: Rev Stanley Orazulike (resident at Ss Francis and Therese Presbytery, Northampton)

Sunday Mass: 9.30am

Weekdays: As announced

Holy Days: As announced

Confessions: As announced

Adoration: As announced

History: 1989: 19 Nov Church Blessed. 2000: Clustered with Towcester.

St Thomas More

Clergy: Rev James Evans (resident at St Thomas More Presbytery, Towcester)

Sunday Mass: Sat 5.30pm, 11am

Weekdays: As announced

Holy Days: As announced

Confessions: Sat 4.45pm-5.15pm

Adoration: Sat 4.45pm-5.15pm (Exposition)

History: 1949: 20 Feb. St George opened, Watling Street. 1976: St Thomas More, Meeting Lane. 2000: Clustered with East Hunsbury, Northampton.

Northampton 2, Abington

St Gregory the Great 01604 713015 parish.stgregory@northamptondiocese.org

Address: Presbytery, 22 Park Ave North, Northampton NN3 2HS Website: www.stgregory.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/StGregsNorthampton

Clergy: Rev Andrew Behrens, Deacon Michael Fleming

Parish Secretary: Caryll Comley

Office Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri 9.30am - 12.30pm

Sunday Mass: 9am (Family), 11am (Choir)

Weekdays: Mon-Wed, Fri, Sat 9am, Thu 7pm

Holy Days: 7am, 9am, 7pm

Confessions: Sat 9.30am and at call

Adoration: Thu 9am-11am (Exposition)

History: 1926: Church site bought. 1946: 7 Oct. Fr Eric Phillips appointed first Parish Priest. 1947: 1 May. Wooden Church Blessed. 1954: 11 Feb. Present Church Blessed. 2004: 3 Sept. Church Consecrated.

Hospitals: St Andrew's and St Matthew's Hospital page 91

Three Shires Hospital page 91

Hospice: Cynthia Spencer Hospice page 91

Northampton 3, Weston Favell

The Sacred Heart

01604 402301 parish.sacredheartwestonfavell@northamptondiocese.org

Address: The Catholic Presbytery, Pyramid Close, Weston Favell, Northampton NN3 8DP

Website: www.sacredheartnorthampton.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Canon Dr Brendan Killeen JV VF

Administrator: Lorraine Foster

Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9am -12 noon

Sunday Mass: Sat 5.30pm, 10.30am

Weekdays: Mon, Wed, Fri 9.30am

Holy Days: 9.30am

Confessions: Sat 4.45pm-5.15pm

Adoration: Mon 10am-11am, Sat 4.45pm-5.15pm

History: 1974: 25 Jul Parish formed. 1976: Jan. Church Opened, Church blessed.

Northampton 4, Duston St Patrick

01604 751071 parish.stpatrickduston@northamptondiocese.org

Address: St Patrick's Presbytery, 28 Peveril Road, Duston, Northampton NN5 6JW

Website: www.stpatrickduston.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Benny Joseph MSFS, Rev Shalbin Marottikudy MSFS, Deacon Michael O'Leary

Key Catechist: Rosemarie King (1996)

Finance: finance.stpatrickduston@northamptondiocese.org

St Patrick Church

Location: Ashwood Road, Duston, Northampton NN5 6JR

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 9.30am As announced

Weekdays: Mon-Fri 9.30am As announced

Holy Days: 9.30am, 7pm As announced

Confessions: Fri 10am-10.30am, Sat 6.45pm-7pm

Adoration: Fri 10am-10.30am (also see noticeboard)

General: See weekly newsletter for groups

History: 1941: Beginning of Mission. 1953: 26 Apr, Church blessed. 1994: 27 May Opening and Dedication of new Church. 2002: Amalgamated with Cathedral parish.

Northampton 6 see Great Billing, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour page 68

The Sacred Heart and Our Lady

01295 660592 parish.sacredheartalw@northamptondiocese.org

Address: The Presbytery, Main Street, Aston-le-Walls NN11 6UF

Website: sacredheart.chessck.co.uk

Clergy: Rev Jose Marie Thekkekutte MSFS

The Sacred Heart and Our Lady Church

Location: Main Street, Aston-le-Walls NN11 6UF

Sunday Mass: 10.45am

Weekdays: 10am See website/newsletter

Holy Days: See website/newsletter

Confessions: Fri 9.30am-9.50am and by appointment

Adoration: Fri 9.15am-10am (before Mass)

History: 1688: First resident Priest in Parish: Warkworth Manor. 1827: 11 Jul Church opened. 1859: 5 Jun, Church consecrated. 1982: 14 Dec Re-opening of restored Church. 1991: 1 Dec, extension to Church Dedicated.

Parishes

SS Peter & Paul C of E Church

Location: The Square, Kings Sutton, Oxfordshire OX17 3RJ

Sunday Mass: 9am

Confessions: Sun 8.30am-8.50am

History: Parish of SS Peter & Paul in nr Banbury, Northants (Diocese of Northampton). This is an Anglican church that permits celebration of Catholic Mass.

School: St Mary's Primary page 94

Aylesbury 1

St Joseph, St Clare and Guardian Angels

01296 483629 parish.stjc@northamptondiocese.org

Address: The Presbytery, 56 High Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 1SE

Website: www.stjosephandstclare.co.uk

Clergy: Rev Canon John Beirne VF, Deacon John Sillitoe

Parish Admin: Elaine Sidhu

Key Catechists: Marie Woods (1998)

Office Hours: Tues-Fri 9am to 2pm

St Joseph Church

Location: 56 High Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 1SE

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 9.30am, 11.15am As announced

Weekdays: Mon, Wed, Fri 10am As announced

Holy Days: 10am, 12.30pm

Confessions: Sat 10am-11am

Adoration: Fri 9.30am-10am, Sat 10am-11am As announced

Devotions: As announced

Weekly Surgery: Saturday 10am-11am

History: 1885: Mass Station opened in house of Mr Rock. Served from Wolverton. 1888: 7 Dec. House/Chapel Rev James Collins. 1892: 13 Dec. Iron Chapel opened. 1937: Present

Church opened.

St Clare's Church

Location: Elmhurst Road, Aylesbury HP20 2EA

Sunday Mass: 11.30am

Weekdays: Tue 10am

Holy Days: 7.30pm

Confessions: By appointment

Devotions: Knights of St Columba 4th Mon 7.30pm-9pm, Legion of Mary Tue 7pm-8.30pm As announced

History: 1966: 28 Aug. Parish clustered with St Joseph's. 2004: Parish merged with St Josephs. 2005: 30 Nov. New Church Consecrated.

Schools: St Edward's Junior page 94

St Joseph's Infant page 94

St Louis Primary page 94

St Michael's Secondary page 94

Hospital: Stoke Mandeville Hospital page 91

Hospice: Florence Nightingale Hospice page 91

Aylesbury 2, Bedgrove

Our Lady of Lourdes 01296 290545 parish.ololaylesbury@northamptondiocese.org

Address: The Presbytery, 13 Pevensey Close, Aylesbury HP21 9UB

Website: www.ourladyoflourdes.uk

Clergy: Rev Jaismon Francis MSFS

Secretary: Esther Salins

Key Catechists: Sr Bernadette Larkin, Fran Woodbridge

Office Hours: Tuesday & Friday: 9:00 am - 02:00 pm

Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Location: 69 Cambourne Avenue, Aylesbury HP21 7UE

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 8.30am, 10.30am, 4th Sun 4pm (Malayalam) As announced

Weekdays: Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat 9.30am, Thu-1st Fri 6.30pm

Holy Days: 9.30am, 6pm

Confessions: Thu 7.15pm-8pm, Sat 10am-10.30am and by request

Adoration: Thu 7pm-8pm (Eucharistic Adoration), Fri 10am-10.30am (Eucharistic Adoration), Sat 10am-10.30am (Saturday Adoration)

Devotions: Novena to Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Tue 10am-10.30am, Holy Hour/Divine Mercy Devotion Wed 6pm-7pm, Holy Hour Thu 7pm-8pm, Rosary Fri, Sat 10am-10.30am, Sacred Heart Novena 1st Fri 10am-10.30am

History: 1969: 9 July. Church blessed. 1994: 8 July. Consecration.

Beaconsfield

St Teresa of the Child Jesus and SS John Fisher and Thomas More 01494 673018 parish.stteresabeaconsfield@northamptondiocese.org

Address: St Teresa's Presbytery, 40 Warwick Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire HP9 2PL

Website: www.littleflower.co.uk

Clergy: Rev Mgr Provost Sean Healy VF, Deacon Brent Adonis, Deacon Michael Phelan

Administrator: Sarah Moroz

Secretary: Lynn Adonis

Office Hours: 9-1pm

St Teresa of the Child Jesus and SS John Fisher and Thomas More Church

Location: 40 Warwick Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire HP9 2PL

Tel: 01494 673018

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 8.45am, 11.30am

Weekdays: Mon, Fri 9.30am, Tue-Thu, Sat 9.30am (see website)

Holy Days: 10.30am, 8pm

Confessions: Sat 5.30pm

History: 1914: Mass Centre for Belgian refugees, Served by Belgian Priest. 1919: Mass Centre. Served from High Wycombe. Chapel on Premises of Railway Hotel. 1927: 6 Feb. First part opened. Fr Walker served from High Wycombe. 1931: First resident Priest, Mgr C.W. Smith CBE, D.S.O. 1939: Completion and reopening 10 Dec. 1947: 30 65 Sept. Consecration. 2012: New Parish Centre opened.

Parishes

St Dunstan Church

Location: Cores End Rd, Bourne End SL8 5AR

E-mail: parish.stdunstan@northamptondiocese.org

Website: www.saintdunstans.co.uk

Sunday Mass: 10am

Weekdays: Tue, Fri 9.30am see website

Holy Days: 9.30am

Confessions: At call

History: 1956: 15 April. Wooden Church blessed. 1980: Present Church. 1999: Clustered with Beaconsfield.

Religious: Bon Secours Sisters de Paris page 46

Bedford 1

The Holy Child and St Joseph

01234 352569

parish.stjosephbedford@northamptondiocese.org

Address: The Presbytery, 2 Brereton Road, Bedford MK40 1HU

Website: www.stjosephsbedford.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Canon Seamus Keenan, Rev Liam Castle

The Holy Child and St Joseph Church

Location: Midland Road, Bedford MK40 1HU

Sunday Mass: 8.15am, 9.30am, 11am, 6.30pm

Weekdays: Mon-Sat 10.45am

Holy Days: 7.30am, 10.45am, 7.30pm

Confessions: Sat 11.30am-12.30pm

Adoration: Thu 11.30am-7pm (Exposition)

Devotions: Rosary Mon-Fri 10.20am, Mothers' Prayers 1st Mon 11.30am, SVP Mon 7pm-8pm The Diocesan Shrine of the Miraculous Relic Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe

History: 1863: Beginning of Mission. 25 Dec. 1 st Mass by Fr J.P. Warmoll. 1874: 30 April

Chancel and part nave opened. 1912: Additional bays. Church reopened Jan. 1964: 19 Aug. Consecrated.

Hospitals: Bedford General Hospital page 91 Manor Hospital page 91

Bedford 2 Christ the King 01234 342641 parish.christthekingbedford@northamptondiocese.org

Address: The Presbytery, Harrowden Road, Bedford MK42 0SP

Website: www.christthekingbedford.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/christ.the.king.bedford

Clergy: Rev Richard Aladics

Catechist: Cijo, Edwin, Tanya, Teresa Williams

Staff: Jon Foster (Newsletter)

Webmaster: Jon Foster

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 8.30am (Latin), 10.30am

Weekdays: Tue 6.30pm, Wed, Thu 10am, Fri 12noon

Holy Days: 10am, 7pm

Confessions: Fri 11am-11.45am, Sat 10am-10.45am

Adoration: Fri 11am (Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament)

History: 1953: 12 April Church Hall. 1960: 6 June present Church Blessed. 2010: 4 June, church consecrated.

Bedford 3

Holy Cross 01234 353116 parish.holycross@northamptondiocese.org

Served from (and correspondence to) SS Philip and James, Bedford page 59

Website: www.northbedfordcatholics.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/NorthBedfordCC

Instagram: www.instagram.com/northbedfordcatholiccommunity

X (Twitter): @CatholicBedford

Clergy: Rev Alexander Ibe SMMM, Deacon Tony Quinlan (based at St Philp and St James Presbytery, Bedford), Deacon Crispin Walkling-Lea

Parish Secretary: Sheila Allen

Office Hours: Mon, Thu 9am-12pm

Holy Cross Church

Location: 355 Goldington Road, Bedford MK41 0DP

Sunday Mass: Sat 5.30pm , 9am

Weekdays: Tue, Wed, Fri 10.15am Please check the parish newsletter for any changes

Holy Days: As announced in the parish newsletter

Confessions: Wed 10.45am-11.15am (After 10:15am Mass)

Adoration: Wed 10.45am-11.15am (After 10:15am Mass)

History: 1957: 24 Nov. Church blessed. 1966: Parish erected. 2007: Twinned with SS Philip and James, Brickhill. Consecrated 20 October 2007

Bedford 4

St Frances Cabrini (Italian Church) 01234 359515 italianmission@outlook.com

Address: St Francis Cabrini Presbytery, 10 Woburn Road, Bedford MK40 1EG

Clergy: Rev Giuseppe Bortolazzo CS

Sunday Mass: Sat 7pm (English), 8.30am (Portuguese), 10am (Italian), 11.30am (English)

Weekdays: Tue-Thu 7pm (Italian), Fri 10.30am (Italian) Mon - as announced

Holy Days: 10.30am, 7pm

Confessions: English or Italian before Mass

Adoration: Fri 10am (Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament)

History: 1965: 28 March. Church opened.

Bedford 5 SS Philip and James

parish.ssphilipandjames@northamptondiocese.org

Address: St Philp and St James Presbytery, 2 Severn Way, Bedford MK41 7BX Website: www.northbedfordcatholics.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Alexander Ibe SMMM, Deacon Tony Quinlan, Deacon Crispin Walkling-Lea

Parish Secretary: Mariateresa Quinlan

Office Hours: Tue 11am - 3pm

Sunday Mass: 11am

Weekdays: Mon, Thu, Sat 10.15am Please check the parish newsletter for any changes to Mass times

Confessions: As announced in the parish newsletter

History: 1967: 10 Sept opened. 1970: Separate Parish. 2007: Twinned with Holy Cross, Bedford. 2009: 1 May. Consecrated.

Hospital: Bedford General Hospital North Wing page 91

Biggleswade

St Peter 01462 813436 parish.stpeterbiggleswade@northamptondiocese.org

Served from (and correspondence to) St Francis of Assisi, Shefford page 81

Website: www.st-peters.uk

Clergy: Rev Vijayasatya Prasad Kasireddy MSFS, Deacon John Lang

Mobile: 07495422777

St Peter Church

Location: 7a Station Rd, Biggleswade SG18 8AL

Sunday Mass: Sat 6.30pm, 11am

Weekdays: Mon, Wed, Fri 9.30am

Holy Days: 7.30pm

Confessions: Sat 5.45pm-6.15pm

Adoration: Fri 7pm-8pm (Holy Hour)

History: 1905: 12 Nov. Sun St Chapel ('The Upper Room'). Served from Shefford and Hitchin. 1924: 27 Jan. Former Sunday School building Market Square, blessed as Church. 1942: First resident Priest. Fr D. Hillier. 1958: Present site acquired. 1963: New Presbytery. 1973: 10 May present Church blessed.

Hospital: Biggleswade Hospital page 91

Hospice: St John's Hospice page 91

Bletchley

see Milton Keynes, St Thomas and All Saints page 78

Bourne End

see Beaconsfield, St Teresa of the Child Jesus and SS John Fisher and Thomas More page 57

Brackley St Martin 01280 813105 parish.buckinghambrackley@northamptondiocese.org

Served from (and correspondence to) St Bernardine of Siena, Buckingham page 61

Website: www.stbernardines.org

Clergy: Rev Don Bosco Gunturu MSFS (Parish Administrator) St Martin's Church

Location: Hall's Lane, Brackley, Northamptonshire NN13 6AN

Sunday Mass: 9am

Weekdays: Wed 7.30pm, Fri 10am

Holy Days: 7.30pm

Confessions: Wed 7pm

History: 1957: 28 July. Church blessed

Buckingham

St Bernardine of Siena 01280 813105 parish.buckinghambrackley@northamptondiocese.org

Address: Chandos Road, Buckingham MK18 1AL Website: www.stbernardines.org

Clergy: Rev Don Bosco Gunturu MSFS

St Bernardine of Siena Church

Location: Chandos Road, Buckingham MK18 1AL

Sunday Mass: Sat 5.30pm, 11am

Weekdays: Tue, Wed 9.20am, Fri 7pm

Holy Days: 9.20am

Confessions: Fri 6.30pm, Sat 4.30pm

History: 1892: 2 July House Chapel 1 st Mass. 1895: College opened, chapel blessed. 1912: New Chapel opened. 1969: College closed. 1974: 26 Oct. New Church blessed, Chandos Road. 1982: 1 Aug Church Dedicated.

Hospitals: Brackley Hospital page 91 Buckingham Hospital page 91

Burnham

Our Lady of Peace and St Andrews 01628 605764 parish.ourladyofpeace@northamptondiocese.org

Address: Our Lady of Peace Presbytery, Lower Britwell Road, Slough SL2 2NL Website: www.ourladyofpeacerc.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnhamCatholicParish/ Clergy: Rev Anthony Dampson SMA, Rev Marek Balawender SMA, Deacon Michael Ossei-Williams

Secretary: Venecia Godinho

Office Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30am to 12:30pm

Our Lady of Peace Church

Location: Lower Britwell Rd, Slough SL2 2NL

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 9.30am

Weekdays: Mon-Wed, Fri 9.30am, Sat 10am

Holy Days: 9.30am, 7pm

Confessions: Sat 5pm-5.50pm (Also on request)

Adoration: Mon-Wed, Fri 8.15am-9.10am, Sat 8.45am-9.45am

Devotions: Morning Prayer Mon-Wed, Fri 9.15am-9.30am, Rosary: Mon, Tue 10am-10.30am, Rosary Wed, Fri 10am-10.30am, 24 hrs Adoration 1st Fri 10am-10am, Hour of Grace: Praise and worship 1st Fri 7pm-8.30pm, Rosary Sat 10.30am-11am As announced

History: 1930: Mass Centre opened, served from Slough. 1935: 15 Sept. Wood Church blessed and opened. Served from Beaconsfield. 1940: Fr Brennan 1st resident Priest. 1941: Became a separate Parish. 1944: Enlarged Wooden Church. 1958: 11 Feb. Present Church opened. 1962: 12 Sept. Consecration. Presently the parish is served by priests of the Society of African Missions (SMA Fathers) since March 2022.

St Andrew's Shared Church

Location: Washington Drive, Cippenham SL1 5RE

Sunday Mass: 11.30am

Weekdays: Thu 9.30am

Holy Days: 9.30am

Confessions: On request

Adoration: Thu 8.30am-9.30am

Devotions: Private Prayers Sat 10am-12noon

History: 1970, opened as Britain's first purpose-built shared church (with the Church of England)

School: Our Lady Of Peace Primary & Nursery page 94

Burton Latimer see Kettering, St Edward page 71

Caddington see Luton, St Margaret of Scotland page 76

St Columba

01494 785269 parish.stcolumba@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 432 Berkhampstead Road, Chesham HP5 3HQ

Website: www.stcolumbas.church

Facebook: www.facebook.com/stcolumbachesham

Clergy: Rev Eustace Durugbo, Deacon Gerard Felix

Sunday Mass: 9am, 1st & 3rd Sun 12noon (Polish), 6pm

Weekdays: See website/newsletter

Holy Days: See website/newsletter

Confessions: On request

History: 1909: 9 May Carmelite Foundation, Closed 1915.1948: Mass Centre opened. 1960: 1 June present Church opened & parisherected. 1997: 11 Oct Consecration.

Chesham Bois

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 01494 763518 parish.ourladycbstaidanlc@northamptondiocese.org

Served from (and correspondence to) St Aidan, Little Chalfont page 72

Website: www.ourladyschurch-cheshambois.org

Clergy: Rev Roy Karakkattu MSFS (resident at St Aidan's Presbytery, Little Chalfont)

Parish Secretary: Deborah Rogers

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church

Location: Amersham Road, Chesham Bois HP6 5PE

Sunday Mass: Sat 5pm (Vigil), 9am (Parish Mass), 12noon (Latin Mass)

Weekdays: Tue, Fri 9.30am See website/newsletter

Holy Days: 7pm or as announced

Confessions: After weekday Masses See website/newsletter

Adoration: Fri 9am-9.30am (Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction followed by Mass)

History: 1915 Church built. 1915: 7 May Church opened. 1915: 30 July Church blessed. 1953: 20 Aug. Extension Blessed. 2015: 31 July Consecration.

School: Our Lady's Primary page 94

Hospital: Amersham General Hospital page 91

Chesham

Cippenham

see Burnham, Our Lady of Peace and St Andrews page 61

Corby 1

Our Lady of Walsingham 01536 203121 parish.ourladyofwalsingham@northamptondiocese.org

Address: The Presbytery, 71 Occupation Road, Corby NN17 1EE

Website: www.ourladyofwalsinghamcorby.org

Clergy: Rev Christopher Perry EV, Rev Wayne Coughlin (In residence)

Parish Secretaries: Maggie Cleary, Kay Priest

Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-12:30pm

Sunday Mass: Sat 5.30pm , 8.30am , 10am As announced

Weekdays: Mon-Thu, Sat 9.30am or as published

Holy Days: As announced

Confessions: Sat 10am-10.30am (See newsletter)

Adoration: Tue 6pm-7.30pm (As part of the Prayer Group meeting), Sat 10am-10.45am (During Confessions)

Devotions: Prayer Group Tue 6pm-7.30pm, Our Lady of Walsingham Prayer Group Wed 10am-11am, Rosary Sat 10am-11.45am

History: 1934: Aug Wooden Hut. 1934 Dec. Wooden Church. 1938: Present Church opened. 1963: 11 June Consecration.

School: Our Lady Of Walsingham Primary page 94

Corby 2

St Brendan and St Patrick 01536 202879 parish.stbrendan@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 151 Beanfield Avenue, Corby NN18 0AZ

Website: www.stbrendanscorby.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Canon Mark Floody VF

Secretary: Anne Tee-Boon

Office Hours: Mon - Thurs 9am - 5pm

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 9am, 11am

Weekdays: See newsletter/noticeboard

Holy Days: See newsletter/noticeboard

Confessions: Sat 5pm (or by appointment)

Adoration: As announced in Newsletter

History: 1956: Hut and school used. 1962: 20 Dec. Present Church. 1976: Consecration.

Schools: St Brendan's Primary page 94

St Patrick's Primary page 94

Hospital: Corby Community Hospital page 91

Corby 3

St John Ogilvie

01536 203121 parish.ourladyofwalsingham@northamptondiocese.org

Served from (and correspondence to) Our Lady of Walsingham, Corby page 63

Website: www.ourladyofwalsingham.org

Clergy: Rev Christopher Perry EV

Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-12:30pm

St John Ogilvie Church

Location: 1 Copenhagen Road, Corby NN18 9BX

Sunday Mass: 5pm

Weekdays: Fri 9.30am

Holy Days: As announced

Confessions: Fri after Mass (see newsletter)

Adoration: As announced

Devotions: Holy Rosary Fri 9.05am-9.25am

History: 1975, Mass said in house. 56 Norse Walk. 1980: 20 Jun Church opened. 1991: 17

Oct Church consecrated. 1996: 16 Sept. Parish clustered with OL of Walsingham. 1997: 22 Nov Parish Status restored.

