Advent begins this year on 1st December. In the Catholic Church, Advent is a period of preparation extending over the four Sundays before Christmas. The word Advent comes from the Latin advenio, “to come to,” and refers to the coming of Christ. And the term the coming includes three references: first of all, to our … [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…]
October is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, which is celebrated each year, commemorates the great navy victory of the Christians over the Turks in 1571. At that battle, the Battle of Lepanto, sixty-five thousand men prayed the Rosary for three hours and took part in … [Read more…]
Please follow the link below to the Doncaster Free Press coverage of the re-opening of the new Maridon Bookshop: https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/business/iconic-doncaster-bookshop-to-re-open-in-new-a-location-after-being-shut-for-a-year-491622
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…]
The Church is not the buildings. The Church is the people of God called out to worship the Lord and spread the Good News of the Kingdom. We are all called to work in “The Vineyard of the Lord”. A few months ago some parishioners came together to form a Parish Council. They have been … [Read more…]
The Parish is proud of it’s success in promoting many bilingual celebrations, notably at Easter and Christmas and Corpus Christi. Other events aimed particularly at the Polish Community take place on a regular basis. For times of Mass and Reconciliation in Polish see our Mass times page. ‘Parafia Doncaster’ also has a page on Facebook … [Read more…]
Corpus Christi, (Latin, Body of Christ), festival of the Catholic Church honours the real presence of Christ in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. Established by Pope Urban IV in 1264, the feast falls on the first Sunday after Trinity. The Doncaster Deanery holds an annual ‘Corpus Christi Procession’ through the Town on … [Read more…]