Baptisms at St Robert's
Sunday 18th October at the 11am Mass
The next baptism Mass is planned for 11am on Sunday 18th October. If you would like to have your child baptised, please call or email the office to make an appointment to meet with Fr Simon to discuss the sacrament.
PASTORAL LETTER TO PARISH COMMUNITIES AND LAY FAITHFUL FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE INTER-DIOCESAN CONSULTATION PROCESS DIOCESES OF LEEDS, MIDDLESBROUGH AND HALLAM
Music plays an important part in our worship at St Robert’s, helping us to pray, celebrate and participate more fully in the Mass. We are always keen to welcome new singers and musicians who might be willing to share their gifts with the parish.
Whether you are an experienced musician or singer, or simply someone who
New parishioners at St Robert's are invited to a welcome event in the parish centre starting at 4pm on Sunday 27th September. Fr Simon, our parish administrator Caroline, members of the parish pastoral council and others involved in parish activities will be present to explain various aspects of parish life and to ans
The Journey in Faith group is open to seekers already attending Mass at St Robert's and who wish to be accompanied on their journey of discovery to find out what God is calling them to. The group tends to meet on a Tuesday evening a couple of times a month and, while we follow a programme of instruction, it's a relaxed
Congratulations to all our children and volunteers who spent an enormously fulfilling and joyful week of mornings together in the parish centre on this years Holiday Bible Camp. Learning about the virtues of responsibility, trust, respect and humility through the lives of the saints and the patterns of our faith, the
Grief is a heavy burden to carry alone. This is a relaxed, welcoming drop-in where you can talk about loss or just sit with others who understand. Volunteer hosts are here to listen, not to diagnose or advise. You’re welcome whether your loss was recent or years ago. The sessions will run fortnightly with the next one
St Robert's parishioners recently took part in the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes, sharing in a wonderful spiritual journey of faith and fellowship. During the pilgrimage, many prayers were offered for our parish community at the Blessed Grotto, entrusting our intentions to the intercession of Our Lady of Lourdes.
As mentioned at Mass, during the week the newly carved stone cross, which replaces the crumbling Victorian one taken down on safety grounds a couple of years' ago, was installed high above the main door of the church.
Recently we had a new session of 'Apologia', in which Sr Patsy McDonald led us expertly through elements of the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum). A large crowd of parishioners gathered to consider the nature of the 'Word of God', how the Church interprets Scripture well, the place of Sacred Trad
Thank you to Bill Clisham for organising last week's mens' evening and to Katherine and Micheline who kindly provided wonderful food. It was an evening of tremendous fellowship and good will, with many meeting new friends in the parish. Please look out for the next meeting in the autumn.