Cranfield University see Milton Keynes, St Mary page 79

Augustine

01753 917030 parish.staugustinedatchet@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 70 Eton Road, Datchet SL3 9AY

Website: www.staugustines.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Shyju Chacko

Office Hours: 10am - 4pm

St Augustine's Church

Location: 70 Eton Road, Datchet SL3 9AY

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 11am

Weekdays: Mon-Fri 9.30am (Datchet) See newsletter

Holy Days: 9.30am

Confessions: Any Weekdays after the Mass or by appointment

Adoration: Mon, Fri 8.30am-9.15am (Weekdays before the Mass), Thu 10am-10.30am (Benediction -Every Thursday)

Devotions: Rosary Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 9am, Rosary Wed 7.30pm

History: 1923: Chapel. Canons Regular of the Lateran

Our Lady Of Sorrows Catholic Church

Location: 1 Eton Court, Eton, Windsor SL4 6BY

Sunday Mass: 9.30am

Weekdays: Wed 6.30pm (Check Newsletter) As announced

Holy Days: 6.30pm

Confessions: Sun 9am-9.30am At call

History: 1915: 20 Jan Church opened . 2012: transferred into ownership of Eton College

Daventry

Our Lady Of Charity & St Augustine 01327 300248 parish.staugustinedav@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 32 London Road, Daventry NN11 4BZ

Website: www.catholicchurchdaventry.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Michael Chima

Our Lady Of Charity & St Augustine Church

Location: 32 London Rd, Daventry NN11 4BZ

Sunday Mass: Sat 5pm, 10.30am

Weekdays: Mon, Thu, Fri 9.15am, Wed 7pm

Holy Days: 9.15am, 7pm

Confessions: Sat 4.30pm

Adoration: Wed 6.30pm-7pm (before Mass)

History: 1880: 8 Dec. First resident Priest, Rev Thomas Fitzgerald. 1880: 15 Dec. House Chapel, London Rd, 1 st Mass. 1882: 16 April Converted stables, London Rd. 1916: 22 Oct

Our Lady & St Augustine, New St opened. 1972: 22 Nov. Our Lady & St Augustine, London Rd, Blessed. Oct 2019 Consecration.

Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Church

Location: High Street, Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire NN6 6NA

Sunday Mass: 9am

History: 1957: 11 Feb. Church opened.

Hospital: Danetre Hospital page 91

Denham see Gerrards Cross, St Joseph page 67

Desborough

see Kettering, St Edward page 71

Dunstable 1 St Mary

01582 662710 parish.stmarydunstable@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 82 West Street, Dunstable LU6 1NY

Website: www.stmarys-dunstable.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/stmarysparishdunstable Instagram: www.instagram.com/smpd.youth

Clergy: Rev Canon Anthony Brennan EV

Parish Secretary: Mary Wood

Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am-1:30pm

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 9.30am, 11.30am

Weekdays: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 9.30am On Bank Holidays Mass is at 10am

Holy Days: 10am, 7pm

Confessions: Sat 5pm

Adoration: Fri 8.45am-9.15am (Exposition and Benediction)

Devotions: Rosary Tue 10am-10.30am, Mothers' Prayers 2nd & 4th Fri 10.15am-11.15am, Rosary Sat 5.30pm-6pm

History: 1895: Mass said there. 1928: Chapel Fr G. Taber 1st resident Priest. 1935: First Church opened. 1964: 15 Mar. Present Church opened.

Duston see Northampton, St Patrick page 55

East Northants

Blessed Peter Wright Cluster 01832 617050 parish.eastnorthants@northamptondiocese.org

Address: St Paul's Presbytery, 2 St Paul's Gardens, Thrapston NN14 4FE

Website: www.eastnorthantscatholic.uk

Clergy: Rev Benedetto D'Autilia

Secretary: Meg Shepherd

Office Hours: Tue, Thu 11-13

Clustered Parishes Consisting of:

St Paul The Apostle

St Paul The Apostle Church

Location: Sackville Street, Thrapston NN14 4NZ

Sunday Mass: 11am

Weekdays: Mon, Thu 10am, Tue 9am

Confessions: Thu 10.30am-11.15am and by appointment

Adoration: Thu 10.30am-11.30am (Holy Hour)

History: 1940: Mass Centre. 1949: 23 June. Wooden Church blessed, Grove Rd. 1964: 7

March. New Church, Sackville Street, blessed.

St Thomas More Chapel

Location: Marshalls Rd, Raunds NN9 6HP

Sunday Mass: Sat 5pm (Vigil Mass)

Confessions: By appointment at St Paul's in Thrapston Devotions: Rosary & Divine Mercy Fri 2pm-3pm, Stations of the Cross Fri 3pm-4pm

History: 1926-33: Served from Rushden, Fr Nutt. 1926: 14 Feb. House Chapel. 1967: Present chapel purchased and opened within the parish of St Peter, the Apostle, Rushden. 1968: Jurisdiction moved to the parish of St Paul, the Apostle, Thrapston.

Most Holy Name of Jesus

Sunday Mass: 9.15am

Weekdays: Fri 10am

Confessions: Fri 10.30am-11am (After Mass) and by appointment

History: 1948: 8 Aug. St Wilfred, West Street blessed. 1971: Holy Name, West Street, New Church, New Site.

Eton see Datchet, St Augustine page 64

Flitwick Sacred Heart 01525 715109 parish.sacredheartflitwick@northamptondiocese.org

Address: The Presbytery, 8 Pope Close, Flitwick MK45 1JP

Website: www.sacredheartflitwick.co.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/flitwick.sacred.heart

Clergy: Rev Jerry Manomey

Secretary: Agnieszka Kapitan-Keeble

Sunday Mass: Sat 5pm , 9am, 11am

Weekdays: Tue 7pm, Wed, Thu 9.30am, Fri 10am

Holy Days: See website

Confessions: Fri 9.30am, Sat 4.30pm By appointment

Adoration: See website

History: 1936: Founded from Ampthill. 1983: 18 April. Consecration of Church.

Gerrards Cross St Joseph 01753 886581 parish.stjosephgerrardscross@northamptondiocese.org

Address: St Joseph's Priory, Austenwood Common, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross SL9 8RY

Website: www.stjosephs.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Bob Davies OCD (Prior & Parish Priest), Rev Jerome Ituah OCD (Sub-Prior), Rev Martin McDonald OCD, Rev John McGowan OCD, Rev Theophilus Nyamali OCD, Rev Maurice Flynn OCD (retired)

Key Catechist: Christine Cornwell (1999)

Pastoral

Associate: Joan Barham

Office Hours: Monday 9am to 12 noon. Friday 10am to 12 noon.

St Joseph Church

Location: Austenwood Common, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 8RY

Sunday Mass: Sat 5.30pm , 7.45am , 9am , 11am , 5.30pm

Weekdays: Mon-Fri 7am (in the Oratory), Mon-Fri 9am , Sat 10am

Holy Days: 7am (in the Oratory), 9am , 7.30pm

Confessions: Sat 10.30am-11am and by appointment throughout the week

Devotions: Rosary Tue 7.30pm via Zoom-contact Parish Office for details, Thu 7.30pm in the Oratory

History: 1913: 14 Sept House/Chapel opened. 1915: 29 July 1st part of Church blessed and opened. 1963: 1 May, Church finished and blessed. 1976: Consecration.

The Most Holy Name Church

Location: Old Mill Rd, Denham, Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire UB9 5AR

Sunday Mass: 9.30am

History: 1938: 27 Feb. Mass in Guide Hut. 1962: 7 Jan. Church opened and Blessed.

Great Billing

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 01604 402301 parish.sacredheartwestonfavell@northamptondiocese.org

Served from (and correspondence to) The Sacred Heart, Northampton page 55

Website: www.sacredheartnorthampton.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Canon Dr Brendan Killeen JV VF

Administrator: Lorraine Foster

Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-12noon

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church & Diocesan Shrine

Location: High Street, Great Billing NN3 5EA

Sunday Mass: 9.15am

Weekdays: Tue, Thu, Sat 9.30am

Holy Days: See website/newsletter

Confessions: Sat 10am-10.30am

Adoration: Wed 2pm-3pm (and Rosary), Sat 10am-12noon

Devotions: Diocesan Shrine to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Corpus Christi Procession, Veneration of Icon to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour

History: 1874: Oratory in Billing Hall. 1878: 8 Sept. Present Church opened. 2006: 8 Sept.

Erected as Diocesan Shrine.

Great Missenden Immaculate Heart of Mary 01494 862049 parish.ihm@northamptondiocese.org

Served from (and correspondence to) St Columba, Chesham page 62

Website: www.ihmmissenden.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Eustace Durugbo, Deacon Peter Collins

Parish Secretary: Keyna Godward

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church

Location: 23 High Street, Great Missenden HP16 9AA

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 11am, 12.15pm (Polish, 2nd and 4th Sun) see website

Weekdays: Wed, Thu 10am

Holy Days: See website/newsletter

Confessions: On request

Adoration: Wed 9am Rosary, followed by 9.30am Morning Prayer, Thu 9.30am followed by Mass See website/newsletter

History: Pre 1954: Mass in Surgery. 1954: Mass in House and Hall. 1964: 5 July Present Church. 2007: 16 June Church dedicated.

Hospital: Chiltern Hospital page 91

Haddenham

The Good Shepherd 01844 290178 parish.haddenham@northamptondiocese.org

Address: The Presbytery, 45 The Croft, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire HP17 8AS

Website: www.catholicchurchhaddenham.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Leszek Wisniewski

Parish Admin: Elizabeth McHugh

Key Catechist: Angela Robertson

Office Hours: Friday 10am to 3pm

The Good Shepherd Church

Location: 45 The Croft, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire HP17 8AS

Tel: 07780 796331

Sunday Mass: Sat 5pm, 9.30am

Weekdays: Mon, Wed, Fri 10am please check bulletin

Holy Days: Eve 5pm, 10am

Confessions: 1st Fri 9.30am (French, Polish & Spanish), 1st Sat 10am (before Devotions)

Adoration: 1st Fri 10am (After Mass: Benediction with Litany of Sacred Heart of Jesus)

Devotions: Mass Rosary & Adoration 1st Sat 10.30am

History: 1965: 16 May Converted buildings blessed. 1990: 14 Jun New Church blessed.

High Wycombe 1 St Augustine Apostle of England 01494 523969 parish.staugustinehw@northamptondiocese.org

Address: The Presbytery, 24 Amersham Hill, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP13 6NZ

Website: www.st-augustines-church.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Jonathan Hill, Rev Alessandro Reno (resident at Bishop's House, Northampton), Deacon Brin Dunsire

Sunday Mass: 9am, 11am, 6pm

Weekdays: Mon-Fri 9.30am, Sat 9.30am (check newsletter)

Holy Days: 9.30am, 6.30pm

Confessions: Sat 10.15am-11am

Adoration: Sat 10am-11am (Adoration/exposition after Mass)

Devotions: Rosary Mon, Fri 10am, Prayer Group upper room Mon 8pm

History: 1889: July Rev H Beale sent there. 1889: 3 Nov House Chapel, High Street. 1894: 11

Apr Church, Castle Street opened. 1957: 29 Sept. New Church, Amersham Hill. Consecrated 19 Oct 2018.

Hospital: Wycombe General Hospital page 91

Hospice: South Bucks Hospice page 91

High Wycombe 2

St John Henry Newman

01494 523969 parish.stjhn@northamptondiocese.org

Address: Parish Office, St Wulstan's, Hollis Road, Totteridge, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP13 7UN

Website: www.stjhnparish.org

Clergy: Rev Jonathan Hill, Rev Alessandro Reno (resident at Bishop's House, Northampton), Deacon Paul Priestley

St Wulstan Church

Location: Hollis Road, Totteridge, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP13 7UN

Sunday Mass: 9am

Weekdays: Tue, Fri 10am

Holy Days: Newsletter - As announced

Confessions: Sat 11.30am-12noon

Adoration: 1st Tue 10.30am-1am

History: 1970: First Church. 1991: 9 Nov. New Church opened and dedicated. 2010: Oct.

Became part of new Parish of Saint John Henry Newman.

Our Lady of Grace Church

Location: 29 Squirrel Lane, Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP12 4RY

Sunday Mass: Sat 5pm, 11am

Weekdays: Thu 7pm

Holy Days: Newsletter - As announced

Confessions: Thu 6.30pm-7pm

History: 1981: Church built. 1995: 3 Jan. Parish clustered with St Wulstan's. 2010: Oct.

Became part of new Parish of Saint John Henry Newman.

Iver Heath

Bridgettine Convent

(OSsS - Bridgettine Sisters) 01753 663027 bridgettineiver@icloud.com

Served from (and correspondence to) St Anthony, Slough page 83

Website: www.bridgettineguesthouse.co.uk

Clergy: Rev Nathaniel Onwuekwe (resident at The Presbytery, Slough)

Superior: Sr M Giacomina George

Bridgettine Convent Chapel

Location: Fulmer Common Rd, Iver Heath SL0 0NR

Sunday Mass: Sat 4.30pm, 9am

Weekdays: Mon-Fri 7.30am

Holy Days: 7.30am

Confessions: Sat by request

Adoration: Mon-Fri 10am (Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament), Mon-Fri 4pm (Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Rosary & Evening Prayer)

History: 1931: Convent Chapel.

Kempston

Our Lady of Ransom 01234 352569 parish.stjosephbedford@northamptondiocese.org

Served from (and correspondence to) The Holy Child and St Joseph, Bedford page 58

Website: www.stjosephsbedford.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Canon Seamus Keenan, Rev Liam Castle

Our Lady of Ransom Church

Location: 307 Bedford Road, Kempston MK42 8QB

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm

Holy Days: 7.30pm

History: 1987: 24 Sept made a separate Parish. 2000: clustered with St Joseph and the Holy Child, Bedford.

Kettering St Edward 01536 512497 parish.stedwardkettering@northamptondiocese.org

Address: St Edward Presbytery, 2 The Grove, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN15 7QQ

Website: www.stedwardskettering.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Gregory Marchwinski, Rev Elvis Jose, Sr Aidan Richards SND

Secretary: Ewa Kirchner

Key Catechist: Mary Everington

St Edward Church

Location: 2 The Grove, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN15 7QQ

Website: www.stedwardskettering.org.uk

Sunday Mass: Sat 6.30pm, 8.30am, 10.30am, 1pm (Polish)

Weekdays: See website/newsletter

Holy Days: As announced

Confessions: See website/newsletter or on request

Adoration: See website/newsletter

Devotions: See website/newsletter

History: 1891: 20 Sept Mass in rented Hall, Rev H Stanley. 1892: 1 Jun House/Chapel. 1893: 11 Jan. First St Edward's Church, Rev Allies. 1940: 20 Oct. New Church opened. 1946: 24

Sept. Consecration.

St Nicholas Owen Church

Location: Kettering Road, Burton Latimer NN15 5LP

Sunday Mass: As announced

Weekdays: See website/newsletter

Holy Days: As announced

History: 1972: 2 March, Blessed.

Holy Trinity Church

Location: Victoria St, Desborough NN14 2LX

Sunday Mass: As announced

Weekdays: See website/newsletter

Holy Days: As announced

Confessions: After Mass As announced

History: 1972: Church opened.

Parishes

St Bernadette Church

Location: Rock Hill, Rothwell NN14 6BY

Sunday Mass: As announced

Weekdays: See website/newsletter

Holy Days: As announced

Confessions: As announced

History: 1959: 19 June. Church blessed.

Schools: St Edward's Primary page 94

St Thomas More Primary page 94

Hospitals: Kettering General Hospital page 91

St Mary's Hospital page 91

Hospice: Cransley Hospice page 91

King's Sutton see Aston-le-Walls, The Sacred Heart and Our Lady page 55

Leighton Buzzard The Sacred Heart

01525 372321 parish.sacredheartlb@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 5 Beaudesert, Leighton Buzzard LU7 1HZ

Website: www.sacredheartlb.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Sacred Heart Leighton Buzzard

Clergy: Rev John Danford VF, Deacon Tony Falcon

Sunday Mass: Sat 6.15pm, 9am, 11am

Weekdays: Mon, Thu, Fri 10am

Holy Days: 7pm See website/newsletter

Confessions: Sat 5.45pm-6pm

Adoration: See newsletter

History: 1892 Mass said there by Rev Henry Parkes from Wolverton. 1895: 31 Oct. House/Chapel. Fr Reilly 1 st resident priest. 1897: 16 Dec. Iron Chapel opened. 1953: 19 Jun New Church.

Little Chalfont St Aidan

Address: St Aidan Church, Finch Lane, Little Chalfont HP7 9NE

Website: www.staidanslittlechalfont.co.uk

Clergy: Rev Roy Karakkattu MSFS (resident at St Aidan's Presbytery), Deacon David Curtis

Parish Secretary: Deborah Rogers

Sunday Mass: Sat 6.15pm (Vigil), 8.30am (Polish), 11am (Parish Mass)

Weekdays: Mon, Thu 9.30am, Fri 7pm

Holy Days: 9.30am or as announced

Confessions: After Fri 7pm Mass, After Sat 6.15pm Mass

Adoration: Fri 6.30pm-7pm (Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction followed by Mass)

Streaming: Either the Saturday Vigil/Sunday Mass streamed - please ask Parish for details

History: 1948: Mass Centre opened. 1965: 28 Feb. Church blessed & opened.

School: Our Lady's Primary page 94 Hospital: Amersham General Hospital page 91

Long Crendon

Our Lady of Light 01844 290178 parish.haddenham@northamptondiocese.org

Served from (and correspondence to) The Good Shepherd, Haddenham page 69

Website: www.catholicchurchhaddenham.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Leszek Wisniewski

Our Lady of Light Church

Location: 4 Chearsley Rd, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire HP18 9BS

Sunday Mass: 11am

Confessions: On request

History: 1963: 6 Sept Fr Wilbur Boswell appointed to start Mission. 1971: 13 May Church Blessed.

Luton 1

Our Lady Help of Christians 01582 723254 parish.ourladyhelpofchristiansluton@northamptondiocese.org

Address: The Presbytery, 52 Castle Street, Luton LU1 3AG

Website: www.ourladyhelpofchristians.co.uk

Clergy: Rev Brendan Seery

Parish Admin: Charlotte Seery

Catechist: Marlyn Dias

Safeguarding: Kate Brooks, Robert Simpson

Office Hours: Mon, Tue, Wed, 10am - 2pm

Our Lady Help of Christians Church

Location: 52 Castle Street, Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 3AG

Sunday Mass: 9.30am, 11.30am, 5pm

Weekdays: Mon-Wed 7am (Latin), Mon, Tue, Fri 12.45pm, Sat 9.30am

Holy Days: 7am (Latin), 12.45pm

Confessions: Mon, Tue, Fri 12noon-12.30pm, Sat 9am-9.30am

Adoration: Sun 9am, Sun 11am, Mon, Tue, Fri 12noon-12.30pm, Sat 9am-9.30am

Devotions: Vespers and Adoration Sun 4.15pm-4.45pm

History: 1884: First Mass offered on the 20th January at the House Chapel, Rothersay Road by Fr Joseph A O'Connor. 1886: 25th December. An iron chapel is opened on Castle Street. 1910: 8 November. A new church on Castle Street is opened. 1959: Church is enlarged.

Hospital: Luton and Dunstable General Hospital page 91

Luton 2

The Holy Ghost 01582 722127 parish.holyghost@northamptondiocese.org

Address: Parochial House, 33 Westbourne Road, Beach Hill, Luton LU4 8JD

Website: www.holyghostparish.co.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/holyghostluton

X (Twitter): @holyghostluton

Clergy: Rev Mgr Kevin McGinnell VF

Parish Secretary: Caroline Anderson

Office Hours: 9am-2pm Monday-Friday

The Holy Ghost Church

Location: 33 Westbourne Road, Beach Hill, Luton LU4 8JD

Tel: 01582 728849

Sunday Mass: 8.30am, 10am, 11.30am

Weekdays: Mon, Wed 9am, Tue, Fri 7.30pm, Thu 11am

Holy Days: 11am, 7.30pm

Confessions: Fri 8pm-8.25pm and on request

Adoration: Fri 8pm-8.25pm

Devotions: Fri 8pm-8.25pm

Syro Malabar: 1st Sat 3.30pm, 3rd Sat 10am

Syro Malankara: 2nd Sat 2pm, 4th Sat 10.30am

History: 1964. Church Blessed 7 June 1965

Luton 3

Sacred Heart of Jesus 01582 723099 parish.sacredheartofjesus@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 148 Ashcroft Road, Luton LU2 9AY

Website: www.sacredheartluton.org

Clergy: Rev Allan R. Jones CRIC, Rev Dr James Cassidy CRIC (Assistant Parish Priest), Deacon Jim Bannan

Parish Secretary: Bernadette Horsted

Parish Hall: Wesley Weekes (hall.sacredheartofjesus@northamptondiocese.org)

Office Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri 10am - 12noon

Sunday Mass: Sat 6.30pm, 9am, 11am, 3rd Sun 3pm (Bethany Mass for those with additional needs and their families and carers)

Weekdays: Mon-Fri 9.30am Bank Holidays 10am

Holy Days: 9.30am, 7.30pm

Confessions: Sat 6pm-6.20pm (please also feel free to arrange appointments with the priests)

Devotions: Morning Prayer Sun 8.15am-8.30am, Morning Prayer Mon-Fri 8.45am-9.05am, Evening Prayer Sat 5.45pm-6pm Rosary before Mass Mon-Fri. at 9.05 am

History: 1942: 8 March Mass Centre at St Thomas' Institute. 1948: Mass in Hall or House, Fr

George Walker first resident Priest. 1950: 26 Nov. Church Blessed and Opened. 1953: 26 Oct.

Erected Parish, Fr George Walker first Parish Priest. 2008: 30 Sept. Consecrated.

School: Sacred Heart Primary page 94

Luton 4

The Holy Family & St John the Apostle

01582 502400 parish.holyfamilyandstjohn@northamptondiocese.org

Address: The Holy Family, 24 Freshwater Close, Luton LU3 3TA

Website: www.holyfamilyandstjohns.org

Clergy: Rev Ebin Thomas, Rev Jobin Koshackal Jose (Assistant Priest), Deacon James Hannigan

Parish Secretary: Hilda Tavolara

The Holy Family Church

Location: 24 Freshwater Close, Luton LU3 3TA

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 9am, 12noon

Weekdays: Tue, Fri, Sat 9.30am, Fri 6.30pm

Holy Days: 7.30pm

Confessions: Tue, Fri, Sat 8.30am-9.30am, Fri 3pm-6.30pm

Adoration: Tue, Fri, Sat 8.30am-9.30am, Fri 3pm-6.30pm

History: 1976: Opening of Mission. 1983: New Church. 2002: Joined as one Parish with St John the Apostle.

St John the Apostle Church

Location: 296 Sundon Park Road, Luton LU3 3AL

Sunday Mass: 10.30am

Weekdays: Wed, Thu 9.30am

Holy Days: 9.30am

Confessions: Wed, Thu 8.30am-9.30am

Adoration: Wed, Thu 8.30am-9.30am

Hospice: Keech Hospice Care page 91

Luton 5

St Joseph The Worker

01582 571187 parish.stjosephluton@northamptondiocese.org

Address: St Joseph the Worker Presbytery, 68 Gardenia Avenue, Limbury, Luton LU3 2NS

Website: www.stjosephschurchluton.org.uk

Clergy: Rev David Nixon MSC, Rev Giacomo Gelardi MSC, Deacon Erik Kerr, Deacon James Grennell (retired)

Parish Secretary: Mireille McIntosh

Pastoral Worker: Deirdre Mitchell

Office Hours: 9am - 1pm Monday - Friday

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 9am, 11am

Weekdays: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 10am As announced

Holy Days: 10am, 7pm As announced

Confessions: Sat 10am-10.30am and on request

Adoration: Fri 10.30am-11.30am (after morning Mass)

History: 1937: Temporary Church opened. 1960: 11 Feb. New Church opened.

