As you will be aware, England enters into a second lock-down from Thursday 5th November until 2nd December. At this time, acts of communal worship i.e. Holy Mass, are no longer allowed. We will however remain open for private prayer. Meanwhile Mass will be streamed live via our Youtube channel. As always, we ask visitors … [Read more…]
From Saturday 24th October, Doncaster will be in Tier 3 and under tighter Covid-19 restrictions. Public worship is still allowed so, at present, all Masses and services will continue as planned. Worshippers must only attend on their own or in an established family/support bubble and avoid socialising with anyone from another household. It will be … [Read more…]
NOTICE TO ALL REGISTERED CAR PARK USERS ST PETER-IN-CHAINS CATHOLIC CHURCH CHEQUER ROAD, DONCASTER, 2N1 2AA Tel: 01302 342068 email: doncaster@catholicweb.com CORONA VIRUS / COVID-19 SUSPENSION OF CAR PARKING CHARGES Dear Car Park User, We are aware that many of you are unable to work at the current time or are working adjusted work patterns … [Read more…]
Streaming of Mass: The Mass on Sunday at 10 am is ‘live steamed’ via YouTube. This is provided for the housebound, and those who continue to need to shield. We keep them in our prayers. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx_0j0F2_0jcfbkykfxDvlg There are several other sites that feature live and recorded services including Holy Mass. These include broadcasts from the … [Read more…]
Full Closure of Catholic Churches Following the Prime Minister’s historic announcement on 23 March, strengthening restrictions in an attempt to combat the spread of COVID-19, Catholic Churches are closed to the public at this time. More Information can be found here: https://www.cbcew.org.uk/home/our-work/health-social-care/coronavirus-guidelines/ Parish Collections For several weeks we have not had any Sunday Masses, and therefore … [Read more…]
Grand Re-opening of the St. Peter-in-Chains’ Church Hall with Bishop Ralph Sunday 9th February 2020 Bishop Ralph braved the stormy conditions in Doncaster yesterday to celebrate Holy Mass at St. Peter-in-Chains, Doncaster and officially open and bless the newly renovated Church Hall. After celebrating Holy Mass, Bishop Ralph blessed the hall and cut the ribbon … [Read more…]
“Let The Children Live! is a small Registered Charity with an enormous and vital task to perform: Our mission is to save and transform the lives of as many street-children as we can, and to prevent other boys and girls from having to take to the streets at all. But to do this, we need … [Read more…]
St Peter-in-Chains, Doncaster, celebrated yet another successful pilgrimage to holy sites connected with the Shrine and Our Lady’s Garden in Doncaster. The Shrine Guardians, led by Pauline Allan, organised a two day pilgrimage to St. Albans, Aylesford Priory and the Shrine of St. Jude in Faversham. On our way, Fr. Darren Reid led pilgrims in … [Read more…]
Devotion to Our Lady of Doncaster has existed since the Middle Ages and was one of the country’s most important pilgrimage sites. It was located in the priory of the Carmelite Friars, and became especially prominent after the intercession of Our Lady was deemed by the townsfolk to have saved some people from drowning in … [Read more…]
On 2nd June, during our 10am Mass over forty of our Parish’s children received their First Holy Communion. It was a really wonderful ocassion. The Church was full with regular parishioners as well as many families and friends of the children. After Mass the First Communicants and their families gathered in the Parish Hall … [Read more…]