St John Henry Newman Parish

Welcome to our Parish page.

 This page has information about our links with the Parish of Saint John Henry Newman including links to the parish website and Mass times in the different Churches in our parish.

Thank you to all the families who attended the family Mass at St Theresa's and St Gregory's. The children always read and sing beautifully and it is wonderful to gather in prayer as a home, parish and school community. A massive thank you to Canon Pat and Fr Benjamin, Mrs Dowd and members of the Parish.

Our Parish Priest is Canon Pat Wall and he is ably assisted by Fr Benjamin Hilton and Fr Rino.  

Contact details 

Please note new Parish email address: office.stjohnnewman@dioceseofleeds.org.uk

Parish Mass

Mass times at the various parish churches are as follows:

St Gregory’s, Swarcliffe Drive, Leeds, LS14 5AW

• Saturday Evening Vigil Mass: 6.30pm
• Sunday, 9.15am with Children’s Liturgy

St Theresa’s, Station Road, LS15 7JY

• Sunday, 8.15am;  10.15am with Children’s Liturgy and 6pm

Corpus Christi, Neville Road, LS9 0HD

• Sunday, 10.30am with Children’s Liturgy

As a Catholic school we strongly encourage all our Catholic families to take their children to Mass to fulfil their Sunday obligation, especially those preparing to receive the sacraments of Holy Communion and First Confession.

We celebrate Holy Mass in school as often as we can; these are beautiful celebrations and we very much look forward to them as a worshipping community.  We are very blessed that we have some many parents, grandparents and members of the parish who join us for Mass.  

Sacramental Preparation:

Sacramental preparation is now fully Parish based through Family Catechesis led by member of Saint John Henry Newman parish.  This is coordinated by Mrs Maureen Fletcher who can be contacted through the Parish offices.  Sacramental preparation has changed fundamentally across the whole Diocese of Leeds in recent years and it is now entirely based in the family.  Below is an outline of the changes:

First Reconciliation will take place when children are in Y3 (7-8 years old)

First Holy Communion will take place when children are in Y4 (8-9 years old)

Confirmation will take place when children are in Y6 (10-11 years old).  Preparation for this will begin in Y5.

The rationale behind this is to complete all the initiation sacraments before children enter High School so that the Church can focus on young people developing their faith in a more evangelical way… see themselves as ambassadors for Christ.  Justice and Peace will be at the heart of what they will do as well as acts of pilgrimage, good works and service to others especially the poor.

Bishop Marcus’s vision is that preparation for the sacraments should be based around the family not just the school.  Parents are the first educators in the faith and he wants them to take a greater share in the preparation for these major signposts in their children’s lives; this helps them to fulfil the promises made at Baptism.  

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