School: St Joseph's Primary page 94

Luton 6

St Margaret of Scotland 01582 757905 or 01582 720966 parish.stmargaretofscotland@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 22a Bolingbroke Road, Farley Hill, Luton LU1 5JD

Website: www.stmargaretsparish.co.uk

Clergy: Rev Ugochukwu Nnaji

Office Hours: Tue, Fri 9.30am to 1pm

St Margaret of Scotland Church

Location: Bolingbroke Road, Farley Hill, Luton LU1 5JD

Sunday Mass: 9am, 11am

Weekdays: Mon-Wed, Fri 9am

Holy Days: 9am, 7pm

Confessions: Sat 11.30am-12noon

History: 1956: Hall completed for Mass. 1958: 10 May. Parish erected, Fr Jenkinson first Parish Priest. 1960: 23 Nov. Formal opening of new Church.

St Thomas Church

Location: Manor Road, Caddington, Luton LU1 4HH

Sunday Mass: Sat 5pm

History: 1964: 30 Aug. Church blessed

School: St Margaret Of Scotland Primary page 94

Luton 7

St Martin de Porres 01582 663706 parish.stmartindeporres@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 366 Leagrave High Street, Luton LU4 0NG

Website: www.stmartindeporreschurch.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/StMartinsLuton/

Clergy: Rev Canon Michael Harrison VG Administrator: Elaine Goodship

Office Hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 9.15am-1.15pm

Sunday Mass: Sat 6.30pm, 9am, 11am

Weekdays: Tue, Fri 9.30am, Wed 12.30pm, Thu 6.30pm

Holy Days: 9.30am, 6.30pm

Confessions: Sat 5.30pm-6pm

Adoration: Tue 10am (Adoration), Thu 7pm (Adoration), Sat 5.30pm-6pm

Devotions: Rosary before Sunday 11am Mass

History: 1962: Start of Mission. 1979: 5 Nov. New Church blessed. 2001: 4 May. Church consecrated.

School: St Martin De Porres Primary page 94

Hospital: L&D General Hospital page 91

Marlow St Peter

01628 483696 parish.stpetermarlow@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 7 St Peter Street, Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 1NQ

Website: www.st-peters-marlow.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/StPetersMarlow

Clergy: Canon John Udris, Rev Jithu James, Deacon Kevin Ryan, Rev Kenneth Bowen (retired)

Sunday Mass: 9am, 11am, 5.30pm

Weekdays: Mon-Sat 10am see newsletter

Holy Days: 10am, 7pm

Confessions: Sat 10.30am-11am, Sat 6pm-6.30pm (or at request)

Adoration: Sat 10.30am-11am

Devotions: Rosary Tue 9.30am-9.50am

History: 1844: House Chapel, Fr Peter Coop MA. 1846: 29 July Church consecrated and opened. 1970: 4 Nov. Blessing and opening of extended Church.

School: St Peter's Primary page 94

Milton Keynes see Wolverton, St Francis de Sales and St Mary Magdalene page 85

Milton Keynes 1 St Augustine 01908 978575 parish.staugustinemk@northamptondiocese.org

Address: St Augustine's Presbytery, Langcliffe Drive, Heelands, Milton Keynes MK13 7PL

Website: www.st-augustinesmk.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Emmanuel Okami, Deacon Oliver Larkin

Secretary: Mary Ndagire

Office Hours: Tue, Wed, Fri 10am-2:30pm

St Augustine Church

Location: Langcliffe Drive, Heelands, Milton Keynes MK13 7PL

Sunday Mass: 8am, 9.30am, 11.30am, 2pm (Polish), 6.30pm

Weekdays: Mon-Wed 9.30am (usually), Fri 7pm, Sat 9am (Usually)

Holy Days: See website/newsletter

Confessions: Fri 5.30pm

Adoration: Fri 5.30pm (Exposition)

Devotions: Perpetual Adoration every Tuesday at 10am after morning Mass until 6pm, Word of Life Ministry: worship, teaching and prayer, every third Friday of the month from 7pm-8:45pm, Holy Hour every first Friday of the month 8pm-9pm followed by Great Vigil of Reparation 9pm-1am, First Saturday Devotion to Our Lady of Fatima,8:30am. After 9am Mass-Act of Reparation prayer, a short talk and the 5 decades of the Rosary

History: 1974: May. Masses began in Parish. 1975: Dec. Mass in Christ Church Ecumenical Centre. 1981: Sept. Blessing and Dedication of Church. 2007: Consecration of Church.

Milton Keynes 3, Bletchley

St Thomas and All Saints 01908 372315 parish.bletchley@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 1 Sycamore Avenue, Bletchley MK2 2JE

Website: www.catholic-bletchley.com

Clergy: Rev Gerard Byrne

Parish Secretary: Jo Cerrone

Office Hours: 11am to 2.30pm Monday to Friday

St Thomas Aquinas Church

Location: 1 Sycamore Avenue, Bletchley MK2 2JE

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm

Weekdays: Mon, Fri 10am, Tue, Thu 7pm, Sat 9.30am

Holy Days: As advertised

Confessions: Sat 10am-11am

Adoration: Mon 10.30am-11am (Adoration & Benediction), Sat 10am-11am As announced

Devotions: Holy Rosary Mon, Fri 9.30am-9.50am, Holy Rosary and Devotions Sat 10am-11am

History: 1901: Mass in House. 1920: 30 May, Church Street Church opened. 1956: 14 Jun, New Church, Sycamore Ave blessed. 1981: Jun, Church consecrated. 2006: Parish renamed 'St Thomas and All Saints'.

All Saints Church

Location: Shenley Rd, Bletchley MK3 6HG

Sunday Mass: 9am, 11am, 6.30pm

Weekdays: Tue, Thu 10am

Holy Days: As advertised

Confessions: Thu 9.30am-9.55am

Adoration: Tue 10.30am-11am (Adoration & Benediction)

Devotions: Holy Rosary Tue, Thu 9.30am-9.50am

History: 1965: New Church 2006: Meeting room added.

Schools: Bishop Parker Primary page 94

Milton Keynes 4

St Thomas Aquinas Primary page 94

St Barnabas - Area Cluster 01908 221228 parish.stbarnabascluster@northamptondiocese.org

Address: Parish Office, 1 Frithwood Crescent, Kents Hill, Milton Keynes MK7 6HQ

Clergy: Rev Canon Francis Higgins EV VF (resident at St Mary's Presbytery, Woburn Sands), Rev Mark Owen CSsR (resident at St Edward's Presbytery, Milton Keynes), Deacon Klaus Reidel, Deacon Jon Walls

Administrator: Gillian McIntyre

Admin Assistant: Emily Elvin

Pastoral Assistant: Philip Allsop

Clustered Parishes Consisting of:

Our Lady of Lourdes

St Paul's School

Location: Moorgate, Leadenhall, Milton Keynes MK6 5NA

Sunday Mass: 9.30am, 2nd Sun 5pm (Tamil Mass), 1st Sun 6pm (Malayalam)

Holy Days: See website/newsletter

History: 1974: Parish founded. 1976: Church opened and blessed. 2001: 10 Feb. Church dedicated.

Ecumenical Church of Christ the Cornerstone Church

Location: 300 Saxon Gate West, Milton Keynes MK9 2ES

Sunday Mass: Sat 5.30pm (Vigil)

Weekdays: Mon 12.30pm

Holy Days: 12.30pm

Confessions: Sat 5pm

History: 1987: First Mass in town centre. 1992: Church opened. Hospital: Milton Keynes University Hospital page 91

Christ the King

Sunday Mass: 9.30am (The Community Church Service), 11.30am

Holy Days: See website/newsletter

Confessions: By appointment

History: 1993: 28 Nov. Church opened and Ecumenically dedicated.

School: St Bernadette's Primary page 94

Hospice: Willen Hospice page 91

St Bede

Sunday Mass: 8.30am

Weekdays: Fri 10am

Holy Days: See website/newsletter

Confessions: By appointment

History: 1953: 8 Mar. Chapel of St Bede opened. 1957: First resident Priest, Fr H Hartmann. 1963: 5 May. Parish erected. 1987: Dec. Dedication of renovated Church. 1999: Clustered with Christ the King Milton Keynes.

St Mary

Sunday Mass: 11am

Weekdays: Tue 10am

Holy Days: See website/newsletter

Confessions: By Appointment

History: 1926: First Mass in Fir Tree Hotel. 1929: Fr. C. Banham, first resident Priest. 1932: Wooden Church, Theydon Avenue. 1956: 2 July, New Church blessed & opened. 1957: 8 May, consecration.

Religious: Daughters of the Holy Spirit page 47

St Edward the Confessor

Sunday Mass: 10am

Weekdays: Thu 10am See website/newsletter

Holy Days: See website/newsletter

History: 1991: 7 June, Church opened and dedicated.

Newport Pagnall

see Milton Keynes, St Bede page 79

Olney

Our Lady Help of Christians and St Lawrence 01234 711212 parish.olney@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 39-41 West Street, Olney MK46 5HH

Website: www.ourladysolney.co.uk

Clergy: Rev Biju Chittuparamban, Deacon Peter Griffin

Parish Secretary: Denise Wallinger

Office Hours: Tuesday 9am -2pm Friday 9am-1pm

Sunday Mass: Sat 6.30pm, 10.30am

Weekdays: Mon, Tue, Thu-Sat 10am , Wed No Mass See Newsletter/noticeboard

Holy Days: 10am , 7pm

Confessions: Thu 10.30am-12noon, Fri 9.15am-10am, Sat 6pm-6.25pm

Adoration: Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat 9.15am-10am , Thu 10.30am-12noon

History: 1899: March. Parish moves from Weston Underwood. Mass in Hall, Fr C de Wiart. 1900: 18 Nov. Opening of Chapel. 1952: 26 Aug. Consecration. 1990: 15 Oct. Renovated Church Blessed. Renovated Church Hall 2017. Dedicated September 2017.

Oundle

see Blessed Peter Wright Cluster page 66

Princes Risborough

St Teresa of the Child Jesus

01844 345578

parish.stteresapr@northamptondiocese.org

Address: New Road, Princes Risborough HP27 0JN

Website: www.st-teresas.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/Stteresasparish/

Clergy: Rev Lijo Jose Payikkattu MSFS, Deacon Gordon Nunn

Admin Worker: Suzanne Mancini

Office Hours: Mon, Wed, Thurs 9am-12noon

Sunday Mass: Sat 6.30pm, 9.30am

Weekdays: As announced in weekly bulletin

Holy Days: As announced in weekly bulletin

Confessions: Tue 9am-9.45am (or on request), Wed, Fri 9am-9.45am ; As announced

Adoration: Weekdays 30 mins before the Mass

Devotions: Fortnightly Prayer Group Tue 7.30pm-8pm

History: 1923: 11 Feb. Mass said for the first time in Hall. 1928: 27 May Iron Hut. 1938: 6 June New Church Blessed and opened. 1945: 3 Oct. Consecration.

Raunds see Blessed Peter Wright Cluster page 66

Rothwell see Kettering, St Edward page 71

Rushden St Peter 01933 353649 parish.stpeterrushden@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 1 Hayway, Rushden NN10 6AG

Website: www.rushdencatholicchurch.co.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/StPeterRCRushden

Clergy: Rev Dariusz Bialowas, Deacon Peter Remmington

Secretary: Charmaine Augustus

Sunday Mass: Sat 6.30pm, 10am

Weekdays: Tue, Thu 10am, Wed 7pm, Fri 12noon

Holy Days: 10am, 7pm

Confessions: Fri 11am

Adoration: Fri 11am

Devotions: Rosary Wed 6.30pm

History: 1902: 31 Aug. House Chapel (9 Alfred St.) Fr James Shore. 1905: 5 March Temporary Church (Higham Rd) opened. 1956: 27 May. New Church (Higham Rd.) opened.

Shefford St Francis of Assisi 01462 813436 parish.stfrancisofassisi@northamptondiocese.org

Address: St Francis of Assisi Presbytery, 25 High Street, Shefford SG17 5DD

Clergy: Rev Vijayasatya Prasad Kasireddy MSFS, Deacon Peter Hyde, Deacon Philip Pugh Mobile: 07495422777

Sunday Mass: 9am, 5.15pm

Weekdays: Tue, Thu, Sat 9.30am

Holy Days: 9.30am

Confessions: Sat 10am-10.30am

Adoration: Wed 7pm (Exposition), Fri 10am (Exposition)

Devotions: Prayer Group 1st Mon 8pm, Fatima Devotions 1st Sat 10am

History: Riding Mission 1720s. 1728: House Chapel. 1791: St George's Chapel. 1868: Fr Wm. Collis arrived. 1884: 8 July St Francis Church opened. 1894: 3 July. Consecrated. 1880-1907: Diocesan Seminary. 1869-1974: Boy's Home.

Parishes

Slough 1

Our Lady Immaculate and St Ethelbert 01753 523147 parish.stethelbert@northamptondiocese.org

Address: Wellington Street, Slough SL1 1XU

Website: http://www.st-ethelberts.co.uk/

Clergy: Rev Pius Amoako (Vocations Director)

Secretary: Millie Almeida

Treasurer: John McNiece

Safeguarding: Rosina Majoni (07939548823)

Estate Manager: John Idigo

Sacristan: Roque Dias, Natalina Siqueira

Sunday Mass: 9am, 11am, 6.30pm

Weekdays: Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat 10am, Wed 6.30pm, Fri 12.30pm Please check website & bulletin

Holy Days: 10am, 6.30pm

Confessions: Wed 4pm-6pm, Thu 10.30am-1pm, Fri 10am-12.30pm, Sat 10.45am (By appointment)

Adoration: Wed 4pm-6.30pm, Thu 10.30am-1pm, Fri 10am-12.30pm

Devotions: Adoration & Benediction Fri 12noon-12.30pm, Prayer, Praise and Worship Last Fri 7pm-9pm As announced

History: 1885: 4 Nov. Herschel Street Chapel blessed, Fr Joseph Clementine. 1910: 19 April. New Church consecrated. 1910:20 April. Opening of Church.

School: St Ethelbert Primary & Nursery page 94

Religious: Daughters of Mary, Mother of Mercy page 46

Hospital: Upton Hospital page 91

Slough 2

Church of the Holy Redeemer

01753 578328 parish.holyredeemer@northamptondiocese.org

Address: Wexham Road, Slough SL2 5QR

Website: ntombiconnie.wixsite.com/holy-redeemer

Clergy: Rev Chris McGuinness SPS

Parish Secretary: Helen O'Neil

Sunday Mass: 9am, 11am

Weekdays: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 9.30am, Wed 7.15pm (Reading of the Word and Communion)

Holy Days: 7.30pm

Confessions: Before and after all Masses and on request

History: 1968: Church completed. 1969: 5 March blessing of the Church. 1980: Created a separate Parish. 1990: New Church opened.

School: St Ethelbert Primary & Nursery page 94

Hospital: Wexham Park Hospital page 91

Slough 3, Langley The Holy Family 01753 543770 parish.holyfamily@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 226 Trelawney Avenue, Langley, Slough, Berkshire SL3 7UD Website: www.holyfamily.co.uk

Clergy: Rev Canon Kevin O'Driscoll VF, Deacon Graham Jones

Secretary: Lisa Chau

Key Catechist: Veronica Russell

Parish Assistant: Kieran McKeown

Sunday Mass: Sat 5pm, 9.30am, 11.30am

Weekdays: Tue, Wed, Fri 10am If you are visiting please ring to confirm times

Holy Days: As announced

Confessions: As announced

Devotions: After Morning Mass Tue 10.30am, 1st Fri 7pm

History: 1955: Mass in local school. 1957: Church built, and parish separated from St Ethelbert's. 1968: consecrated, 8th May.

School: Holy Family Primary page 94

Slough 4, Farnham Royal St Anthony 01753 267918 parish.stanthony@northamptondiocese.org

Address: The Presbytery, Farnham Road, Slough, Berkshire SL2 3AE Website: www.stanthonyslough.com

Clergy: Rev Nathaniel Onwuekwe, Deacon Lanre Sanni

Secretary: Steph Simonetti

Office Hours: Tue, Wed, Fri 9-1pm

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 8am, 10.30am

Weekdays: Mon-Wed, Fri 9.30am (Rosary & Mass)

Holy Days: See website/newsletter

History: 1934: 22 July first Mass by resident Priest. 1943: Aug. Permanent Chapel, Weekday Mass, Wyvis Lodge. Sunday Mass in School. 1943: Nov. Separated from St Ethelbert's. 1964: 22 Feb. New church opened.

School: St Anthony's Primary page 94

Religious: Daughters of Mary, Mother of Mercy page 46

Stony Stratford see St Mary Magdalene page 77

Thrapston see Blessed Peter Wright Cluster page 66

Turvey

Monastery of Christ our Saviour (OSB - Benedictines (Olivetan)) 01234 881211 turveymonks@yahoo.co.uk

Address: Monastery of Christ Our Saviour, Jacks Lane, Turvey, Bedfordshire MK43 8DH

Website: www.turveymonks.org.uk

Superior: Br John Mayhead

History: We share worship with Priory of Our Lady of Peace, run a guesthouse and host Psychotherapy training courses and groups including a joint spirituality/psychotherapy group on a monthly basis.

Turvey

Priory of Our Lady of Peace (OSB - Benedictines (Olivetan))

01234 881432 info@turveyabbey.org.uk

Address: Priory of Our Lady of Peace, Turvey Abbey, Turvey MK43 8DE

Website: www.turveyabbey.org.uk

Prioress: Mother M Zoe Davis

Sunday Mass: 8.30am (Turvey Abbey Chapel)

Weekdays: Mon-Sat see website

History: In 1981 Turvey Abbey became home to the Benedictine community of the Priory of Our Lady of Peace.

Wellingborough 1

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart

01933 222780 parish.wellingborough@northamptondiocese.org

Address: 82 Knox Road, Wellingborough NN8 1JA

Website: www.wellingboroughcatholic.org

Clergy: Rev Paul Inman

Parish Secretary: Edyta Letka-Paralusz

Key Catechist: Mary Donaldson

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church

Location: 82 Knox Rd, Wellingborough NN8 1JA

Sunday Mass: Sat 6pm, 9am, 12.30pm (Polish)

Weekdays: Mon 9.15am, Wed 12.30pm, Fri 10am, Sat 6pm

Holy Days: 7pm

Confessions: Sat 5pm-6pm

Adoration: Wed 12noon-12.30pm

Devotions: Divine Mercy Chaplet Wed 12noon, The Create & Pray Art Group Thu 10am-12noon, Rosary and Adoration Sat 10am

History: 1868: Served from Northampton. 1871: First resident Priest, Fr Nicholas Darnell. 1881: 21 July. House Chapel opened. 1884: Aug. Iron Chapel opened. 1886: 2 Sept. New Church opened. 1954: 4 May Consecration.

St Edmund Campion Church

Location: Henshaw Rd, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN8 2BE

Sunday Mass: 10.30am, 5.30pm

Weekdays: Tue 12noon, Thu 9.15am

Confessions: Sun 5pm-5.30pm

Adoration: Tue 11.30am-12noon

Devotions: Charismatic Prayer Group of Jesus Mon 7.30pm-9pm, SVP Conference 1st & 3rd Mon 7.30pm-8.45pm

History: 1972: 2 June, blessed.

Hospital: Isebrook Hospital page 91

Wendover St Anne 07753 633713 frderek.turnham@northamptondiocese.org

Address: St Anne's Church, Aylesbury Road, Wendover HP22 6JG

Website: www.stanneswendover.uk

Clergy: Very Rev Canon Derek Turnham, Deacon Peter Swindlehurst

Sunday Mass: 9am

Weekdays: Tue 10.15am, Wed-Sat 9.30am

Holy Days: As announced

Confessions: Sat 10am-11am

Adoration: Sat 10am-11am

History: 1951: 1 April Church opened, London Rd. 1961: 11 Dec. New site, Aylesbury Rd Church opened: 1968 Church sharing agreement with Wendover Free Church.

Winslow

St Alban's RC Parish 07944 665141 parish.stalban@northamptondiocese.org

Address: St Laurence Anglican Church, St Laurence Room, Market Square, Winslow MK18 3AB

Website: www.stalbanswinslow.org.uk

Clergy: Rev Anton Webb

Sunday Mass: 1st Sat 6pm (1st Saturday of month only), 11.30am (Every Sunday except after 1st Saturday)

Holy Days: 6pm (If a Holy Day falls on a Friday, it is celebrated as a Vigil on the Thursday at 6pm. Please check Parish Newsletter)

Confessions: 1st Sat 5.30pm

History: Old RC Chapel, 1941. 1948: 12 Sept. Blessed. Closed 2016: 13 April.

Woburn Sands

see Milton Keynes, St Mary page 79

Wolverton

St Francis de Sales and St Mary Magdalene 01908 842701/564363 parish.stfrancisandmary@northamptondiocese.org

Address: Parish Centre - for correspondence, 105 High Street, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes MK11 1AT

Website: www.stfrancisandmary.org

Clergy: Rev Bernard Barrett (resident at St Francis de Sales Presbytery)

Parish Secretary: Dawn Clark

Office Hours: Mon - Fri 9am to 12 noon

St Francis de Sales Church

Location: Radcliffe Street, Wolverton MK12 5LJ

Sunday Mass: Sat 6.30pm, 11.30am

Weekdays: See website/newsletter

Holy Days: 7.30pm

Confessions: See website/newsletter

Devotions: Divine Mercy Sun 12.30pm Marian Procession (May) Healing Mass twice a year (usually Feb & Oct) but see website/newsletter

History: 1865: Mass in Hall, Rev WM Blackman. 1867: Trinity Sunday, Church and first resident Priest, Fr WM Blackman. 1981: 24 Jan. Church consecrated.

St Mary Magdalene Church

Location: 105 High Street, Stony Stratford MK11 1AT

Tel: 01908 842701

Sunday Mass: 9.15am

Weekdays: See website/newsletter

Holy Days: 10.30am

Confessions: Sat 10.30am-11.30am (usually)

Devotions: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Wed (see the newsletter for exact times). First Fri and First Sat devotions each month. See the website or newsletter for full details.

History: 1954. 1958: 25 Sept. Church Blessed. 1984: 24 Nov. Church consecrated. 2002: Joined as one Parish with St Francis de Sales, Wolverton.

