He is Risen, He is Risen Indeed.

In Jesus' day, when a carpenter completed a job, it was customary for him to wash his hands, dry them on a linen cloth, fold it and leave it on top of his work. That cloth was his trademark and whoever inspected it knew that the work was finished. On Easter Sunday, Peter saw the burial cloth that had been wound round Jesus' head; it was folded up, all by itself and apart from other grave cloths. This was also a sign that the work of Jesus' here on earth, was coming to an end and his Apostles would be tasked with spreading the word of God.

We all try to contribute to the "Charity Bottle" that we have in all three churches in our parish, supporting the valuable work of our missionaries.

It was nearing Easter and a missionary working in a small mountain village, had been teaching the villagers about the life of Jesus, when he managed to obtain a copy of a film portraying the life and death of our Lord. The whole of the village gathered together to watch the film, seated on the ground around the screen. They watched scenes of Jesus performing many miracles and preaching to vast crowds of people, they watched the raising from the dead of his friend Lazarus and they were all amazed. Then the film moved on to the arrest, trial and crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday. The crowd fell silent and as Jesus died on the cross, the women in the village cried at the loss of their Saviour. Suddenly, a little boy at the back rushed forward, grabbed his mother's hand and said, "Don't cry mummy, he gets up again, I've seen this film before!"

The resurrection is at the very core of our Christian faith and the fact that, "He gets up again" ensures that we too will rise up to a new life after death.

"Now get busy, bring the message, so that all may come to know.
There is hope for saint and sinner, for our Lord has loved us so."

If you are part of a family and everyone is, you are most welcome come to a short discussion on how we might set up Family Groups in the Parish, this
will be after the 9:15 Mass at Saint Gregory's, on the 19th of May and will be held in the church, following Mass


HANDMAIDS WOMEN'S PRAYER MEETING: NO MEETING IN APRIL. Next meeting will be Friday 3rd May from 7:00 - 8:30pm at Corpus Christi Church, Neville Road, Leeds LS9 0HD. Led by the Franciscan Sisters of Renewal. For more information please call 0113 2350573.


CATHOLIC YOUTH WORK TRAINING: for anyone who works with young people or is interested in finding out more about Catholic Youth Work. Wednesday 1st May 2019, 7pm - 9pm, Hinsley Hall, Leeds. Please see poster for further details.



Newman Weekly Draw 01/20

£25 302 V Vanni Ringwoods
£10 001 C McHale Pendas
£ 5 286 C Christi Swillington
£ 5 393 J Cockshutt Halton
£ 5 294 J Cohen Halton

There are a few subscriptions still outstanding. To keep the prizes as the same as the last draw with the extra £50 on the final week we need to collect the few outstanding subscriptions. If this is you could you please pay the collector as soon as possible? Thanks to all for their continued support.


St Gregory's Church - Can you spare some time to help the cleaning team on a Friday morning? Please contact Carmel on 2732992 for more details.


Tea & Coffee at Corpus Christi Church after the 10.30am Mass on Sunday 28th April.


St Theresa's Rainbows require 2 ladies (18+) to leas fun activities for 5-7 years old girls, starting as soon as possible after Easter. The Rainbows meet weekly during term time with occasional outside activities. Training and support is available. Please contact Jenny Cullen on 2956031 for further information.


EASTER EGGS: HMP Leeds is looking to source chocolate Easter eggs for Catholic prisoners to enjoy some Eastertide celebration. Drop-off can be arranged at the prison gate where a member of the chaplaincy team can collect. If this proves complicated, contact Chris (Catholic Chaplain): 0113 203 2704 (daytime); 07596 821564 (night/weekends); Christopher.White3@hmps.gsi.gov.uk


Christian Aid Envelopes: Thank you for your support and help to all whom over the many years to help deliver & collect the envelopes. This year there will be no collection due to costs in the resources. Tony Ware.


APF (Red boxes) are due to be emptied over the next few weeks.


Coach to the MARCH FOR LIFE (London) - Saturday 11th May. Join thousands from across the country to March for Life. The day will be full of workshops, inspirational talks and prayer. See marchforlife.co.uk for more info. Coach leaving Hinsley Hall at 6:30am & returning by 10:30pm, Saturday 11th May. Contact Kate at 07505 767415 or email leedstomarchforlife@gmail.com to book a seat.


Short courses at Hinsley Hall (starting 7th May). In May & June 2019 there will be another group of short courses offered. The choice this time will be Catholic Schools and Religious Education, Family Life Ministry or Youth Ministry.

For further details of any of these courses please contact Emma on 0113 261 8040 or evangelisation.admin@dioceseofleeds.org.uk. See poster on the notice board.


Library in St Theresa's quiet room: You may have seen the new bookcase in the quiet room with many books which can be borrowed and return at your leisure. Please use this at any time.


Overflow Carpark for St Theresa's Church: Reminder access via Well Garth to the back of the Newman Centre is open from 7.45am - 12.30pm on a Sunday.


Down Memory Lane Café for families affected by Dementia on the 1st Wednesday of each month starting 5th December run by Wm Dodgsons at Lupton Ave. See poster for more details.