Welcome to the Parish of Our Lady and St Philip Neri Website which we hope you find helpful whether you are a parishioner or a visitor. If you have an enquiry, please either email the Parish Office stmarysphilip@aol.co.uk or telephone 0191 460 4274.
The Parish Secretary, Julie Hindmarsh, will be in the Parish Office at Immaculate Heart Presbytery this week Tuesday – Friday between 10am – 2pm. She can also be contacted Tuesday – Friday, 10am – 2pm by email stmarysphilip@aol.co.uk or by telephone 0191 460 4274/07891 162205.
PARISH NEWSLETTER The latest edition is available here
THE REGULAR TIMES OF SATURDAY VIGIL/SUNDAY MORNING MASSES IN OUR THREE CHURCHES ARE:
Saturday 5.30pm at St Philip Neri Church, Ellison Road, Dunston NE8 2QU
Sunday 9.00am at St Mary’s Church, Dockendale Lane, Whickham NE16 4EN
Sunday 10.30am at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Malvern Gardens, Lobley Hill NE11 9LL
Public weekday Masses this week are as advertised in the Parish Newsletter
RETURNING TO MASS AT PENTECOST An invitation from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales to ‘Return to Mass at Pentecost’ was approved by the Plenary Assembly of the Bishops’ Conference on Friday 6 May 2022.
VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF ABUSE DAY OF PRAYER 17 MAY 2022 To view information, resources and Bishop Robert’s message for this Day of Prayer, please click here
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR ANNUAL APPEAL Online donations can be made here
SICK AND RETIRED PRIESTS/NORTHERN BRETHREN FUND (NBF) If you would like to contribute to the NBF which supports our Diocesan sick and retired priests, you can do so via the Diocesan website donate page here
UKRAINE HUMANITARIAN APPEAL If you would like to donate to CAFOD’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal (part of the UK Disasters Emergency Committee Appeal), you can do so online at www.cafod.org.uk/Ukraine
OUTREACH HOUSING GATESHEAD Donations via the Diocesan Website can be made here
UPDATE FROM BALAMMA SATRAM, APRIL 2022 Click here for the letter in full, Easter Blessings and photographs
Current Diocesan COVID-19 Controls for the safe use of our churches – arrangements for attending churches in our Parish are as follows:
- If you are displaying any symptoms of Covid-19 you should stay at home and not travel to church or participate in person
- Stewards will continue for the time being
- Hand sanitiser will continue to be offered as you enter and leave church
- Face coverings – those who wish to wear a face covering may do so during the celebration of Mass
- Social Distancing – there is no requirement for social distancing but we should continue to be sensitive to the wishes of other people
- Ventilation – it is still important to ventilate our buildings. This has the effect of diluting and dispersing viral particles
- Holy Communion will continue to be distributed under one kind
- The Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confession – see times on the front page of the Newsletter
- For the most recent guidance published by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) and the Government, please follow the link here