Yelvertoft see Daventry, Our Lady Of Charity & St Augustine page 65

PARISH RETURNS 2023

Statistics submitted by Parishes

Northampton Pastoral Area: St Thomas of Canterbury

North Northants Pastoral Area: St Luke

Bedfordshire Pastoral Area: St Josephine Bakhitta

Luton Pastoral Area: St Alban

Aylesbury Pastoral Area: St John Fisher

POLISH CATHOLIC MISSION

Polish

Bedford - Sacred Heart of Jesus and St Cuthbert (Polish Church)

Phone: 07704 141192

Email: bedford@pcmew.org

Address: Mill Street, Bedford MK40 3EU

Priest: Rev Thomasz Maziarz SChr

Website: www.parafiabedford.uk

Sunday Mass: Sat 7:00pm, 9:30am, 11:00am (for children), 7:00pm

Weekdays: Mon-Tue, Thu, Sat 9:30am, Wed 7:00pm, Fri 3:00pm

Holy Days: 9:30am

Confessions: Tue, Thu, Sat 9:00am-9:25am, Wed, Sat 6:30pm-6:55pm, Fri 2:30pm-2:55pm

Corby - St Joseph (Polish Mission Church)

Phone: 01536 203574

Email: corby@pcmew.org

Address: St Joseph's Polish Church, 49 Rockingham Road, Corby NN17 1AJ

Parish Priest: Rev Ryszard Taraszka SChr

Website: www.parafiacorby.co.uk

Sunday Mass: Sat 7:00pm, 10:30am, 4:00pm

Weekdays: Wed-Fri 7:00pm

Holy Days: 10:30am, 4:00pm

Confessions: Half hour before Mass

Adoration: 1st Fri 6:00pm

Dunstable - Our Lady of Czestochowa (Polish Church)

Phone: 01582 662807

Email: parafiadunstable@gmail.com

Address: Our Lady of Czestochowa Presbytery, 17 Victoria Street, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU6 3AZ

Assistant: Rev Grzegorz Januszewski SChr, Rev Adam Kubiak SChr

Website: www.ppld.co.uk

Sunday Mass: Sat 5:00pm, Sat 7:00pm (Milton Keynes), 8:30am, 11:30am, 2:00pm (Milton Keynes), 5:00pm (Luton), 7:00pm

Weekdays: Mon, Wed, Fri 10:00am, Tue-Wed, Fri 7:00pm, Thu 7:00pm (Milton Keynes)

Holy Days: 10:00am, 7:00pm

Northampton - SS Stanislaus and Lawrence (Polish Church)

Phone: 07758 689059

Email: northampton@pcmew.org

Address: The Presbytery, Flat 2, St Lawrence House, Duke Street, Northampton NN1 3BA

Parish Priest: Rev Pawel Stebel SChr

Website: northampton.parafialnastrona.pl

Sunday Mass: Sat 6:30pm, 10:00am, 12:30pm (Wellingborough), 6:30pm

Weekdays: Mon 7:00am, Wed-Fri 7:00pm

Holy Days: 7:00pm

Adoration: Thu 7:30pm-9:00pm

Slough - Polish Church of Divine Mercy

Phone: 01753 533861

Email: parafiaslough@gmail.com

Address: 48 Pitts Road, Slough SL1 3XH

Parish Priest: Rev Leszek Buba SChr

Deacon: Rev Deacon Marek Gajdus

Website: www.parafiaslough.org

Sunday Mass: Sat 6:00pm, 8:00am, 10:00am , 12:00pm, 6:00pm (Cancel during the summer bank holiday time)

Weekdays: Tue-1st &amp, 3rd Fri 7:00pm, Wed, Fri 10:15am, 1st Sat 8:00am, Sat 6:00pm

Confessions: Tue-Thu 5:30pm-6:45pm, 7:15am-7:45am, 1st &amp, 3rd Fri 8:00pm-9:00pm, Sat 5:00pm-5:50pm

Adoration: Tue-Fri 6:00pm-6:45pm, 1st Fri 8:00pm-8:00am, Sat 5:00pm-5:45pm

Chaplaincies

Higher Education

CHAPLAINCIES

University Chaplaincies

Pastoral Support: Maria Heath, Director of Mission Email: maria.heath@northamptondiocese.org

Buckingham University

Rev Bosco Gunturu - St Bernadine of Siena Parish, Buckingham Tel: 01280 813105 Email: parish.buckinghambrackley@northamptondiocese.org

Univ. of Bedfordshire (Bedford Campus)

Lead Chaplain – Helen Burgess

Email: Helen.Burgess@beds.ac.uk

Univ. of Bedfordshire (Luton Campus)

As above

Univ. of Bedfordshire (Milton Keynes Campus)

Milton Keynes Parish Cluster.

Tel: 01908 221228 Email: parish.stbarnabascluster@northamptondiocese.org

Cranfield University

Milton Keynes Parish Cluster.

Tel: 01908 221228 Email: parish.stbarnabascluster@northamptondiocese.org

University of Northampton

Fr Andrew Behrens, St Gregory’s Parish.

Tel: 01604 713015 Email: parish.stgregory@northamptondiocese.org

Hospital Chaplaincies

Pastoral Support: Deacon Jim Hannigan Email: deaconjim.hannigan@northamptondiocese.org

Main General Hospitals

Many of these hospitals are served by a team of local priests. Where this is the case, it is better to ring the hospital chaplaincy direct and they will contact the priest on-call for that day and, for urgent calls, ring the hospital switchboard.

Kettering General Hospital – hospital chaplaincy via the switchboard t: 01536 492000.

St Edward’s, Kettering t: 01536 512497

Northampton General Hospital – Northampton Cathedral t: 01604 714556

St Andrew’s and St Matthew’s Hospital, Northampton – St Gregory’s t: 01604 713015

Milton Keynes University Hospital – hospital chaplaincy team t: 01908 996061 ext 86061. Milton Keynes Cluster t: 01908 221228

Bedford General Hospital – Dcn Tony Quinlan 01234 950453 deacontony.quinlan@northamptondiocese.org

Chaplaincies

Luton and Dunstable General Hospital – Rev Ugo Nnaji 01582 663706 or if out of office hours, please ask the ward staff to contact the Duty Chaplain at any time.

Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury – hospital chaplaincy team t: 01296 316675

Wycombe General Hospital – hospital chaplaincy team t: 01494 425072. St Augustine’s, High Wycombe t: 01494 523969

Wexham Park Hospital, Slough – Dcn Michael Ossei-Williams t: 01753 633660

Chaplaincy at smaller hospitals and hospices, below, is mainly provided by parishes rather than individual named priests.

Amersham General Hospital

Barratt Maternity Unit, Northampton

Bedford General Hospital North Wing

Biggleswade Hospital

Brackley Hospital

Buckingham Hospital

Chiltern Hospital, Great Missenden

Corby Community Hospital

Danetre Hospital

Isebrook Hospital

L & D General Hospital (Maternity)

Manor Hospital, Biddenham

Marlow Community Hospital

Rushden Hospital

St Mary’s Hospital

Three Shires Hospital

Upton Hospital

Hospices for the Dying

South Bucks Hospice, High Wycombe

Cransley Hospice, Kettering

Florence Nightingale Hospice, Aylesbury

Pasque Hospice, Luton

St John’s Hospice, Moggerhanger

Cynthia Spencer Hospice, Northampton

Willen Hospice, Milton Keynes

Little Chalfont

Great Billing

SS. Philip & James

Biggleswade

Buckingham

Great Missenden

St Brendan’s, Corby

Daventry

Wellingborough

Holy Ghost, Luton

St Joseph’s. Bedford

Marlow

Rushden

Kettering

St Gregory’s, Northampton

St Ethelbert’s, Slough

St Augustine, High Wycombe

St Edward, Kettering

St Joseph’s, Aylesbury

Holy Family, Luton

St Peter, Biggleswade

St Gregory, Northampton

Milton Keynes Area Cluster

Prison Chaplaincies

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

National Catholic Chaplain for Prisons: Rev Paul Douthwaite BA Hons PGCE

Tel: 020 7901 4857. prisons.chaplain@cbcew.org.uk

Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service

Roman Catholic Internal HQ Advisor: Rev Dcn Paul Hargreaves Tel: 07562 433656. paul.hargreaves@justice.gov.uk

Bishop’s Diocesan Coordinator: Mr Charlie Sweeney Tel: 01788 523921. Charles.sweeney@justice.gov.uk

Bedfordshire

H.M. Prison Bedford

Rev Canon Seamus Keenan, 2 Brereton Road, Bedford MK40 1HU. Tel: 01234 352569 parish.stjosephbedford@northamptondiocese.org

Immigration Centre, Yarl's Wood Rev. Alexander Ibe parish.ssphilipandjames@northamptondiocese.org

Buckinghamshire

Young Offenders Institution, Aylesbury

H.M. Prison Grendon

H.M. Prison Spring Hill

H.M. Prison Woodhill

Northamptonshire

H.M. Prison Five Wells

Mary Armitage: mary.armitage@justice.gov.uk

Rev Anton Webb, Winslow Hall, Sheep St, Winslow MK18 3HL. Tel: 01908 309720 anton.webb@justice.gov.uk

Rev Nicholas Nwanzi nicholas.nwanzi@justice.gov.uk

Mrs Giovanna Payne giovanna.payne@uk.g5s.com

H.M. Prison Onley c/o HMP Olney

H.M. Prison Ryehill

Mr Charlie Sweeney. Tel: 01788 523300 Ext 4410 charles.sweeney01@justice.gov.uk

Mr Mark Lawrenson mark.lawrenson@uk.g5s.com

Chaplain to Gypsies, Roma and Travellers

Father Dan Mason. Tel: 020 7476 4129

Email: frdanmason@gmail.com

Chaplaincies

DIRECTORY OF SCHOOLS

Our schools are in local area partnerships. Many belong to our two Multi Academy Trusts which are intended to cover the whole diocese

A. Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust (Bedford, North Northants, Northampton and Milton Keynes)

Senior Executive Leader: Tony Bishop

B. St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust (Luton, Slough and Buckinghamshire)

Senior Executive Leader: Joe Richardson

St John Rigby Primary

Address: Polhill Ave, Bedford MK41 9DQ

Headteacher: Mrs M McGettigan

I/C RE: Mrs C Ward

Chaplain: TBC

St Joseph’s and St Gregory’s Primary

Address: Chester Rd, Bedford MK40 4HN

Email: tbishop@olicatschools.org

Email: jrichardson@stcat.co.uk

Tel: 01234 401900

Email: admin@stjohnrigby.org

Pupils: 314

Tel: 01234 352062 and

Address: Biddenham Turn, Bedford MK40 4AT

Headteacher: Mrs G Otter

I/C RE: Mrs S Moloney

Chaplain: c/o Mrs G Otter

St Thomas More Secondary

Address: Tyne Crescent, Bedford MK41 7UL

Headteacher: Mr M Bonner

I/C RE: Mrs B Lovesey

Chaplain: Mr J Bonner

St Michael’s (4-19 Years)

Address: Daws Hill Lane, High Wycombe HP11 1PW

Executive Headteacher: Mrs L Baker

Head of School (Secondary):

Head of School (Primary): Mrs D Collins

I/C RE: Ms Phoebe Byrne & Ms Barbara Meaney

Chaplain: Miss M Corcoran (11-19 Years)

Address: Weedon Road, Aylesbury HP19 9PG

Head of School: Mr A Palmer

I/C RE: Miss N McMahon

Chaplain: Mr F Eihebhoria

St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust

St Joseph’s Infant

Address: Hazell Avenue, Aylesbury HP21 7JF

Headteacher: Mrs A Taylor

I/C RE: Ms Hayley Tobin

Tel: 01234 268649

Email: office@stjosephsandstgregorys.com

Pupils: 328

Tel: 01234 400222

Email: email@stm.beds.sch.uk

Pupils: 952

Tel: 01494 535196

Email: office@stmichaels.bucks.sch.uk

Pupils: 2224

Tel: 01494 535196

Email: office-ayls@stmichaelsrc.org

Tel: 01296 484618

Email: office@stjosephsrcinfant.bucks.sch.uk

Pupils: 229

Bedford Catholic Schools Partnership – St Francis of Assisi Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academy Trust

Buckinghamshire Catholic Schools Partnership – SS John Fisher & Thomas More (Buckinghamshire Local Authority)

St Edward’s Junior

Address: Hazell Avenue, Aylesbury HP21 7JF

Headteacher: Ms J Heritage

I/C RE: Ms T Fahey

Chaplain: Mr K Grexhammer

St Joseph’s Primary

Address: Priory Road, Chalfont St Peter, Bucks SL9 8SB

Headteacher: Mrs C Lovegrove

I/C RE: Mrs S Davies

Our Lady’s Primary

Address: Amersham Rd, Chesham Bois, Amersham HP6 5PL

Headteacher: Mr M Holdsworth

I/C RE: Mrs I Gardner

Chaplain: Mrs F Ali

St Louis Primary

Address: Harris Court, Aylesbury HP20 2XZ

Headteacher: Mrs C Machin

I/C RE: Miss C Sitkowski and Miss C De Kock

St Peter’s Primary

Address: Prospect Road, Marlow SL7 2PJ

Headteacher: Mr Al Nichols

I/C RE:

Tel: 01296 424544

Email: office@stedwards.bucks.sch.uk

Pupils: 256

Tel: 01753 887743

Email: office@stjosephschalfont.school

Pupils: 418

Tel: 01494 726390

Email: office@olchesham.co.uk

Pupils: 210

Tel: 01296 488915

Email: office@stlouisrcc.bucks.sch.uk

Pupils: 456

Tel: 01628 472116

Email: office@stpetersrc.bucks.sch.uk

Pupils: 108

Luton and Dunstable Catholic Schools Partnership – St Alban (Luton and Central Bedfordshire Local Authority)

St Joseph’s Primary

Address: Gardenia Avenue, Luton LU3 2NS

Headteacher: Mrs M Murphy

I/C RE: Mrs S Killian

St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust

Sacred Heart Primary

Address: Langford Drive, Luton LU2 9AJ

Headteacher: Mrs G Somes

I/C RE: Mrs A Hannigan

St Margaret of Scotland Primary

Address: Rotheram Avenue, Luton LU1 5PP

Headteacher: Mr S Chiswell

I/C RE/Chaplain: Mrs C Forde

St Martin de Porres Primary

Address: Pastures Way, Luton LU4 0PF

Headteacher: Mrs H Gallagher & Mrs A Barnaville

I/C RE: Mrs K O’Shea

St Mary’s Primary

Address: Dunstable Rd, Caddington, Luton LU1 4BB

Interim Headteacher: Mrs A Dowling

I/C RE: Mrs A Dowling

Tel: 01582 572964

Email: admin@stjosephs.primaryluton.co.uk

Pupils: 747

Tel: 01582 730781

Email: admin@sacredheart.primaryluton.co.uk

Pupils: 391

Tel: 01582 723430

Email: admin@stmargarets.luton.sch.uk

Pupils: 415

Tel: 01582 617600

Email: admin@smdpluton.co.uk

Pupils: 413

Tel: 01582 602420

Email: admin@stmarysprimary.org.uk

Pupils: 249 and

St Vincent’s Primary

Address: Hammersmith Gardens, Dunstable LU5 5RG

Interim Headteacher: Mrs A Dowling

I/C RE: Mrs A Dowling

Cardinal Newman Secondary

Address: Warden Hill Road, Luton LU2 7AE

Tel: 01582 862456

Email: admin@stvincentshr.org

Pupils: 228

Tel: 01582 597125

Executive Headteacher: Mr M McLaughlin

Head of School: Mrs H Fay

I/C RE: Mr L Makokha

Chaplain: Ms J Porter

Email: admin@cardinalnewmanschool.net

Pupils: 1631

St Thomas Aquinas Primary

Address: St Mary's Avenue, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 5DT

Executive Headteacher: Mr R Mundy

Tel: 01908 373977

Email: office@st-thomasaquinas.co.uk

I/C RE: Mrs K Hackett Pupils: 265 and

Bishop Parker Primary

Address: Barton Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK2 3BT

Executive Headteacher: Mr R Mundy

Tel: 01908 372129

Email: office@bishopparker.co.uk

I/C RE: Ms J Shone Pupils: 187

St Bernadette’s Primary

Address: Tewkesbury Lane, Monkston Park, Milton Keynes MK10 9PH

Headteacher: Mrs J Zamora

Tel: 01908 692438

Email: office@stbernadettesschool.com

I/C RE: Ms J Pughe Pupils: 416

St Mary Magdalene Primary

Address: Ardwell Lane, Greenleys, Milton Keynes MK12 6AY

Headteacher: Mrs R Jones

Tel: 01908 321746

Email: office@st-marymagdalene.milton-keynes.sch.uk

I/C RE: Mrs K Williams Pupils: 390

St Monica’s Primary

Address: Currier Drive, Neath Hill, Milton Keynes MK14 6HB

Headteacher: Mrs N Shanahan

I/C RE: Miss J Collins

St Paul’s Comprehensive (11-19years)

Address: Phoenix Drive, Milton Keynes MK6 5EN

Headteacher: Mrs J Hoarty

Tel: 01908 606966

Email: stmonicas@st-monicas.co.uk

Pupils: 397

Tel: 01908 669735

Email: enquiries@st-pauls.org.uk

I/C RE: Miss L Maw Pupils: 1841

Chaplain: Mrs A Hoskins (Lead Chaplain)

Thornton College (Independent)

Address: Convent of Jesus & Mary, Thornton, Milton Keynes MK17 0HJ

Headteacher: Dr L Shaw

Tel: 01280 812610

Email: office@thorntoncollege.com

I/C RE: Mrs S Olejnik (Primary); Mrs S Murphy (Secondary) Pupils: 392

Northampton – St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Schools Partnership (Northamptonshire Local Authority)

St Mary’s Primary

Address: Main Street, Aston-le-Walls, Daventry NN11 6UF

Headteacher: Mrs L Concannon

Tel: 01295 660258

Email: head@stmarys-pri.northants-ecl.gov.uk

I/C RE: Mrs L Concannon Pupils: 56

Chaplain: Fr Jose Marie Thekkekutte

Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust

The Good Shepherd Primary

Address: Kingsland Gardens, Northampton NN2 7BH

Headteacher: Mrs C Dodds

I/C RE: Miss D Smith

Tel: 01604 714399

Email: admin@thegoodshepherd.northants.sch.uk

Pupils: 296

Milton Keynes Catholic Schools Partnership – St Paul (Milton Keynes Local Authority)

St Gregory’s Primary

Address: Grange Road, Northampton NN3 2AX

Executive Headteacher: Mrs K Yuen

Head of School: Miss S Marum

I/C RE: Miss S Marum

Chaplain: Mrs A McElhatton

Tel: 01604 403511

Email: admin@sgcps.org

Pupils: 258 and

St Mary’s Primary

Address: Woodside Way, Northampton NN5 7HX

Executive Headteacher: Mrs K Yuen

Head of School:

I/C RE:

Tel: 01604 581011

Email: admin@ stmaryscatholicprimary.northants.sch.uk

Chaplain: Mrs A McElhatton Pupils: 199

Thomas Becket School

Address: Becket Way, Kettering Rd North, Northampton NN3 6HT

Headteacher: Mr P McCahill

I/C RE: Mr F Asare

Chaplain: Mrs R Darwin

Tel: 01604 493211

Email: office@thomasbecket.org.uk

Pupils: 872

North Northamptonshire Catholic Schools Partnership – St Luke (Northamptonshire Local Authority)

St Patrick’s Primary

Address: Patrick Road, Corby NN18 9NT

Headteacher: Mrs L Blair

I/C RE: Mrs J Holloway

Our Lady Immaculate Academies Trust

St Brendan’s Primary

Address: Beanfield Ave, Corby NN18 0AZ

Headteacher: Mrs L Brydon

I/C RE: Mrs L Baron-Edgely

St Edward’s Primary

Address: Eastleigh Road, Kettering NN15 6PT

Headteacher: Mrs L Brydon

I/C RE:

St Thomas More Primary

Address: Northampton Road, Kettering NN15 7JZ

Headteacher: Mrs S Howes

I/C RE: Mrs S Howes

Our Lady’s Primary

Address: Henshaw Road, Wellingborough NN8 2BE

Headteacher: Miss E Gribble

I/C RE: Ms J Thorpe

Chaplain: Mr J Bonner

Our Lady of Walsingham Primary

Address: Occupation Road, Corby NN17 1EE

Headteacher: Mrs M Hayes

I/C RE: Mrs S O’Bernie

Chaplain: Ms M Clowes

Tel: 01536 744447

Email: bursar@stpatricks.northants-ecl.gov.uk

Pupils: 238

Tel: 01536 202491

Email: sbpoffice@st-luke-at.co.uk

Pupils: 297

Tel: 01536 481430

Email: sepoffice@st-luke-at.co.uk

Pupils: 191

Tel: 01536 512112

Email: stmoffice@st-luke.at.co.uk

Pupils: 218

Tel: 01933 224900

Email: head@ourladysprim.northants-ecl.gov.uk

Pupils: 359

Tel: 01536 203805

Email: olpoffice@st-luke-at.co.uk

Pupils: 376

Slough Catholic Schools Partnership – St Peter (Slough Local Authority)

Our Lady of Peace Primary & Nursery

Address: Derwent Drive, Burnham SL1 6HW

Headteacher: Mr N Stopps

Tel: 01628 661886

Email: post@olopprimary.co.uk

I/C RE: Mr N Stopps Pupils: 484

St Bernard’s Grammar

Address: Langley Road, Slough SL3 7AF

Headteacher: Mr P Kassapian

Tel: 01753 527020

Email: secretary@st-bernards.slough.sch.uk

I/C RE: Mr M Ward Pupils: 1131

Chaplain: Ms S Denny

St Bernard’s Preparatory (Independent)

Address: Hawtrey Close, Slough SL1 1TB

Headteacher: Mrs A Verma

Tel: 01753 521821

Email: info@stbernardsprep.org

I/C RE: Ms M Biscardi, Ms A Underwood & Ms S Whittaker Pupils: 222

Chaplain: Mrs J Hupalo

St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust

St Anthony’s Primary

Address: Farnham Road, Farnham Royal, Slough SL2 3AA

Headteacher: Mrs S Oppe

I/C RE: Ms N Tew

Tel: 01753 645828

Email: post@stanthonys.slough.sch.uk

Chaplain: Mrs M. Quinn Pupils: 513

St Ethelbert’s Primary & Nursery

Address: Wexham Road, Slough SL2 5QR

Headteacher: Mrs F Maynard

Tel: 01753 522048

Email: post@stethelberts.slough.sch.uk

I/C RE: Ms R Evans Pupils: 444

Holy Family Primary

Address: High Street, Langley SL3 8NF

Headteacher: Mrs S Benn

Tel: 01753 541442

Email: school.admin@hfcs.org.uk

I/C RE: Mrs D O’Reilly PupilPupils: 451

St Joseph’s High

Address: Shaggy Calf Lane, Slough SL2 5HW

Executive Head: Mr C Stapleton

Tel: 01753 524713

Email: office@st-josephs.slough.sch.uk

I/C RE: Mr T Ojakovoh Pupils: 940

Chaplain: TBC

Pupil numbers are as of April 2024

School and College Chaplaincies Coordinator: Alex Heath: alex.heath@northamptondiocese.org

Chaplaincy Provision in schools is diverse throughout the Diocese and local clergy provide essential pastoral support. Some schools have appointed Chaplaincy Coordinators who work in schools and with local clergy to coordinate Chaplaincy provision.

SOCIETIES & ASSOCIATIONS ACTIVE IN THE DIOCESE

Aid to the Church in Need

Directly under the Holy See, Aid to the Church in Needs supports the faithful wherever they are persecuted, oppressed or in pastoral need. CAN is a Catholic charity – helping to bring Christ to the world through prayer, information and action. www.acnuk.org

Archconfraternity of St Stephen

The Archconfraternity seeks to help altar servers understand the holiness of their service, and to help them understand more fully the liturgy in which they play such an active role, especially the eucharist. Assistance is willingly given to priests and MCs on all aspects of serving at the altar.

