Significance Festival Weekend

YMT look forward to welcoming you to the Significance Festival Weekend this June, in particular for the main event on Saturday 29th June, from 10am onwards. There will be a fayre of stalls and activities, sessions for children and young people, guest speakers and live music, spread across the Emmaus Youth Village, which will be open for you to enjoy in the beautiful Derwent Valley! We welcome everyone to gather for Mass for the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul at 3.15pm, with Bishop Stephen, followed by a BBQ and Ceilidh in the evening. Individuals, families, and parish groups are all welcome. For additional details and to book, please email Nicole at nsalkeld@ymt.org. Single or shared accommodation and camping areas are available to book (all self-catered), for Friday and Saturday nights. Tickets for the Saturday evening BBQ are £10 each. Entry on Saturday for the speakers, fayre, Mass, and ceilidh is FREE (additional charges apply for accommodation, camping and the BBQ) - but we hope this day will be welcoming, fun and affordable for all the family and individuals of all ages!

Please see posters below

Requiem Mass of Bridget Grehan-Bradley

The Requiem Mass of the late Bridget Grehan-Bradley will take place at St. Godric's on Wednesday, 12 June at 12.00pm, followed by Private family burial in South Road Cemetery, Durham at 1.30pm.

World Children's Day 2024

Today is the first World Children’s Day, a day to celebrate all the children in the church around the world. This idea was suggested to Pope Francis by a 9 year old boy called Alessandro last July. The Pope told him that he liked the idea very much, and now Pope Francis has made Alessandro’s idea come to life!

In our bidding prayers today we prayed for all the children in our Parish.

For all children in our Parish on this first World’s Children Day declared by Pope Francis. May they be guided in prayer by family, teachers and community and know that they are precious in God’s eyes, a source of great joy and a sign of everyone’s desire to grow and flourish.

Lord, in Your mercy.

Children's Liturgy today was filled with activities created by the Diocese for the special day. If you would like to take part in these activities at home with your families they are here:

• Information from the Diocese

• Pope Francis' Letter to the Children

• Pope Francis' five finger prayer

• Hand templates

• wordsearches

• colouring pages

CLOW session for WCD 2024-merged

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