Diocesan Director: Rev Peter Griffin. Tel: 01933 222780 pfgriffin@hotmail.co.uk. Central contact: Michael O’Leary michaelo’leary@guildofststephen.org www.guildofststephen.org

Bethany Group (Formerly known as Catholic Handicapped Children's Fellowship)

Looking to the needs of people with disabilities in the Diocese and organising a monthly Mass in Luton.

Priest with Responsibility and Chair: Rev Canon Kevin O'Driscoll 226 Trelawney Avenue, Langley, Slough SL3 7UD. Tel: 01753 543770 Secretary: Cliona Devereux Tel: 01908 274216 Treasurer: Ted Leather Tel: 01582 503533

Catenian Association

An international brotherhood of Catholic men, the Catenian Association provides practicing Catholic laymen and their families with friendship, social activities and support through an international network of local branches of ‘circles’. To locate your nearest circle. visit www.thecatenians.com Northampton Circle of the Catenian Association Secretary: Gareth Davies daviesg54@gmail.com

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)

The official overseas development and relief agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, member of the Caritas International Federation, a worldwide network of Catholic relief and development organisations.

CAFOD Northampton Volunteer Centre Damien House 23 High Street Great Missenden Buckinghamshire HP16 9AA

Community Participation Coordinator in Northampton: Debbie Purfield northampton@cafod.org.uk Tel: 01494 863777

Catholic Women’s League

Membership is open to all Catholic women and Christian woman in sympathy with the objectives of the league; to promote and support charitable works, religious, educational or in the interests of moral and social welfare, at parish, diocesan, national and international levels. We aim to unite Catholic Women in a bond of fellowship, to educate and encourage members to use their talents and skills in the service of the church and community. Ongoing personal and spiritual development is encouraged by training days, conferences and lectures. There are currently three parish-based groups in Aylesbury, Gerrards Cross and Burnham. www.catholicwomensleague.org

Catholic Grandparents Association

The Catholic Grandparents Association is an international Private Association of the Faithful, endorsed by the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life. Its mission is to encourage and

support grandparents in passing on their Catholic faith while keeping prayer at the heart of family life. The association provides a range of spiritual and practical resources to help grandparents fulfil this role, including organizing ministries in parishes. They also host a monthly online international Faith Café gathering, distribute a monthly newsletter, and promote the Prayer for Grandparents written by Pope Benedict XVI. Additionally, they organize pilgrimages for grandparents and promote various initiatives throughout the liturgical year. For more information, you can contact the association at info@catholicgrandparentsassociation.org

Equipes Notre-Dame (Teams of Our Lady)

An International Catholic movement for Christan married couples. Founded in France just before WWII. Teams reached England in 1959. Each team consists of 4-6 couples and a priest, sister or deacon as a spiritual advisor, who meet regularly in one another’s homes to share a simple meal, pray, study the Bible, and to share the joys and difficulties of married life. Couples are encouraged to continue the spirit of Teams between meetings with daily prayer and making time to sit down together. Principal Contact: Janet and Paul DeBoo (Regional Couple for Teams GB Central Region) centralgb@teams-transatlantic.org teamsgb.org.uk (Teams GB); equipes-notre-dame.com/en/ (Equipes Notre-Dame International)

Knights of St Columba

The Knights are a body of Catholic laymen who place themselves at the disposal of priests, parishes and the community. The activities cover a wide range of action, including, spiritual events such as pilgrimages, retreats, rosary campaigns and fund raising. These activities are based both locally and nationally. Emphasis is placed on the welfare of the family so that KSC activities are designed to embrace all members of a Knight’s family wherever possible. There is a strong obligation to pray for the souls of deceased members. www.ksc.org.uk

Legion of Mary

A worldwide lay organisation living and fulfilling the ideals of the Decrees on the Lay Apostolate. Its objective is the spiritual formation of its members through a life of prayer and apostolic action under ecclesiastical guidance. Its mission is to be at the disposal of the parish priest for all forms of evangelisation and pastoral care, so as to bring all people to Christ through Mary. Comitium President: Mary Philpot. Contact: Wanda Leckie Tel: 01536 511200 wandaleckie1952@gmail.com

LIFE

LIFE Pregnancy Care offers free pregnancy testing, non-directive counselling and care to those facing problems in pregnancy. We see men, women and couples. We also offer free counselling after abortion. We can offer accommodation in some circumstances; there are LIFE houses in many areas in the diocese of Northampton. The LIFE National Helpline is on 0800 915 4600 (9am – 3pm). Education speakers for schools and conferences are also available. info@lifecharity.org.uk www.lifecharity.org.uk

Littleway Healing Ministries

Littleway Healing Ministries offer healing of memories prayer, which helps us to let go of unforgiveness and the ‘baggage’ of the past. More often than not, healing takes place, either emotionally, psychologically, spiritually or physically. When people witness to their healing and freedom, their testimony can draw others to the Lord. In this way the Healingof Memories Prayer is an instrument in the New Evangelisation. www.littlewayhealingministries.com

Marriage and Family Life

– see Diocese of Northampton section

Missio – see Diocese of Northampton section

National Board of Catholic Women (NBCW)

The National Board of Catholic Women actively seeks to enable the spiritual growth and development of all Catholic women. The NBCW operates centrally as a national umbrella body with the support of the Bishops’ Conference. We actively promote the presence, participation and responsibilities of Catholic women in the Church and society. Diocesan Link: Helen Burgess helen.burgess@northamptondiocese.org

Natural Family Planning Teachers’ Association

An education service offering instruction/counselling for women/couples. It also offers accredited training and support for health professionals. Education in fertility awareness is of benefit to all. It teachers couples to understand and value their fertility and helps them to make responsible and informed choices about planning their family in accordance with the moral teaching of the Church. www.nfpta.org.uk

NOAH Enterprises

NOAH Enterprise (New Opportunities and Horizons), provides support for homeless and socially excluded people in Luton, including welfare, training and work experience. This is combined with retailing new and donated furniture, white goods, clothing and bric-a-brac.

Welfare Services: 141 Park Street, Luton LU1 3JG Tel: 01582 728416 Shop: 20-22 High Town Road, Luton LU2 0DD Tel: 01582 736751

St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)

The SVP is dedicated to helping those who are disadvantaged, neglected or in need, without discrimination. Members are all volunteers who help those in need through person to person contact. The work is based on respect of people’s dignity and promotes the concept of helping people to help themselves. Membership Support Officer Northampton - SVP England and Wales: Rebecca Maxwell RebeccaM2@svp.org.uk www.svp.org.uk

Secular Franciscan Order

An international order of lay men and women founded by St Francis of Assisi and canonically established in 1221 to help people to live in the Franciscan spirit if detachment from earthly possessions. They have a common fund collection each month, which is distributed among various good causes, for example: SVP conferences in our pastoral area; aid to the church in need, the Prebend Day Centre, the Salvation Army, the Mutemwa Leper Colony in Zimbabwe, CAFOD and others.

They meet at Holy Cross Church, Bedford on the 4th Sunday of every month. www.northbedfordcatholics.org.uk/sections/secular-franciscan-order

Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites

The Carmelite secular order is an association of lay people who pursue the path to holiness in the circumstances of their daily lives, inspired and assisted by the spirituality of the Teresian Charism. It is an integral part of the Carmelite family and is open to men and women, married and single. A group of Secular Carmelites meets at St Joseph’s, Gerrards Cross regularly.

Contact: Rev John McGowan OCD office@stjospephs.org.uk

Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC)

SPUC takes a UK-wide approach to the campaign against abortion, having offices around the UK. This enables SPUC to effectively target our nation's power hubs to achieve the aim of a

world that protects the most vulnerable. SPUC is a grassroots campaigning organisation that defends the right to life from the moment of conception until natural death.

SPUC Branch – Northampton: katherinehampton@spuc.org.uk

The Source Community

They are a small Celtic lay community – Catholic with an ecumenical heart based in the two parishes of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire in the diocese of Northampton with a call to work for the unity of the Body of Christ. They have been officially around since 23rd May 1996 when they first signed a Community Covenant, although they had been acting as a community for a while before then. They are intentionally small but with a calling to prayer and to help other communities and groups to grow. The call to be a Celtic community was made official on All Saints Day (1st of November) 2015 as a result of a sign from God about the re-release of the Celtic anointing once poured out to evangelise these islands. The Community meets fortnightly on Weds evenings in small sharing groups called Faith and Friendship Groups and gathers everyone together once a month for an open session of worship and adoration. This year 2024 they started a project of community gardening in some local allotments called First Fruits as an outreach ministry and to feed themselves and the local homeless. For more information please see website at www.thesourcecommunity.com or email Dominic McDermott on dom.mcd@btinternet.com

Women’s Ministry Group – see Diocese of Northampton section

Youth 2000

Youth 2000 seeks to draw young people into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, lived at the heart of the Catholic Church. Youth 2000 is an international spiritual initiative established to draw young people to a deep and lasting union with Jesus Christ, placing the Eucharist “the source and summit of the Christian life” at the centre of its mission. info@youth2000.org www.youth2000.org

Northampton Diocese Ordo 2025

Ordo

Prayer Cycle

Included in the Ordo is the national Cycle of Prayer from the Bishops Conference, and also a Diocesan Cycle which seeks to help us to fulfil the wish of Bishop David that we pray for each other regularly.

Each parish is listed on its Patronal Solemnity and also on the anniversary of its dedication/blessing, and we are asked to pray for those parishes, clergy and people on that day.

Specific ministries and actions of the Diocese have a day on which prayer is asked for them.

The Diocesan Cycle of Prayer is incorporated into the Ordo, and it is hoped that this will encourage its use and help to build up the diocese in prayer. Also included for the Holy Year are the particular Jubilee Days for various vocations and professions. There may be errors and omissions, and the Liturgy Commission would be happy to be told.

Ordo

Diocese of Northampton

KEY: Solemnities/Sundays

Feasts

ROMANCAPITALSANDINBOLD (HolyDaysofObligationunderlined)

ROMAN CAPITALS

Memoria Roman

Optional Memoria

Italic

An asterisk ()denotes that the propers are not included in the 3rd edition of the Roman Missal, or have been modified, and the texts can be found on the Liturgy Office website https://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/Info/UCadditions.shtml and following the link for the celebration.

ParishPatronalSolemnities

The Anniversary of the Dedication of the Church is higher in the order of precedence the Sundays in Ordinary Time in the Table of Liturgical Days and so may be observed on the nearest Sunday, if during the season of Ordinary Time. (Universal Norms for the Calendar and the Liturgical Year §58)

Information contained in the Roman Missal is not duplicated in the Ordo, but general notes on the seasons and some feasts can be found in the Liturgy pages of the Diocesan Website.

Ordo

Season of Advent

Sunday FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Purple

1 December (The memoria of St Edmund Campion is not observed)

Lectionary Year C (The year of Luke)

From this date, use of the ESV Lectionary is mandatory

Psalter: Week 1

† Fr Henry Logan 1884 (Cambridge)

† Fr Ron Bustin 1992 (Little Chalfont)

† Canon Frank Duane 2005 (Aylesbury)

Monday First Monday of Advent Purple

2 December

St Edmund Campion, Wellingborough: Patronal Solemnity (Transferred)

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE PROPHET VICARIATE

Tuesday St Francis Xavier, priest White

3 December † Dcn George Brooker 2015 (Burnham)

Wednesday First Wednesday of Advent Purple

4 December (Optional, St John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church) White

Ordo

Season of Advent

Thursday First Thursday of Advent Purple

5 December (Optional, St Birinus, Bishop) White

IOCESAN PRAYER: JUSTICE AND PEACE COMMISSION

Friday First Friday of Advent Purple

6 December (Optional, St Nicholas, bishop) White

† Fr Thomas Walters 1974 (Olney)

Saturday St Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church White

7 December

Sunday

† Mgr Provost John Freeland 1940 (Thornton College)

† Dcn Francis Shepherd 2019 (Farnham Royal)

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT Purple

8 December (The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is transferred to Monday)

Psalter: Week 2

On this day in 2003 Bishop Kevin McDonald was translated to Southwark as Metropolitan and Archbishop

† Fr Christopher Madden 1981 (St Pancras, Ipswich)

† Mgr Canon John Malone 1970 (Cathedral)

† Fr Wilbur Boswell 2007 (Long Crendon) Evening: 2nd Vespers of the Second Sunday of Advent

Season of Advent

Sunday

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT Purple

8 December (The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is transferred to Monday)

Psalter: Week 2

On this day in 2003 Bishop Kevin McDonald was translated to Southwark as Metropolitan and Archbishop

† Fr Christopher Madden 1981 (St Pancras, Ipswich)

† Mgr Canon John Malone 1970 (Cathedral)

† Fr Wilbur Boswell 2007 (Long Crendon)

Evening: 2nd Vespers of the Second Sunday of Advent

Monday IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY MARY White

9 December Principal Patron of the Diocese

(The memoria of St Juan-Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin is not observed)

PatronalSolemnity:TheCathedralandchurchesat Dunstable,Laxton,Turvey,Slough(WellingtonSt)

Diocesan Mass in the Cathedral at 12 noon.

† Fr Kevin Jones 1957 (St John, Norwich)

† Fr Brendan Gorman 2013 (Christ the King, Bedford)

Tuesday Second Tuesday of Advent Purple 10 December (Optional, Our Lady of Loreto) White

† Fr Lawrence Howlin 1992 (St Neots)

Wednesday Second Wednesday of Advent Purple 11 December (Optional, St Damasus I, Pope ) White

St Anne, Wendover: Anniversary of Opening

† Fr Bernard Davenport 2012 (Chesham Bois)

DIOCESAN PRAYER: POLISH SISTERS OF MARY IMMACULATE (LAXTON)

Ordo

Season of Advent

Thursday Second Thursday of Advent Purple 12 December (Optional Our Lady of Guadalupe) White

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE SHRINE OF THE RELIC IMAGE OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE,ST JOSEPH,BEDFORD

Friday St Lucy, Virgin and Martyr Red 13 December

† Fr Bernard Hyde 1961 (Cathedral)

Saturday St John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church White 14 December

DIOCESAN PRAYER: SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS (BURNHAM)

† Fr George Wrigglesworth 1900 (Kings Lynn) † Fr Gerard Conlon 1966 (St Joseph, Luton)

Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT GAUDETE Rose or Purple 15 December Psalter, Week 3

On this day in 1921 Fr Dudley Cary-Elwes was ordained as 5th Bishop of Northampton

† Canon John Cosser 1950 (Wellingborough) † Fr Laurence Nicholson 1969 (St Mary, Ipswich)

Ordo

Season of Advent Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT GAUDETE Rose or Purple 15 December Psalter, Week 3

On this day in 1921 Fr Dudley Cary-Elwes was ordained as 5th Bishop of Northampton

† Canon John Cosser 1950 (Wellingborough) † Fr Laurence Nicholson 1969 (St Mary, Ipswich)

Monday Third Monday of Advent 16 December

Tuesday Third Tuesday of Advent 17 December

Wednesday Third Wednesday of Advent 18 December

† Fr Constantine Ketterer 1940 (Ely) † Fr David Johnston 1979 (Kirtling)

Ordo

Season of Advent

Thursday Third Thursday of Advent 19 December

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE AMICUS CLERO

† Dcn John Thompson 2013 (St Joseph, Luton)

Friday ThirdFridayof Advent 20 December

† Fr Alfred Bull 1980 (St Mary Magdalene, Ipswich)

Saturday Third Saturday of Advent 21 December (Optional commemoration, St Peter Canisius, Priest and Doctor of the Church)

On this day in 1118 St Thomas Becket was born

Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT Purple 22 December Psalter Week 4

(StFrancesCabrini, Bedford:Patronal Solemnity transferredto Monday)

CYCLE OF PRAYER: EXPECTANT MOTHERS

† Mgr Charles Smith 1954 (Beaconsfield)

Season of Advent/Christmas

Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT Purple

22 December

Psalter Week 4

(StFrancesCabrini, Bedford:Patronal Solemnity transferredto Monday)

CYCLE OF PRAYER: EXPECTANT MOTHERS

† Mgr Charles Smith 1954 (Beaconsfield)

Monday Fourth Monday of Advent Purple

23 December (Optional commemoration, St John of Kanty, Priest)

StFrancesCabrini,Bedford:Patronal Solemnity (Transferred) White

† Fr Charles Wendling 1886 (Wolverton)

Tuesday Morning: Fourth Tuesday of Advent Purple

24 December

Today the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica is opened to inaugurate the Holy Year of 2025

On this day in 1294 Cardinal Benedetto Gaetani, Rector in commendam of St Laurence, Towcester was elected as Pope Boniface VIII

Evening: First Vespers of the Nativity and Vigil Mass

Wednesday THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD White

25 December Mass during the night, at dawn and during the day

† Canon John Henry Thompson 1968 (Aldeburgh)

† Bishop Francis Thomas 1988 (9th Bishop of Northampton)

Ordo

Season of Christmas

Thursday ST STEPHEN, THE FIRST MARTYR Red

26 December

DIOCESAN PRAYER: ALTAR SERVERS

† Bishop William Wareing 1865 (1st Bishop of Northampton)

Friday ST JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST White

27 December

NoFridayAbstinence

St John, Luton: Patronal Solemnity

† Fr Brian Godden 2009 (St Ethelbert, Slough) † Fr Joseph Williams 2013 (St Martin, Luton)

Saturday THE HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS Red

28 December

† Fr John Fennell 1997 (Wellingborough) † Fr John

Sunday THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH White

29 December (At the Cathedral, SOLEMNITY OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY, BISHOP AND MARTYR, Secondary Patron of the Diocese and the Cathedral) Patron of the English Pastoral Clergy Red

DiocesanMasstocelebratetheHolyYearattheCathedral,12noon Holy Family, Langley: Patronal Solemnity

DIOCESAN PRAYER: FAMILIES

On this day in 1170 St Thomas Becket was murdered in CanterburyCathedral

Ordo

Season of Christmas

Sunday THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH White

29 December (At the Cathedral, SOLEMNITY OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY, BISHOP AND MARTYR, Secondary Patron of the Diocese and the Cathedral)

Patron of the English Pastoral Clergy Red

DiocesanMasstocelebratetheHolyYearattheCathedral,12noon Holy Family, Langley: Patronal Solemnity

DIOCESAN PRAYER: FAMILIES

On this day in 1170 St Thomas Becket was murdered in CanterburyCathedral

Monday SIXTH DAY IN THE OCTAVE OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD White

30 December On this day a votive Mass of St Thomas of Canterbury is recommended with readings and prayers as for 29 December

Psalter Week 1

DIOCESAN PRAYER: PASTORAL CLERGY

† Fr Louis Boulin 1902 (Aston-le-Walls)

Tuesday SEVENTH DAY IN THE OCTAVE OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD White

31 December (Optional, St Sylvester, Pope) White

DIOCESAN PRAYER: MINISTRY TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE

† Mgr Canon Bernard Marshall 1946 (Cambridge) † Fr Denis Roberts 1969 (Great Billing)

Evening: 1st Vespers and Mass of Mary Mother of God

Wednesday MARY, MOTHER OF GOD White

1January

Season of Christmas

Thursday SS Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church White

2 January

Friday Feria White

3 January (Optional, The Most Holy Name of Jesus) White

Holy Name Oundle: Pastoral Solemnity Holy Name Denham: Pastoral Solemnity

† Fr Guy Pritchard 1983 (Ely) † Dcn Jim Griffin 2011 (Great Missenden)

Saturday Feria White

4 January

5 January

DIOCESAN PRAYER: BISHOP’S OFFICE AND STAFF

Season of Christmas

Sunday THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD White

5 January

Monday Monday in Christmas Time White

6 January Psalter Week 2

† Fr Thomas Walters 1974 (Olney) † Provost William Wainwright 1983 (Peterborough)

Tuesday Tuesday in Christmas Time White

7 January (Optional, St Raymond of Penyafort, Priest) White

The Holy Name, Denham: Anniversary of Blessing

† Fr Arthur Speight 1990 (St James, Ipswich)

Wednesday Wednesday in Christmas Time

8 January

† Fr Henry Stanley 1924 (Gorleston) † Fr Patrick Connelly 2008 (Stoney Stratford)

Ordo

Season of Christmas

Thursday Thursday in Christmas Time

9 January

White

DIOCESAN PRAYER: SPIRITUALITY NETWORKS

Friday Friday in Christmas Time White

10 January

Saturday Saturday in Christmas Time White 11 January

† Canon Herbert Gray 1952 (Gorleston)

Sunday THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD White

12 January (The memoria of St Aelred of Rievaulx is not observed)

St Augustine, Datchet: Anniversary of Opening

† Fr Charles Flynn 1943 (Sudbury) The Season of Christmas ends here

Season of Christmas/Ordinary Time

Sunday THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD White

12 January (The memoria of St Aelred of Rievaulx is not observed)

St Augustine, Datchet: Anniversary of Opening

† Fr Charles Flynn 1943 (Sudbury)

The Season of Christmas ends here

Monday Monday in the first week of Ordinary Time Green

13 January (Optional, St Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop and Doctor of the Church) White

Psalter Week 1

Lectionary Year 1 (using volume 2 of the new lectionary)

Tuesday Feria Green 14 January

Wednesday Feria Green 15 January

† Fr Patrick Duffy 1928 (Huntingdon)

† Fr Alfred Wilson 1936 (Shefford) † Fr Donald Breen 2005 (St Joseph, Luton)

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria

Green 16 January

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP OF WESTMINSTER AND BISHOPS OF OUR PROVINCE

Friday St Anthony of Egypt, Abbot

White 17 January

† Fr George Fressanges 1944 (St John, Norwich)

Saturday Feria Green 18 January (Optional, Our Lady on Saturday)

THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY BEGINS

White

† Mgr Provost Joseph Tonks 1943 (Cathedral) † Fr Derrick Morgan 1984 (Chesham) † Dcn Henry Reed 2011 (Beaconsfield)

Sunday SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Green 19 January (The memoria of St Wulstan is not observed) Psalter Week 2

CYCLE OF PRAYER: PEACE ON EARTH

THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY St Wulstan, High Wycombe: Patronal Solemnity

† Canon Thomas Fitzgerald 1915 (St John, Norwich)

White

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

19 January (The memoria of St Wulstan is not observed)

Psalter Week 2

CYCLE OF PRAYER: PEACE ON EARTH

THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

Green

St Wulstan, High Wycombe: Patronal Solemnity White

† Canon Thomas Fitzgerald 1915 (St John, Norwich)

Monday Feria Green

20 January (Optional, St Fabian, Pope and Martyr)

Red (Optional, St Sebastian, Martyr)

THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

Our Lady of Sorrows, Eton: Anniversary of opening

Red

Tuesday St Agnes, Virgin and Martyr Red 21 January

THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

DIOCESAN PRAYER: ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIPS IN THE DIOCESE

† Fr Ernest Shebbeare 1936 (Woodbridge)

† Canon Leonard Tomlinson 1983 (Chesham Bois)

Wednesday Feria Green 22 January (Optional, St Vincent, Deacon and Martyr)

Red

THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

DIOCESAN PRAYER: ECUMENICAL COMMISSION

† Fr David Cox 1956 (St Ethelbert, Slough)

† Fr Stephen Reith 2009 (Leighton Buzzard)

† Canon Stan Condon 2012 (Woburn Sands)

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

23 January

THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

† Fr James McDermott 1999 (St John Ogilvie, Corby)

† Fr Arthur Tomlinson 2001 (Lowestoft)

Friday St Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church White 24 January

THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

JUBILEEOFTHEWORLDOFCOMMUNICATION

St Francis de Sales, Wolverton: Anniversary of Dedication

St Francis de Sales, Wolverton: Patronal Solemnity

† Fr William Fippard 1895 (Sudbury)

Saturday CONVERSION OF ST PAUL THE APOSTLE White

25 January

THE WEEK OF CHRISTIAN UNITY ENDS TODAY

St Paul, Thrapston: Patronal Solemnity

Sacred Heart, Weston Favell: Anniversary of Blessing

Sunday THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

26 January (The memoria of SS Timothy and Titus is not observed)

Sunday of the Word of God

Psalter Week 3

Diocesan Celebration of the Word of God in the Cathedral at 3 pm

CYCLE OF PRAYER: OPENNESS TO THE WORD OF GOD

† Canon Matthias Lane 1886 (Stoke-by-Nayland)

† Fr John Reffitt 1988 (Swaffham)

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

26 January (The memoria of SS Timothy and Titus is not observed)

Sunday of the Word of God

Psalter Week 3

Diocesan Celebration of the Word of God in the Cathedral at 3 pm

CYCLE OF PRAYER: OPENNESS TO THE WORD OF GOD

† Canon Matthias Lane 1886 (Stoke-by-Nayland)

† Fr John Reffitt 1988 (Swaffham)

Monday Feria Green

27 January (Optional, St Angela Merici, Virgin) White

LAUNCH OF JUBILEE FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES (ENGLAND AND WALES)

† Fr George McCann 2015 (Beaconsfield)

Tuesday St Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church White 28 January

St Thomas Aquinas Bletchley: Patronal Solemnity

Wednesday Feria Green

29 January DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE PASTORAL AREA OF MILTON KEYNES (ST PAUL)

† Fr Francis Rudd 1973 (Southwold)

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

30 January

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE BISHOPS’CONFERENCE OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Friday St John Bosco, Priest White 31 January

Laxton Hall: Anniversary of Blessing of the Chapel

† Fr William Bodley 1900 (Oxburgh) † Fr Joseph Sweeney 1993 (St James Ipswich) † Canon James Galvin 2006 (St Margaret, Luton)

Saturday Feria Green 1 February (Optional, Our Lady on Saturday) White

DIOCESAN PRAYER: SISTERS OF ST BRIGID (WEXHAM)

Sunday PRESENTATION OF THE LORD White 2 February

CYCLE OF PRAYER: DAY OF PRAYER FOR CONSECRATED LIFE

Holy Name, Oundle: Anniversary of Blessing

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday PRESENTATION OF THE LORD

2 February

CYCLE OF PRAYER: DAY OF PRAYER FOR CONSECRATED LIFE

Holy Name, Oundle: Anniversary of Blessing

White

Monday Feria Green

3 February (Optional, St Blaise, Bishop and Martyr)

Red (Optional, St Ansgar, Bishop)

White

Psalter Week 4

DIOCESAN PRAYER: RELIGIOUS OF JESUS AND MARY (THORNTON)

Tuesday Feria Green

4 February (Optional, St Werburga)

White

Wednesday St Agatha, Virgin and Martyr

5 February

† Canon Gerard Roberts 1976 (Beaconsfield)

Red

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE STAFF OF BISHOP’S HOUSE

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday St Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs of Japan Red

6 February

DIOCESAN PRAYER: INTERFAITH NETWORKS IN THE DIOCESE

† Fr Louis Allen 1931 (Peterborough)

† Fr John Osborne 2009 (St Patrick, Corby)

Friday Feria Green

7 February

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE PASTORAL AREA OF BEDFORD (ST JOSEPHINE

BAKHITA)

† Canon Lawrence Richmond 1872 (Cathedral)

†ArchbishopFrederickKeating1928(4th BishopofNorthampton)

† Fr James Reidy 1983 (St Mark, Ipswich)

Saturday Feria Green

8 February (Optional, St Jerome Emilliani, Priest) White (Optional, St Josephine Bakhita, Virgin) White (Optional, Our Lady on Saturday) White

CYCLE OF PRAYER: DAY OF PRAYER FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING

JUBILEE OF THE ARMED FORCES, POLICE AND SECURITY FORCES

† Fr Robert Manley 1983 (St George, Norwich)

† Mgr Paul Donovan 2017 (St Augustine, High Wycombe)

Sunday FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green 9 February

Psalter Week 1

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green 9 February

Psalter Week 1

Monday St Scholastica, Virgin White 10 February

DIOCESAN PRAYER: PARISH CATECHISTS

Tuesday Feria Green 11 February (Optional, Our Lady of Lourdes) White

CYCLE OF PRAYER: WORLD DAY FOR THE SICK AND THEIR CARERS

Our Lady, Yelvertoft: Anniversary of Opening St Joseph the Worker, Luton: Anniversary of Opening Our Lady of Lourdes, Milton Keynes: Patronal Solemnity Our Lady of Lourdes, Aylesbury: Patronal Solemnity

On this day in 1941 Mgr Thomas Leo Parker was ordained 7th Bishop of Northampton

Wednesday Feria Green 12 February

DIOCESAN PRAYER: HEALTHCARE CHAPLAINCIES

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green 13 February

DIOCESAN PRAYER: MINISTRY FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, THEIR CARERS AND FAMILIES

Friday SS CYRIL, MONK, AND METHODIUS, BISHOP White 14 February Co-Patrons of Europe

CYCLE OF PRAYER: FOR EUROPE

† Provost John Warmoll 1885 (St Joseph, Bedford) † Canon Michael Dwane 1913 (Lynford)

Saturday Feria Green 15 February (Optional, Our Lady on Saturday) White

† Canon John Dalton 1874 (Norwich) † Fr Vincent Weitz 1991 (Princes Risborough)

Sunday SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green 16 February Psalter Week 2

CYCLE OF PRAYER: RACIAL JUSTICE DAY

JUBILEE OF ARTISTS

† Fr Cyril Banham 1963 (Felixstowe)

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

16 February

Psalter Week 2

CYCLE OF PRAYER: RACIAL JUSTICE DAY

JUBILEE OF ARTISTS

† Fr Cyril Banham 1963 (Felixstowe)

Monday Feria Green 17 February (Optional, The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order) White

† Mgr Provost Christopher Scott 1922 (Cambridge) † Canon Henry O’Connor 1952 (Lynton) † Fr Kenneth Chapman 1983 (Wymondham)

Tuesday Feria Green 18 February

DIOCESAN PRAYER: PARISH SACRISTANS

Wednesday Feria Green 19 February

† Fr John Harris 2013 (St Gregory, Northampton)

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

20 February

† Fr Gerald Flanagan 1995 (Iver Heath)

† Fr Gerard Moir 1965 (Clapham Park)

† Fr Michael Finch 1985 (Beaconsfield)

Friday Feria Green

21 February (Optional, St Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church) White

JUBILEE FOR DEACONS

† Fr John Scott 1878 (Sawston Hall)

Saturday THE CHAIR OF ST PETER THE APOSTLE White 22 February

St Peter, Biggleswade: Patronal Solemnity

St Peter, Marlow: Patronal Solemnity

St Peter, Rushden: Patronal Solemnity

St Anthony, Farnham Royal: Anniversary of Opening

Sunday SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green 23 February (The memoria of St Polycarp is not observed)

Psalter Week 3 † Fr Wilfrid Johnson 1994 (Wellingborough)

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

23 February (The memoria of St Polycarp is not observed)

Psalter Week 3

† Fr Wilfrid Johnson 1994 (Wellingborough)

Monday Feria Green

24 February

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE PASTORAL AREA OF SLOUGH (ST PETER)

† BishopJosephRudderham1979(BishopofCliftonfrom1949)

† Fr William Gaffney 1985 (Marlow)

† Fr Michael O’Brien 1985 (Norwich Cathedral)

Tuesday Feria Green

25 February

DIOCESAN PRAYER: PARISH WELCOMERS

On this day in 1908 Rev Dr Frederick Keating was ordained 4th Bishop of Northampton

Wednesday Feria Green

26 February (Optional, Blessed Robert Drury, Martyr) Red † Fr Joseph Pham 2020 (Farnham Royal)

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

27 February (Optional Commemoration: St Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church) White

Friday Feria Green

28 February

St Aidan, Little Chalfont: Anniversary of Blessing

† Fr Charles Reilly 1916 (Woodbridge)

Saturday ST DAVID, BISHOP White 1 March Patron of Wales

Sunday EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green 2 March

Psalter Week 4

CYCLE OF PRAYER: DAY FOR THE UNEMPLOYED

St Nicholas Owen, Burton Latimer: Anniversary of Blessing

Announce that the Season of Lent begins on Wednesday, Ash Wednesday, a day of fast and abstinence.

Season of Ordinary Time/Lent

Sunday EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green 2 March

Psalter Week 4

CYCLE OF PRAYER: DAY FOR THE UNEMPLOYED

Announce that the Season of Lent begins on Wednesday, Ash Wednesday, a day of fast and abstinence.

Monday Feria Green 3 March

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE VICAR GENERAL AND HIS OFFICE

Tuesday Feria Green 4 March (Optional, St Casimir) White

Wednesday ASH WEDNESDAY Purple 5 March

Psalter Week 4 (Day of fast and abstinence)

Ordo

Season of Lent

Thursday Lent Feria Purple

6 March (Optional commemoration: SS Cyneburga, Cynewith and Tibba, Religious)

Friday Lent Feria Purple

7 March (Optional commemoration: SS Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs)

CYCLEOFPRAYER:WORLDDAYOFPRAYER

St Paul, Thrapston: Anniversary of Blessing

† Fr Damien Walne 2015 (Great Billing)

Saturday Lent Feria Purple Purple

8 March (Optional commemoration: St John of God, Religious)

JUBILEEOFTHEWORLDOFVOLUNTEERS

† Fr Bernard Quinlan 1922 (Sheﬀord) † Fr Arthur Chadwick 2004 (Thornton College)

Sunday FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Purple

9 March (The memoria of St Frances of Rome is not observed)

Psalter Week 1

Rite of Election, Cathedral at 3 pm

Next Friday is the CAFOD Lent Fast Day

CYCLE OF PRAYER: CANDIDATES FOR THE SACRAMENT OF INITIATION

† Fr Edward Sco 1935 (St George, Norwich) † Fr Reginald Atkinson 1983 (Peterborough)

Season of Lent

Sunday FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Purple

9 March (The memoria of St Frances of Rome is not observed)

Psalter Week 1

Rite of Election, Cathedral at 3.00 pm

Next Friday is the CAFOD Lent Fast Day

CYCLE OF PRAYER: CANDIDATES FOR THE SACRAMENT OF INITIATION

† Fr Edward Sco 1935 (St George, Norwich)

† Fr Reginald Atkinson 1983 (Peterborough)

Monday Lent Feria Purple 10 March

St John Ogilvie, Corby: Patronal Solemnity Red

Tuesday Lent Feria Purple 11 March

† Fr David Harris 1925 (High Wycombe)

Wednesday Lent Feria Purple 12 March

† Fr Cyril Snowden 1966

† Fr Cyril Snowden 1966 (Sudbury)

† Fr Cyril

Ordo

Season of Lent

Thursday Lent Feria

13 March

On this day in 1976 the Diocese of Northampton was divided to create the new Diocese of East Anglia

† Fr John Ke erer 1973 (Hunstanton)

† Fr David Woodard 1988 (Oundle)

† Fr John Glen 1996 (Christ the King, Bedford)

Friday Lent Feria Purple 14 March

CYCLE OF PRAYER: THE NEEDY AND HUNGRY OF THE WORLD

CAFOD Lent Fast Day

Saturday Lent Feria

15 March

St Mary, Dunstable: Anniversary of Opening Sunday

16 March

Psalter Week 2

CYCLE OF PRAYER: CANDIDATES FOR THE SACRAMENT OF INITIATION

† Mgr Bruno Sco -James 1984 (Walsingham)

Season of Lent

Sunday SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT Purple

16 March

Psalter Week 2

CYCLE OF PRAYER: CANDIDATES FOR THE SACRAMENT OF INITIATION

† Mgr Bruno Sco -James 1984 (Walsingham)

Monday ST PATRICK, BISHOP White

17 March Patron of Ireland

St Patrick, Duston: Patronal Solemnity

Tuesday Lent Feria Purple

18 March (Optional commemoration of St Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Doctor of the Church)

Wednesday ST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESED VIRGIN MARY

19 March

St Joseph, Gerrard’s Cross; Patronal Solemnity

St Joseph, Corby: Patronal Solemnity

St Joseph, Bedford: Patronal Solemnity

St Joseph, Aylesbury: Patronal Solemnity

Bishop’s Ordination Anniversary Mass at 12 noon

On this day in 1990 Rt Rev Leo McCartie was installed as 10th Bishop of Northampton

On this day in 2020 Rev Dr David Oakley was ordained as 13th Bishop of Northampton

† Rev Patrick Byrne 1979 (All Souls, Peterborough)

White

Ordo

Season of Lent

Thursday Lent Feria Purple

20 March

Friday Lent Feria Purple

21 March

† Mgr Charles Davidson 1975 (Waterbeach)

† Fr Albert Whyatt 1991 (North Walsham)

Saturday Lent Feria Purple 22 March

Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Purple

23 March (The memoria of St Turibius of Mogrovejo is not observed)

Psalter Week 3

CYCLE OF PRAYER: CANDIDATES FOR THE SACRAMENT OF INITIATION

† Fr Geoﬀrey Brennan 1922 (The ord)

† Fr William Cooper 1927 (Felixstowe)

† Fr Augus ne Berrell 1995 (March)

Season of Lent

Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Purple

23 March (The memoria of St Turibius of Mogrovejo is not observed)

Psalter Week 3

CYCLE OF PRAYER: CANDIDATES FOR THE SACRAMENT OF INITIATION

† Fr Geoﬀrey Brennan 1922 (The ord)

† Fr William Cooper 1927 (Felixstowe)

† Fr Augus ne Berrell 1995 (March)

Monday Lent Feria Purple

24 March

† Fr Joseph Teeling 1979 (Lowesto ) Evening: 1st Vespers and Mass of the Annunciation White

Tuesday THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD White 25 March

† Bishop Leo Parker 1975 (7th Bishop of Northampton) † Canon Michael Hazell 2020 (Farnham Royal)

Wednesday Lent Feria Purple 26 March † Fr Tony Whi ield 2021 (Oundle)

Ordo

Season of Lent

Thursday Lent Feria Purple

27 March

Friday Lent Feria Purple

28 March

24hoursfortheLord

JUBILEE OF THE MISSIONARIES OF MERCY

Saturday Lent Feria Purple

29 March

24hoursfortheLord

† Fr James Rooney 2011 (St Margaret, Luton,)

Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT Purple or Rose

30 March

Psalter Week 4

CYCLE OF PRAYER: CANDIDATES FOR THE SACRAMENT OF INITIATION

† Canon Bernard Murray 1924 (Lynford)

† Fr Henry Macklin 1956 (Cople)

† Fr Patrick Bailey 2022 (Chesham)

Season of Lent

Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT Purple or Rose

30 March

Psalter Week 4

CYCLE OF PRAYER: CANDIDATES FOR THE SACRAMENT OF INITIATION

† Canon Bernard Murray 1924 (Lynford)

† Fr Henry Macklin 1956 (Cople)

† Fr Patrick Bailey 2022 (Chesham)

Monday Lent Feria Purple

31 March

† Fr Fredrick Donovan 1940 (Stowmarket)

Tuesday Lent Feria Purple

1 April

Wednesday Lent Feria Purple

2 April (Optional commemoration of St Francis of Paola, Hermit)

† Fr Bernard Hindle 1992 (Chesham)

† Fr Gerard Ryan 2010 (Olney)

Ordo

Season of Lent

Thursday Lent Feria Purple

3 April

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE CATHEDRAL CHAPTER AND COLLEGE OF CONSULTORS

† Mgr Canon John Ashmole 1938 (Cathedral)

Friday Lent Feria Purple

4 April (Optional commemoration of St Isidore, Bishop and Doctor of the Church)

† Fr Michael Foley 1979 (Chesham)

Saturday Lent Feria Purple

5 April (Optional commemoration, St Vincent Ferrer, Priest)

JUBILEE OF THE SICK AND THE WORLD OF HEALTHCARE

† Canon John Abbo 1858 (Norwich)

† Fr Denis Brophy 1992 (Felixstowe)

† Mgr Noel Burdi 2000 (Nazareth House, Northampton)

Sunday FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Purple

6 April

Psalter Week 1

CYCLE OF PRAYER: CANDIDATES FOR THE SACRAMENT OF INITIATION

† Fr Donald Hillier 1980 (March)

Season of Lent

Sunday FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Purple

6 April

Psalter Week 1

CYCLE OF PRAYER: CANDIDATES FOR THE SACRAMENT OF INITIATION

† Fr Donald Hillier 1980 (March)

Monday Lent Feria Purple

7 April (Optional commemoration of St John Baptist de la Salle, Priest)

Tuesday Lent Feria Purple

8 April

DIOCESAN PRAYER: SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF NAMUR (KETTERING)

† Fr William Poole 1867 (Kings Lynn)

Wednesday Lent Feria Purple

9 April

Ordo

Season of Lent/Holy Week

Thursday Lent Feria Purple 10 April

† Fr Bernard McCaul 1932 (St Mary, Ipswich)

Friday Lent Feria Purple 11 April (Optional commemoration of St Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr)

St Stanislaus, Northampton: Patronal Solemnity Red

† Canon Ernest Garne 1948 (Felixstowe)

Saturday Lent Feria Purple 12 April

Sunday PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD Red 13 April (The memoria of St Martin I is not observed)

CYCLE OF PRAYER: CANDIDATES FOR THE SACRAMENT OF INITIATION

† Fr Michael Kennedy 1973 (Newmarket)

Holy Week

Sunday PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD Red

13 April (The memoria of St Martin I is not observed)

CYCLE OF PRAYER: CANDIDATES FOR THE SACRAMENT OF INITIATION

† Fr Michael Kennedy 1973 (Newmarket)

Monday MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK

14 April

Tuesday TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK

15 April

† Fr Donald Heptonstall 1954 (Hunstanton)

Wednesday WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK

16 April

† Fr James Mulle 1955 (Great Billing) † Canon Edward McHugh 1963 (Aylesbury)

Ordo

HOLY WEEK/SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM

Thursday THURSDAY OF HOLY WEEK 17 April

The Mass of Chrism is celebrated in the Cathedral White

THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM

THURSDAY OF THE LORD’S SUPPER (MAUNDY THURSDAY)

Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper White † Fr Tony Harris 2018 (Aylesbury St Clare)

Friday FRIDAYOFTHEPASSIONOFTHELORD–GOODFRIDAY Red 18 April

Celebration of the Passion of the Lord Red Collection for the Holy Places of Palestine

(Sacred Heart, Flitwick: Anniversary of Dedication) † Fr Edward Wimbridge 1941 (Wolverton)

Saturday HOLY SATURDAY 19 April

(Our Lady Immaculate, Slough: Anniversary of Dedication) † Fr Wallace Clare 1963 (Prep. School, Ipswich)

EASTERTIME BEGINS

THE EASTER THE EASTER VIGIL IN THE HOLY NIGHT White

Sunday EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD White 20 April

The Octave of Easter Sunday EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD White 20 April

Monday MONDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER White 21 April (The memoria of St Anselm is not observed)

† Canon William Collis 1893 (Shefford)

Tuesday TUESDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER White 22 April

† Canon Anthony Roberts 1997 (Gorleston) † Fr Paddy Glynn 2004 (Haddenham)

Wednesday WEDNESDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER White 23 April (The Solemnity of St George is transferred to April 28)

† Fr Thomas Fitzgerald 1940 (Bedford) † Bishop Leo McCar e 2020 (10th Bishop of Northampton)

Ordo

The Octave of Easter

Thursday THURSDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER White

24 April The memoriae of St Fidelis of Sigmaringen or St Adalbert are not observed)

† Bishop Charles Grant 1989 (8th Bishop of Northampton) † Fr George Grace 1998 (Hun ngdon)

† Canon Edward McBride 2011 (Sheringham)

Friday FRIDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

25 April

(The Feast of St Mark is not observed)

No Friday abstinence JUBILEE FOR TEENAGERS

On this day in 1961 Mgr. Charles Grant was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Northampton.

White

Saturday SATURDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER White 26 April

On this day in 1967 Bishop Charles Grant was installed as 8th Bishop of Northampton.

Sunday SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (or of DIVINE MERCY)

White 27 April

CYCLE OF PRAYER: NEW MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH

Divine Mercy, Slough: Patronal Solemnity

Ordo

Season of Easter

Sunday SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (or of DIVINE MERCY)

27 April

CYCLE OF PRAYER: NEW MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH

Divine Mercy, Slough: Patronal Solemnity

White

Monday ST GEORGE, Martyr, PATRON OF ENGLAND Red

28 April (The memoriae of St Peter Chanel, or St Louis Grignion de Montfort are not observed)

Psalter Week 2

JUBILEE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Tuesday ST CATHERINE OF SIENA, VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

White

29 April

Patron of Europe

CYCLE OF PRAYER: FOR EUROPE

Wednesday Feria

30 April (Optional, St Pius V, Pope)

White

St Bernadette, Rothwell: Patronal Solemnity (Transferred) White

Ordo

Season of Easter

Thursday Feria

1 May (Optional, St Joseph the Worker)

St Joseph, Luton: Patronal Solemnity

SS Philip and James, Bedford: Anniversary of Dedication

JUBILEE FOR WORKERS

CYCLE OF PRAYER: ALL WORKERS OF THE WORLD

†Bishop DudleyCary-Elwes1932 (5th Bishop of Northampton)

White

Friday St Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church White

2 May

DIOCESAN PRAYER: DAUGHTERS OF PROVIDENCE OF ST BRIEUC

On this day in 2001 Mgr Kevin McDonald was ordained 11th Bishop of Northampton.

Saturday SS PHILIP AND JAMES, APOSTLES Red

3 May

SS Philip & James, Bedford: Patronal Solemnity

DIOCESAN PRAYER: ARMED FORCES CHAPLAINCIES

† Fr John Duﬀ 1873 (Ramsey)

Sunday

4 May

(The Feast of the English Martyrs is not observed)

Psalter Week 3

St Martin, Luton: Anniversary of Dedication

Our Lady, Wellingborough: Anniversary of Dedication

JUBILEE OF BUSINESS PEOPLE

CYCLE OF PRAYER: NEW MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH

White

Season of Easter

Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER White

4 May

(The Feast of the English Martyrs is not observed)

Psalter Week 3

St Martin, Luton: Anniversary of Dedication

Our Lady, Wellingborough: Anniversary of Dedication

JUBILEE OF BUSINESS PEOPLE

CYCLE OF PRAYER: NEW MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH

Monday Feria White

5 May

IOCESAN PRAYER: BISHOP EMERITUS PETER DOYLE

† Dcn Earnest Mills 2005 (Burnham)

Tuesday Feria White

6 May

Wednesday Feria White

7 May

† Mgr Provost Augus ne Peacock (1956 (Ipswich)

† Mgr Canon Harold Squirrel 1962 (Poringland)

† Mgr Provost Anthony Hulme 1987 (St Joseph, Bedford)

† Fr Stephen McGuinness 2018 (St John Ogilvie, Corby)

DIOCESAN

RAYER: THE BISHOP’S COUNCIL

Ordo

Season of Easter

Thursday Feria White

8 May

St Mary, Woburn Sands: Anniversary of Dedication Holy Family, Slough: Anniversary of Dedication

Friday Feria

9 May

DIOCESAN PRAYER: PARISH HEALTH AND SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES

Saturday Feria

10 May (Optional, St John of Avila, Priest and Doctor of the Church)

St Peter, Biggleswade: Anniversary of Blessing

JUBILEE OF MUSICIANS

Sunday

11 May

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

(The memoria of St Fremund is not observed)

CYCLE OF PRAYER: WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS

The Good Shepherd, Haddenham: Patronal Solemnity

White

Season of Easter

Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

11 May (The memoria of St Fremund is not observed)

CYCLE OF PRAYER: WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS

The Good Shepherd, Haddenham: Patronal Solemnity

White

Monday Feria

White 12 May (Optional, SS Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs)

Red

Red (Optional, St Pancras, Martyr)

OurLady ofCzestochowa, Dunstable: Anniversary of Opening

† Canon Thomas Quinlivan 1885 (Cambridge)

Tuesday Feria

White 13 May (Optional, Our Lady of Fatima)

Our Lady of Light, Long Crendon: Patronal Solemnity Our Lady of Light, Long Crendon: Anniversary of Blessing

On this day in 1969 Mgr Alan Clark was ordained as Bishop of Elmham and Auxiliary Bishop of Northampton.

Wednesday St MATTHIAS, APOSTLE

Red 14 May

Ordo

Season of Easter

Thursday Feria White 15 May

DIOCESAN PRAYER: PARISH FINANCE COMMITTEES

† Canon Francis Sammons 1975 (Whittlesey)

Friday Feria White 16 May

St Brendan, Corby: Patronal Solemnity.

† Fr Thomas Richards 1957 (Aston-le-Walls) † Fr Roger Edmunds 1999 (Aylesbury)

Saturday Feria White 17 May

† Fr Gerald Thornton 1986 (Langley) † Fr Bertram Sammons 1988 (Wisbech)

Sunday FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

18 May (The memoria of St John I is not observed) Psalter Week 1

JUBILEE OF THE APOSTOLIC SOCIETIES

CYCLE OF PRAYER: NEW MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH

† Fr Charles Joole 1883 (Slough)

White

Season of Easter

Sunday FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

18 May (The memoria of St John I is not observed)

Psalter Week 1

JUBILEE OF THE APOSTOLIC SOCIETIES

CYCLE OF PRAYER: NEW MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH

† Fr Charles Joole 1883 (Slough)

Monday Feria

19 May (Optional, St Dunstan, Bishop)

White

White (Optional, Blessed Peter Wright) Red

St Dunstan, Bourne End: Patronal Solemnity.

† Canon George Dalby 1962 (Our Lady, Luton)

Tuesday Feria

20 May (Optional, St Bernadine of Siena, Priest)

Our Lady and St Ethelbert, Slough: Secondary Patronal Feast St Bernardine, Buckingham: Patronal Solemnity.

White

CYCLE OF PRAYER: SURVIVORS OF ABUSE

† Fr Patrick Harte 1976 (St Joseph, Bedford)

Wednesday Feria

White

21 May (Optional, St Christopher Magallanes, Priest and the Martyrs of Mexico) Red

DIOCESAN PRAYER: SAFEGUARDING OFFICE AND CO-ORDINATOR

† Fr Hugh Capper 1988 (Fakenham)

Ordo

Season of Easter

Thursday Feria

22 May (Optional, St Rita of Cascia, Religious) White

DIOCESAN PRAYER: PARISH SAFEGUARDING REPRESENTATIVES

† Fr Bernard Hughes 2022 (Holy Family, Luton) † Fr Paul Hardy 2023 (St Edward, Milton Keynes)

Friday Feria

23 May

Saturday Feria White

24 May

JUBILEE FOR CHILDREN

Our Lady, Help of Christians, Luton: Patronal Solemnity

Our Lady, Help of Christians, Olney: Patronal Solemnity

Sunday SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER White

25 May (The memoria of St Bede is not observed)

Psalter Week 2

CYCLE OF PRAYER: NEW MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH

Season of Easter

Sunday SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

25 May (The memoria of St Bede is not observed)

Psalter Week 2

White

CYCLE OF PRAYER: NEW MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH

Monday St Philip Neri, Priest White 26 May

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE BON SECOURS SISTERS OF PARIS (BOURNE END)

† Fr Charles Meaden 1950 (The ord)

Tuesday ST AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY, Bishop White 27 May

St Augustine, High Wycombe: Patronal Solemnity. OurLady oftheSacredHeartWellingborough:PatronalSolemnity. StPatrick,Northampton: Anniversary ofDedication. StPeter, Rushden:Anniversary ofOpening

† Fr Robert Gates 1976 (Bury St Edmunds)

Wednesday Feria White 28 May

St Bede, Newport Pagnell: Patronal Solemnity (Transferred).

Evening: 1st Vespers and Vigil Mass of the Ascension White

Ordo

Season of Easter

Thursday THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

29 May (The memoria of St Paul VI is not observed)

White

† Fr Brendan Peters 1991 (Quiddenham) † Mgr Gerald Moorcraft 2011 (Princes Risborough) † Mgr Pat McAleenan 2017 (Our Lady, Corby)

Friday Feria White

30 May (Optional, Blessed Richard Newport, Martyr) Red

JUBILEE OF FAMILIES

† Canon James Flint 1936 (Lynford)

Saturday THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

31 May

White

Sunday

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE DIOCESAN LITURGY COMMISSION † Dcn Douglas Denny 2018 (Farnham Royal)

SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

1 June (The memoria of St Justin is not observed)

CYCLE OF PRAYER: WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY

Holy Family, Luton: Anniversary of Opening

† Provost George Frederick Stokes 1928 (Ely)

White

Season of Easter

Sunday SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

1 June (The memoria of St Justin is not observed)

CYCLE OF PRAYER: WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY

Holy Family, Luton: Anniversary of Opening

† Provost George Frederick Stokes 1928 (Ely)

White

Monday Feria White

2 June (Optional, SS Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs) Red

St Edmund Campion, Wellingborough: Anniversary of Blessing

On this date in 1976 Bishop Alan Clark was translated and installed as first bishop of East Anglia

Tuesday St Charles Lwanga and Martyrs of Uganda Red

3 June

Wednesday Feria White

4 June (Optional, St Elizabeth Hasselblad, Religious)

Our Lady of Peace, Burnham: Patronal Solemnity Christ the King, Bedford: Anniversary of Dedication

Ordo

Season of Easter

Thursday St Boniface of Crediton, Bishop and Martyr Red

5 June

Sacred Heart and Our Lady, Aston-le-Walls: Anniversary of Dedication

† Canon John Mossey 1995 (Hunstanton)

Friday Feria White

6 June (Optional, St Norbert, Bishop) White

† Canon Charles Eeles 1926 (Kings Lynn)

† Fr Thomas Phillips 1974 (Sheringham)

Saturday Feria White

7 June (Optional, St Robert of Newminster, Abbot) White

JUBILEE OF MOVEMENTS, ASSOCIATIONS AND NEW COMMUNITIES

St Edward, Milton Keynes: Anniversary of Dedication

Holy Ghost, Luton: Anniversary of opening

† Canon Thomas Seed 1883 (Sheﬀord)

† Fr Edmund Worthy 2022 (Wellingborough)

Evening: 1st Vespers and Vigil Mass of Pentecost

Sunday PENTECOST Red

8 June

CYCLE OF PRAYER; FOR THE CHURCH

Holy Ghost, Luton: Patronal Solemnity

† Fr Francis Byrne 1924 (Costessey)

Ordo

Season of Easter/Ordinary Time

Sunday PENTECOST Red

8 June

Holy Ghost, Luton: Patronal Solemnity

CYCLE OF PRAYER; FOR THE CHURCH

† Fr Francis Byrne 1924 (Costessey) Here ends Eastertide

Monday Ordinary Time resumes: Lectionary Year 1, Week 10 (New Lectionary, Volume 3) 9 June

Mary, Mother of the Church White

(The memoriae of St Ephrem or St Columba are not observed)

Psalter Week 2

JUBILEE OF THE HOLY SEE

On this day in 1880 Rev Arthur Riddell was ordained 3rd Bishop of Northampton.

† Fr Anthony Dillon 1955 (Cambridge)

Tuesday Feria Green 10 June

St Columba Chesham: Patronal Solemnity (Transferred) White

† Dcn Joseph Billington 1991 (Burnham)

† Mgr Peter Hocken 2017 (Hainbourg, Austria)

Wednesday St Barnabas, Apostle Red 11 June

Our Lady, Corby: Anniversary of the Dedication. White

† Fr Richard Murtagh 1985 (Rushden)

† Fr George Walker 2003 (Chesham Bois)

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST

White 12 June

St Thomas More, Raunds: Anniversary of Opening

Jubilarians’ Mass, Cathedral at 12 Noon

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE PRIEST VICARIATE

Friday St Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church White 13 June

St Anthony, Farnham Royal: Patronal Solemnity.

On this day in 1921 Bishop Fredrick Keating was translated from Northampton to Liverpool as Metropolitan and Archbishop

† Fr Aus n O’Sullivan 1921 (St Pancras, Ipswich)

† Fr James Purcell 1942 (St Ives)

Saturday Feria Green 14 June (Optional, Our Lady on Saturday)

JUBILEE FOR PEOPLE IN SPORT

The Good Shepherd, Haddenham: Anniversary of Opening

† Canon Arthur Tille 1962 (Marlow)

Sunday THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

White

White 15 June

CYCLE OF PRAYER: DAY FOR LIFE

Holy Trinity, Desborough: Patronal Solemnity

† Fr Michael Bourke 1896 (Wroxham Hall)

Michae

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

White 15 June

CYCLE OF PRAYER: DAY FOR LIFE

Holy Trinity, Desborough: Patronal Solemnity

† Fr Michael Bourke 1896 (Wroxham Hall)

Monday Feria Green 16 June (Optional, St Richard of Chichester, Bishop) White

Psalter Week 3

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Great Missenden: Anniversary of Dedication White

† Mgr George Davies 1911 (Costessey Hall)

Tuesday Feria Green 17 June

StAugustine, MiltonKeynes: Anniversary ofDedication White

Wednesday Feria Green 18 June (Optional, St Edith of Aylesbury) White

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE DAUGHTERS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday DEDICATION OF THE CATHEDRAL

19 June

Solemnity in the Cathedral, Feast in the Diocese (The memoria of St Romuald is not observed)

White

Sacred Heart, Leighton Buzzard: Anniversary of Opening St Bernadette, Rothwell: Anniversary of Blessing

Friday St Alban, Martyr Red 20 June

St Alban, Winslow: Patronal Solemnity

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE PASTORAL AREA OF LUTON

JUBILEE FOR GOVERNMENTS

† Fr Christopher McGregor 1943 (Ely)

Saturday St Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious

White 21 June

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE WORK OF THE CATHEDRAL CENTRE

Evening: 1st Vespers and Mass of the Body and Blood of Christ

Sunday THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI) White 22 June (The Feast of SS John Fisher and Thomas More is not observed)

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI) White

22 June (The Feast of SS John Fisher and Thomas More is not observed)

Monday Feria Green

23 June (Optional, St Etheldreda, Virgin) White

Beaconsfield: Feast of Secondary Patrons (Transferred)

St Thomas More, Towcester: Patronal Solemnity (Transferred)

St Thomas More, Raunds: Patronal Solemnity (Transferred) Red Red Red

Psalter Week 4

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE PASTORAL AREA OF AYLESBURY

JUBILEE FOR SEMINARIANS

Evening: 1st Vespers and Vigil Mass of St John the Baptist White

Tuesday THE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST White

24 June

Wednesday Feria Green

25 June (Optional, St Cadoc, Abbot) White

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE SERVANT VICARIATE

JUBILEE FOR BISHOPS

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

26 June

JUBILEE FOR PRIESTS

† Fr Edmund Rees-Jones 1982 (Diss) † Fr Nigel Bourne 1990 (St Brendan, Corby) White

Evening: 1st Vespers and Vigil Mass of the Sacred Heart

Friday THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS White

27 June (The memoria of St Cyril of Alexandria is not observed)

No Friday abstinence

Sacred Heart, Luton: Patronal Solemnity.

Sacred Heart, Weston Favell: Patronal Solemnity

Sacred Heart, Leighton Buzzard: Patronal Solemnity

Sacred Heart, Flitwick: Patronal Solemnity

Sacred Heart, Bedford: Patronal Solemnity

Sacred Heart, Aston-le-Walls: Patronal Solemnity

Saturday St Irenaeus of Lyons, Bishop and Martyr Red

28 June ImmaculateHeart of Mary, GreatMissenden:PatronalSolemnity. White

Great Billing & Chesham Bois: Patronal Solemnity (Our Lady of Perpetual Succour) White

JUBILEE OF THE EASTERN CHURCHES

On this day in 2005 Mgr Peter Doyle was ordained as 12th Bishop of Northampton.

1st Vespers and Vigil Mass of SS Peter and Paul Red

Sunday SS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES Red

29 June

SS Peter and Paul, King’s Sutton: Patronal Solemnity

Sunday of the Eucharist, Cathedral at 3 pm

† Canon Timothy Russ 2013 (Great Missenden)

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday SS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES Red 29 June

SS Peter and Paul, King’s Sutton: Patronal Solemnity

Sunday of the Eucharist, Cathedral at 3 pm

† Canon Timothy Russ 2013 (Great Missenden)

Monday Feria Green 30 June (Optional, The First Martyrs of Rome) Red

Psalter Week 1

DIOCESAN PRAYER: MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART (LUTON)

† Canon Brian Frost 2018 (St Patrick, Corby)

Tuesday Feria Green 1 July (Optional, St Oliver Plunkett, Bishop and Martyr) Red

Wednesday Feria Green 2 July

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE CHANCELLOR AND CHANCERY

† Fr Thomas McDonald 1875

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday ST THOMAS, APOSTLE Red

3 July

St Thomas, Caddington: Patronal Solemnity

St Francis, Shefford: Anniversary of Dedication White

Friday Feria Green

4 July (Optional, St Elizabeth of Portugal, ) White

On this day in 1858 Fr Francis Kerril Amhurst was ordained 2nd Bishop of Northampton

† Fr Maurice Hignett 1982 (Our Lady, Peterborough)

Saturday PATRONAGE OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY Red

5 July (The memoriae of St Anthony Maria Zaccaria or Blessed Thomas Belson are not observed.)

Becket Festival Mass, Cathedral at 12 Noon

† Fr Gerard Collins 1996 (Li le Chalfont)

Sunday FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Green

6 July (The memoriae of St Maria Goretti or Blessed Thomas Anfield are not observed)

Psalter Week 2

Becket Festival Lecture, St Thomas Centre at 3 pm

Becket Festival Vespers, Cathedral at 4 pm

† Fr Joseph Farrell 1986 (St Laurence, Cambridge)

† Fr John Cureton 2005 (Swaffham)

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Green

6 July (The memoriae of St Maria Goretti or Blessed Thomas Anfield are not observed)

Psalter Week 2

Becket Festival Lecture, St Thomas Centre at 3 pm

Becket Festival Vespers, Cathedral at 4 pm

† Fr Joseph Farrell 1986 (St Laurence, Cambridge)

† Fr John Cureton 2005 (Swa am)

Monday Feria Green

7 July

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE PASTORAL AREA OF NORTHAMPTON (ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY)

† Canon Richard Ducke 1910 (Norwich)

Tuesday Feria Green

8 July

Our Lady of Lourdes, Aylesbury: Anniversary of Dedication White

† Fr George Web 1950 (The ord)

Wednesday Feria Green

9 July (Optional St Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest and the martyrs of China) Red

† Fr Francis Wormall 1899 (Stowmarket)

† Dcn Peter Venes 2008 (Cathedral)

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green 10 July

† Fr William Hayes 1855 (Kingscliﬀe)

† Provost Seth Eccles 1884 (Weston Underwood)

† Fr Edmund O’Gorman 1974 (Rushden)

Friday ST BENEDICT, ABBOT, PATRON OF EUROPE White 11 July

CYCLE OF PRAYER: FOR EUROPE

Saturday Feria Green 12 July (Optional, Our Lady on Saturday) White

† Fr Alexander Sco 1918 (Lowesto ) † Fr Edward Hill 1990 (Li le Chalfont)

Sunday FIFTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

Green 13 July (The memoria of St Henry is not observed)

Psalter Week 3

CYCLE OF PRAYER: SEA SUNDAY

† Dcn Hubert Grant Scarfe 1995 (Beaconsﬁeld)

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday FIFTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Green

13 July (The memoria of St Henry is not observed)

Psalter Week 3

CYCLE OF PRAYER: SEA SUNDAY

† Dcn Hubert Grant Scarfe 1995 (Beaconsﬁeld)

Monday Feria Green

14 July (Optional, St Camillus de Lellis, Priest) White (Optional, Blessed Richard Langhorne, Martyr) Red

Tuesday St Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church White 15 July

Bridgettine Convent Chapel: Anniversary of Opening

† Fr Thomas Feighan 2016 (St Augustine, High Wycombe)

Wednesday Feria Green 16 July (Optional, Our Lady of Mount Carmel) White

DIOCESAN PRAYER: DISCALCED CARMELITES

† Fr Joseph Clemente 1918 (St Ethelbert, Slough)

† Fr William Joly 1982 (Costessey)

† Fr Bernard Nesden 1999 (Hunstanton)

† Bishop Alan Clarke 2002 (Auxiliary Bishop of Northampton, and first Bishop of East Anglia)

† Canon Patrick Carey 2015 (Bourne End)

† Mgr Anthony Philpot 2016 (Cambridge)

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

17 July

Friday Feria Green

18 July (Optional, St Edburga of Bicester, Religious) White

Saturday Feria Green

19 July (Optional, Our Lady on Saturday) White

Sunday SIXTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Green

20 July (The memoria of St Apollinaris is not observed)

Psalter Week 4

DIOCESAN PRAYER: PARISH PASTORAL COUNCILS

† Fr Lawrence O’Toole 2010 (Sawston)

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday SIXTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Green 20 July (The memoria of St Apollinaris is not observed)

Psalter Week 4

† Fr Lawrence O’Toole 2010 (Sawston)

Monday Feria Green 21 July (Optional, St Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor of the Church) White

† Canon Denis McSweeney 2015 (Flitwick)

Tuesday ST MARY MAGDALENE, APOSTLE TO THE APOSTLES White 22 July

St Mary Magdalene, Stony Stratford: Patronal Festival

Wednesday ST BRIDGET, Religious, White 23 July Patron of Europe

Bridgettine Convent: Patronal Solemnity

CYCLE OF PRAYER: FOR EUROPE

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE BRIDGETTINE SISTERS (IVER HEATH)

† Fr Vincent MacRory 2013 (SS Philip and James, Bedford)

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

24 July (Optional, St Sharbel Makhlūf, Priest) White

† Fr Joseph Parr 1983 (Our Lady of Lourdes, Peterborough)

Friday ST JAMES, APOSTLE Red

25 July

On this day in 1933 Canon Laurence Youens was ordained 6th Bishop of Northampton

† Canon Stephen Longman 1885 (Oxburgh) † Fr Patrick Oates 1975 (Sacred Heart, Luton) † Mgr John Drury 2010 (Kirtling)

Saturday SS Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary White 26 July Day of prayer for grandparents

St Anne, Wendover: Patronal Solemnity

† Canon Edward Stokes 1961 (English Martyrs, Cambridge) † Fr Edward Rohan 1999 (Iver Heath)

Sunday SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

27 July

Psalter Week 1

St Aidan, Northampton: Anniversary of Dedication White

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

27 July

Psalter Week 1

St Aidan, Northampton: Anniversary of Dedication White

Monday Feria Green

28 July (Optional St Alphonsa of India, Religious) White

St Martin, Brackley: Anniversary of Blessing

JUBILEE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

† Fr Montgomery Fulcher 1973 (Stoke-by-Nayland)

Tuesday SS Martha, Mary and Lazarus White

29 July

St Peter, Marlow: Anniversary of Dedication

White

Wednesday Feria White

30 July (Optional,St PeterChrysologus,BishopandDoctor ofthe Church) White (Blessed Everard Hanse, Martyr) Red

DIOCESAN PRAYER: DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGES

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday St Ignatius of Loyola, Priest White

31 July

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois: Anniversary of Dedication White

Friday St Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church White 1 August

St Bernadine of Siena, Buckingham: Anniversary of Dedication White

† Mgr John Ryan 2008 (Olney)

Saturday Feria Green 2 August (Optional, St Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop) White (Optional, St Peter Julian Eymard, Priest) White (Optional, Saturday Mass of Our Lady) White

Sunday

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY

3 August (The Memoria of St Walthen is not observed)

Psalter Week 2

† Fr Hugh Byron 1993 (Wisbech)

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

3 August (The Memoria of St Walthen is not observed)

Psalter Week 2

† Fr Hugh Byron 1993 (Wisbech)

Monday St John Mary Vianney, Priest White

4 August

IOCESAN PRAYER: ALL PRIESTS IN ACTIVE MINISTRY

Tuesday Feria Green

5 August (Optional, The Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major) White

IOCESAN PRAYER: THE CLERGY WELFARE OFFICE

Wednesday THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD White

6 August

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

7 August (Optional, Sixtus II, Pope and Companions, Martyrs) Red (Optional, St Cajetan, Priest) White

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE PASTORAL MINISTRY OFFICE

Friday St Dominic, Priest White

8 August

Saturday ST TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS, VIRGIN AND MARTYR Red

9 August PATRON OF EUROPE

CYCLE OF PRAYER: A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND JEWS

CYCLE OF PRAYER: FOR EUROPE

10 August (The Feast of St Lawrence is not observed)

Psalter Week 3

† Canon Patrick Grogan 1940 (Wroxham Hall)

† Fr Thomas Walker 1949 (Gorleston)

† Fr Stephen Doupe 1972 (Hunstanton)

† Fr William Hughes 2005 (Our Lady, Luton)

† Dcn Michael Graney 2020 (St Gregory, Northampton)

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday NINTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

10 August (The Feast of St Lawrence is not observed)

Psalter Week 3

† Canon Patrick Grogan 1940 (Wroxham Hall)

† Fr Thomas Walker 1949 (Gorleston)

† Fr Stephen Doupe 1972 (Hunstanton)

† Fr William Hughes 2005 (Our Lady, Luton)

† Dcn Michael Graney 2020 (St Gregory, Northampton)

Monday St Clare, Virgin White 11 August

St Clare, Aylesbury: Patronal Solemnity

Tuesday Feria Green 12 August (Optional, St Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious) White

St Stanislaus, Northampton: Secondary Patronal Feast

Our Lady, Olney: Secondary Patronal Feast (Transferred)

Wednesday Feria Green 13 August (Optional, SS Pontian, Pope and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs Red

DIOCESAN PRAYER: SICK AND RETIRED CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday St Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr Red 14 August

Evening: 1st Vespers and Vigil Mass of the Assumption White

Friday THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY White 15 August

No Friday Abstinence

Our Lady of Charity, Daventry: Patronal Solemnity

Our Lady, Woburn Sands: Patronal Solemnity

Sacred Heart, Aston-le-Walls: Secondary Patronal Feast

† Fr William Oddy 2007 (Costessey)

Saturday Feria Green 16 August (Optional, St Stephen of Hungary) White (Optional, Saturday Mass of Our Lady) White

Sunday

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Green 17 August

Psalter Week 4

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE DIOCESAN MARRIAGE TRIBUNAL

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green 17 August

Psalter Week 4

Monday Feria Green 18 August

† Fr Ethelbert Payne 1976 (Wellingborough) † Dcn Michael Parslow 2002 (St Brendan, Corby)

Tuesday Feria Green 19 August (Optional, St John Eudes, Priest) White

St Joseph, Bedford: Anniversary of Dedication

Wednesday St Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church

20 August

DIOCESAN PRAYER: OLIVETAN BENEDICTINES (TURVEY) Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday St Pius X, Pope White 21 August

DIOCESAN PRAYER: PASTORAL AREA PASTORAL C

† Bishop Francis Amhurst 1883 (2nd Bishop of Northampton) † Fr John Lickert 1934 (Newmarket)

Friday The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary White 22 August

† Canon Norman Smith 2010 (Cathedral)

Saturday Feria Green 23 August (Optional, St Rose of Lima, Virgin) White (Optional, Saturday Mass of Our Lady) White

† Fr Joseph Mayne 1942 (Cathedral)

Sunday TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green 24 August (The Feast of St Bartholomew is not observed) Psalter Week 1

† Fr Andrew Kay 1932 (Slough) † Mgr Canon Arthur Brewer 1972 (Our Lady, Luton)

OUNCILS

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

24 August (The Feast of St Bartholomew is not observed)

Psalter Week 1

† Fr Andrew Kay 1932 (Slough)

† Mgr Canon Arthur Brewer 1972 (Our Lady, Luton)

Monday Feria Green

25 August (Optional, St Louis) White (Optional, St Joseph Calasanz, :Priest) White (Optional, Blessed Alice Rich, Martyr) Red

† Fr Benjamin Camilleri 2010 (Dallington) † Fr Maurice Leafe 2016 (Towcester)

Tuesday Feria Green

26 August (Optional, Blessed Dominic of the Mother of God, Priest) White

Our Lady of Czestochowa, Dunstable: Patronal Solemnity Our Lady, Olney: Anniversary of Dedication White White

† Mgr Canon William Hunting 1969 (Shefford)

Wednesday St Monica White

27 August

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE PASTORAL AREA OF SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (ST MONICA)

† Fr Frederick Lockyer 1954 (Bury St Edmunds)

† Dcn Robin Cooper 2003 (St Gregory, Northampton)

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday St Augustine, Bishop and Doctor White

28 August

St Augustine, Milton Keynes: Patronal Solemnity

St Augustine, Datchet: Patronal Solemnity

Our Lady, Daventry: Feast of Secondary Patron

Friday The Passion of St John the Baptist Red

29 August

Saturday Feria Green

30 August (Optional, SS Margaret Clitherow, Anne Line and Margaret Ward, Martyrs) (Optional, Saturday Mass of Our Lady) Red White

St Thomas, Caddington: Anniversary of Blessing

† Fr Patrick Crowe 2000 (Our Lady, Luton)

Sunday

31 August (The Memoria of St Aidan and the Saints of Lindisfarne is not observed)

Psalter Week 2

St Aidan, Kingsthorpe: Patronal Solemnity

St Aidan, Little Chalfont: Patronal Solemnity White White

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

31 August (The Memoria of St Aidan and the Saints of Lindisfarne is not observed)

Psalter Week 2

St Aidan, Kingsthorpe: Patronal Solemnity

St Aidan, Little Chalfont: Patronal Solemnity White White

Monday Feria Green 1 September

THESEASONOFCREATIONBEGINSTODAYANDCONTINUESUNTILOCTOBER6TH

CYCLE OF PRAYER: WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE CARE OF CREATION

Tuesday Feria Green 2 September

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE DIOCESAN FINANCE BOARD AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

† Fr Arthur Wallace 1898 (Convent, Ipswich)

Wednesday ST GREGORY THE GREAT, Pope and Doctor of the Church White 3 September

St Gregory, Northampton: Anniversary of Dedication

St Gregory, Northampton: Patronal Solemnity

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

4 September (Optional, St Cuthbert, Bishop) White

Sacred Heart, Bedford: Feast of Secondary Patron

† Fr Michael Geraghty 1952 (Felixstowe)

Friday Feria Green

5 September (Blessed William Brown, Martyr) Red † Fr Jim Marks 1996 (Chesham)

Saturday Feria Green

6 September (Saturday Mass of Our Lady) White

Sunday

7 September

Psalter Week 3

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Green

7 September

Psalter Week 3

Monday THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY White

8 September

Our Lady, Great Billing: Anniversary of Diocesan Shrine

† Fr Francis Glanfield 1986 (Cathedral) † Fr Hamish Swanston 2013

Tuesday Feria Green

9 September (Optional, St Peter Claver, Priest) White

† Fr Mortimer Flanagan 1946 (Swaffham)

Wednesday Feria Green 10 September

DIOCESAN PRAYER: POLISH SOCIETY OF CHRIST (DUNSTABLE)

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time 11 September Feria Green

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE DIOCESAN PASTORAL COUNCIL

† Canon William Burrows 1959 (St Pancras, Ipswich)

Friday Feria Green 12 September (Optional, The Most Holy Name of Mary) White

Our Lady of Peace, Burnham: Anniversary of Dedication White

Saturday St John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church White 13 September

Evening: 1st Vespers and Massof the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Sunday THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS Red 14 September

Holy Cross, Bedford: Patronal Solemnity

CYCLE OF PRAYER: EDUCATION DAY

DIOCESAN PRAYER: SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS (CHALFONT ST PETER)

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS Red 14 September

Holy Cross, Bedford: Patronal Solemnity

CYCLE OF PRAYER: EDUCATION DAY

Monday Our Lady of Sorrows White 15 September

Psalter Week 4, Lectionary Week 24

Our Lady of Sorrows, Eton: Patronal Solemnity

JUBILEE OF CONSOLATION

† Bishop Arthur Riddell 1907 (3rd Bishop of Northampton)

Tuesday SS Cornelius, Pope and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs Red 16 September

DIOCESAN PRAYER: OUR SCHOOLS AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT THEM

Wednesday Feria Green 17 September (Optional, St Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church) White

(Optional, St Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin and Doctor of the Church) White

DIOCESAN PRAYER: OUR SCHOOLS AND THOSE WHO WORK IN THEM

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

18 September

DIOCESAN PRAYER: OUR SCHOOLS AND ALL OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES

† Fr Ronald Waldie 1911 (Rushden) † Fr Francis Murphy 1994 (Marlow)

Friday Feria Green 19 September (Optional, St Januarius, Bishop and Martyr) (Optional,StTheodoreofCanterbury,Bishop) Red White

DIOCESAN PRAYER: OUR LADY IMMACULATE ACADEMY TRUST

† Fr George Miles 1931 (Stoke-by-Nayland)

Saturday St Andrew Kim Tae-gon and the martyrs of Korea Red 20 September

JUBILEE OF JUSTICE WORKERS

Week 1 of the Annual Parish Mass Count this week-end

† Mgr Graham Adams 2014 (Aston-le-Walls)

Sunday TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green 21 September (The Feast of St Matthew is not observed)

Psalter Week 1

Week 1 of the Annual Parish Mass Count this week-end

CYCLE OF PRAYER: EVANGELII GAUDIUM DAY

On this day in 1840 Rev. William Wareing was ordained as Bishop of Aristopolis in partibus infidelium and installed as Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern district.

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green 21 September (The Feast of St Matthew is not observed)

Psalter Week 1

Week 1 of the Annual Parish Mass Count this week-end CYCLE OF PRAYER: EVANGELII GAUDIUM DAY

On this day in 1840 Rev. William Wareing was ordained as Bishop of Aristopolis in partibus infidelium and installed as Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern district.

Monday Feria Green 22 September

Harvest Mass-Between 22-28 September, includingthe Sunday,a MassmaybecelebratedinThanksgiving forthefruits of theearth, or whenever Harvest Festivalsare held.(See October 5, CAFOD)

† Provost William Blackman 1911 (Great Billing) † Fr Brian Leatherland 2022 (Thrapston)

Tuesday St Pius of Pietrelcina

White 23 September DIOCESAN PRAYER: MISSION NORTHAMPTON

Wednesday OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM White 24 September

Our Lady, Kempston: Anniversary of Opening St Edward, Kettering: Anniversary of the Dedication

Our Lady of Walsingham, Corby: Patronal Solemnity Our Lady, Kempston: Patronal Solemnity

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

25 September

DIOCESAN PRAYER: ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY ACADEMY TRUST

† Fr Henry Colpman 1899 (Wisbech)

Friday Feria Green

26 September (Optional, SS Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs) Red

JUBILEE OF CATECHISTS

† Fr Edmund Golston 1990 (Woburn Sands)

† Fr Anthony Sketch 2012 (Lowestoft)

Saturday St Vincent de Paul, Priest White

27 September

DIOCESAN PRAYER: VINCENTIAN CONGREGATION

Week 2 of the Annual Parish Mass Count this week-end

† Canon William Moser 1911 (Peterborough)

Sunday TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

28 September (The memoriae of St Laurence Ruiz and the martyrs of Japan or St Wenceslaus are not observed)

Psalter Week 2

CYCLE OF PRAYER: MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES

Week 2 of the Annual Parish Mass Count this week-end

† Fr George Page 1937 (Wisbech)

† Canon Anthony Griffiths 2019 (Marlow)

† Fr John Leaver 1998 (Bletchley)

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

28 September June

(The memoriae of St Laurence Ruiz and the martyrs of Japan or St Wenceslaus are not observed)

Week 2 of the Annual Parish Mass Count this week-end

Psalter Week 2

CYCLE OF PRAYER: MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES

† Fr George Page 1937 (Wisbech)

† Canon Anthony Griffiths 2019 (Marlow)

† Fr John Leaver 1998 (Bletchley)

Monday SS MICHAEL, GABRIEL AND RAPHAEL, Archangels White

29 September

175th Anniversary Celebration, Cathedral at 12 Noon

On this day in 1850 the English Hierarchy was re-established and the Diocese of Northampton came into existence.

On this day in 1982 Fr Francis Thomas was ordained 9th Bishop of Northampton

† Dcn Jim Heath 2011 (St Joseph, Luton)

Tuesday St Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church White

30 September

Sacred Heart, Luton: Anniversary of Dedication

St Teresa, Beaconsfield: Anniversary of Dedication White White

Wednesday St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church White

1 October

St Teresa, Beaconsfield: Patronal Solemnity

St Teresa, Princes Risborough: Patronal Solemnity

SS Francis and Thérèse, Hunsbury: Secondary Patronal Feast

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday The Holy Guardian Angels White

2 October

† Dcn Peter Hurrell 2001 (Great Billing)

Friday Feria Green

3 October (Optional, St Thomas Cantiloupe, Bishop) White

St Teresa, Princes Risborough: Anniversary of Dedication White

CYCLE OF PRAYER: CAFOD HARVEST FAST DAY

† Fr John Maunsell 1999 (Aston-le-Walls)

Saturday St Francis of Assisi, Religious White

4 October

CYCLE OF PRAYER: SEASON OF CREATION ENDS

Week 3 of the Annual Parish Mass Count this week-end

SS Francis and Thérèse, Hunsbury: Patronal Solemnity

St Francis, Shefford: Patronal Solemnity

† Fr Francis Armstrong 1967 (Sheringham)

† Fr Cyril Henslow 1968 (Leighton Buzzard)

† Fr Geoffrey Crawford 1969 (Langley)

Sunday TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

5 October (The memoria of St Faustina is not observed)

Psalter Week 3

Week 3 of the Annual Parish Mass Count this week-end

CAFOD Harvest Fast Day collection (See note for 22 September)

JUBILEE OF MIGRANTS

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

5 October (The memoria of St Faustina is not observed)

Psalter Week 3

Week 3 of the Annual Parish Mass Count this week-end

CAFOD Harvest Fast Day collection (See note for 22 September)

JUBILEE OF MIGRANTS

Monday Feria Green

6 October (Optional, St Bruno, Priest) White

Our Lady of Charity, Daventry: Anniversary of Dedication White

† Canon Robert Pate 1911 (Notre Dame, Northampton) † Fr Malcolm Cowan 1984 (Wymondham)

Tuesday Our Lady of the Rosary White

7 October

Our Lady of the Rosary, Yelvertoft: Patronal Solemnity

Wednesday Feria Green

8 October (Optional, St Osyth, Abbess) White

JUBILEE OF CONSECRATED LIFE

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday ST JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, PRIEST White 9 October

St John Henry Newman, High Wycombe: Patronal Solemnity

Friday Feria Green

10 October (Optional, St Paulinus of York, Bishop) White (Optional,StDenisandthemartyrsofParis) Red (Optional,StJohnLeonardi,Priest) White

DIOCESAN PRAYER: ST PAUL’S SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP,MILTON KEYNES

† Fr William Lowndes 1929 (St Pancras, Ipswich)

Saturday Feria Green

Week 3 of the Annual Parish Week 3 of the Annual Parish Mass Count this week-end Week 3 of the (Optional, Saturday Mass of Our Lady) White

St Columba, Chesham: Anniversary of Dedication White Week 4 of the Annual Parish Mass Count this week-end

JUBILEE OF MARIAN SPIRITUALITY

† Pope Boniface VIII (Benede o Gaetani) 1303 (Towcester)

Sunday TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green) 12 October (The memoria of St Wilfrid of York is not observed)

Psalter Week 4

CYCLE OF PRAYER: PRISONS WEEK (12TH –18TH OCTOBER) Week 4 of the Annual Parish Mass Count this week-end

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green) 12 October (The memoria of St Wilfrid of York is not observed)

Psalter Week 4

CYCLE OF PRAYER: PRISONS WEEK (12TH –18TH OCTOBER)

Week 4 of the Annual Parish Mass Count this week-end

Monday Feria Green 13 October (Optional, St Edward the Confessor) White

St Edward, Kettering: Pastoral Solemnity

St Edward, Milton Keynes: Patronal Solemnity

CYCLE OF PRAYER: PRISONS WEEK (12 – 18 OCTOBER)

† Fr Robert Middleton 1906 (Bedford) † Fr Thomas Scott 1928 (Aylesbury)

Tuesday Feria Green 14 October (Optional, St Callistus I, Pope and martyr) Red

CYCLE OF PRAYER: PRISONS WEEK (12 – 18 OCTOBER)

DIOCESAN PRAYER: PRISON CHAPLAINCIES

Wednesday St Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church White 15 October

CYCLE OF PRAYER: PRISONS WEEK (12 – 18 OCTOBER)

† Fr Edgar Hardwick 1971 (Coldham Cottage)

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

16 October (Optional, St Hedwig, Religious) White (Optional, St Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin) White

CYCLE OF PRAYER: PRISONS WEEK (12 – 18 OCTOBER)

† Dcn Thomas Newland 1989 (Norwich)

Friday St Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr Red 17 October

St John Ogilvie, Corby: Anniversary of Dedication White

CYCLE OF PRAYER: PRISONS WEEK (12 – 18 OCTOBER)

† Fr Michael Sellers 1987 (Wolverton)

Saturday ST LUKE, EVANGELIST Redf 18 October

CYCLE OF PRAYER: PRISONS WEEK (12 – 18 OCTOBER)

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE PASTORAL AREA OF NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (ST LUKE)

JUBILEE OF THE MISSIONARY WORLD

† Fr James Sloan 1988 (Southwold)

Sunday TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

19 October (The memoriae of St John Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and martyrs of Canada and St Paul of the Cross are not observed)

Psalter Week 1

St Augustine, High Wycombe: Anniversary of Dedication

CYCLE OF PRAYER: WORLD MISSIONS DAY

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

19 October (The memoriae of St John Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and martyrs of Canada and St Paul of the Cross are not observed)

Psalter Week 1

St Augustine, High Wycombe: Anniversary of Dedication

CYCLE OF PRAYER: WORLD MISSIONS DAY

Monday Feria Green 20 October

Holy Cross, Bedford: Anniversary of Dedication St Frances Cabrini, Bedford: Anniversary of Dedication White White

Tuesday Feria Green 21 October

DIOCESAN PRAYER: DIOCESAN EDUCATION SERVICE

Wednesday Feria Green 22 October (Optional, St John Paul II, Pope) White

IOCESAN PRAYER: UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE AND SCHOOL C

HAPLAINCIES

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

23 October (Optional, St John of Capistrano, Priest) White

Holy Redeemer, Slough: Patronal Solemnity White

† Fr Kenneth Payne 2022 (Little Chalfont)

Friday Feria Green

24 October (Optional, St Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop) White

† Canon Bernard Smith 1903 (Marlow)

† Mgr Provost Frank Diamond 1992 (Great Billing)

Saturday Feria Green

25 October (Optional, Saturday Mass of Our Lady) White

DIOCESAN PRAYER: FRANSALIAN FATHERS

† Fr Henry Wace 2002 (Dereham)

Sunday THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

26 October (The memoriae of SS Chad and Cedd or St Alfred the Great are not observed)

Psalter Week 2

† Canon William Hammond 1900 (Aston-le-Walls)

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

26 October (The memoriae of SS Chad and Cedd or St Alfred the Great are not observed)

Psalter Week 2

† Canon William Hammond 1900 (Aston-le-Walls)

Monday Feria Green

27 October

DIOCESAN PRAYER: SISTERS OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS (MILTON KEYNES)

Tuesday SS SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES Red

28 October

DIOCESAN PRAYER: CARITAS NORTHAMPTON

Wednesday Feria Green

29 October

DIOCESAN PRAYER: ONGOING FORMATION IN THE DIOCESE

† Fr William Bainbridge 1970 (High Wycombe)

† Fr Christopher Roberts 1999 (Kingsthorpe)

† Dcn Michael Stephenson 2009 (Wendover)

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

30 October

JUBILEE OF THE EDUCATIONAL WORLD

Friday Feria Green

31 October

† MgrAnthonyMcDermott 2022 (StAidan,Northampton)

Saturday Feria Green

1 November (Optional, Saturday Mass of Our Lady) White

St John, Luton: Anniversary of Opening

Evening: 1st Vespers and Mass of All Saints White

Sunday ALL SAINTS White

2 November

All Saints, Bletchley: Patronal Solemnity

† Provost Frederick Charles Husenbeth 1872 (Costessey)

† Fr Dominic Rafferty 2006 (Guardian Angels, Aylesbury)

† Canon Michael Griffiths 2017 (Our Lady, Corby)

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday ALL SAINTS White

2 November

All Saints, Bletchley: Patronal Solemnity

† Provost Frederick Charles Husenbeth 1872 (Costessey) † Fr Dominic Rafferty 2006 (Guardian Angels, Aylesbury) † Canon Michael Griffiths 2017 (Our Lady, Corby)

Monday THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED Purple

3 November (The memoriae of St Martin de Porres, St Winifride, or St Rumwold are not observed)

St Martin de Porres, Luton: Patronal Solemnity transferred to Wednesday November 5

Tuesday St Charles Borromeo, Bishop White

4 November Psalter Week 3

DIOCESAN PRAYER: SCALABRINI FATHERS

† Fr Robert Allen 1953 (Lowestoft) † Mgr Canon Joseph McShee 1971 (Costessey)

Wednesday Feria Green

5 November

St Martin de Porres, Luton: Patronal Solemnity (Transferred) White

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

6 November

DIOCESAN PRAYER: DECEASED CLERGY OF OUR DIOCESE

Friday Feria Green

7 November (Optional, St Willibrord, Bishop) White

† Mgr Valentine Elwes 1966 (Clapham Park)

† Fr Brian Nightingale 1983 (St Oswald, Peterborough)

Saturday Feria Green

8 November (Optional, Blessed Duns Scotus, Priest) White (Optional, Saturday Mass of Our Lady) White

Our Lady Help of Christians, Luton: Anniversary of opening

Evening: 1st Vespers and Mass of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

Sunday THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA

9 November

Remembrance Sunday On this day one Mass may be celebrated for the fallen in war

St Wulstan, High Wycombe: Anniversary of Dedication

White

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA White 9 November

Remembrance Sunday

On this day one Mass may be celebrated for the fallen in war

St Wulstan, High Wycombe: Anniversary of Dedication

Monday St Leo the Great, Pope White 10 November Psalter Week 4

Tuesday St Martin of Tours, Bishop White 11 November Armistice Day

St Martin, Brackley: Patronal Solemnity

† Canon Henry St Leger Mason 1940 (Southwold) † Fr Basil Jones 1974 (Thetford)

Wednesday St Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr Red 12 November

† Fr Raymond Kerby 2009 (St Ives)

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

13 November

† Fr Augustine Wilkinson 1934 (Coldham Cottage)

Friday Feria Green

14 November

† Bishop Laurence Youens 1939 (6th Bishop of Northampton)

† Fr William Arrowsmith 1954 (Brantham)

Saturday Feria Green

15 November (Optional,St Albert theGreat, Bishop andDoctor of theChurch) White (Optional,SaturdayMassof Our Lady) White Sunday

16 November (The memoriae of St Margaret of Scotland, St Gertrude or St Edmund of Abingdon are not observed)

Psalter Week 1

St Margaret of Scotland, Luton: Patronal Solemnity White

CYCLE OF PRAYER: WORD DAY FOR THE POOR

JUBILEE OF THE POOR

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Green

16 November (The memoriae of St Margaret of Scotland, St Gertrude or St Edmund of Abingdon are not observed)

Psalter Week 1

St Margaret of Scotland, Luton: Patronal Solemnity (Transferred)

White CYCLE OF PRAYER: WORD DAY FOR THE POOR

JUBILEE OF THE POOR

Monday Feria Green

17 November (Optional, St Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious)

White (Optional, St Hilda, Religious)

White

White (Optional, St Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop)

† Fr J Richard B Smith 1971 (Thornton College)

Tuesday Feria Green

18 November (Optional, the Dedication of the Basilicas of SS Peter and Paul) White

† Fr Bryan Houghton 1992 (Bury St Edmunds)

Wednesday Feria Green

19 November

† Canon Thomas Walmsley-Carter 1938 (Sheringham)

Ordo

Season of Ordinary Time

Thursday Feria Green

20 November (Optional, St Ragener, Martyr) Red

Friday The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary White 21 November

JUBILEE OF CHOIRS AND SINGING GROUPS

JUBILEE CELEBRATION FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES (ENGLAND & WALES)

St Margaret of Scotland, Luton: Anniversary of Opening

† Fr John Kemp 1882

† Fr William Barker 1958 (Fakenham)

† Fr Donald Jenkinson 1977 (Kettering)

Saturday St Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr Red 22 November

DIOCESAN PRAYER: PARISH MUSICIANS

† Canon Patrick Rogers 1918 (St Pancras, Ipswich)

Evening: 1st Vespers and Mass of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

Sunday OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE White

23 November (The memoriae of St Clement I and St Columban are not observed)

CYCLE OF PRAYER: YOUTH DAY

Season of Ordinary Time

Sunday OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE White

23 November (The memoriae of St Clement I and St Columban are not observed)

CYCLE OF PRAYER: YOUTH DAY

Monday St Andrew Dũng-Lac and the martyrs of Vietnam Red

24 November Psalter Week 2

DIOCESAN PRAYER: THE KING VICARIATE

† Canon Dan Cronin 2009 (St Brendan, Corby)

Tuesday Feria Green

25 November (Optional, St Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr) Red (Optional, St Alnoth, Martyr) Red

DIOCESAN PRAYER: NYMO AND THOSE INVOLVED IN YOUTH MINISTRY

† Provost Hugh Parker 1961 (Gorleston)

Wednesday Feria Green

26 November

DIOCESAN PRAYER: CANONS REGULAR OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

† Dcn Edward Connelly 2015 (Burnham)

Ordo

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Catholic Communications Network World Communications Sunday

Bishops’ Conference Day for Life

Holy See Peter’s Pence

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Catholic Education Service Education Sunday

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