St John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Easingwold

16/01/2026

Come and join us for our Annual Ecumenical Celebration of Mary Ward's life and heritage on Sunday 25th January at 4pm in St Thomas's Church.

Everyone is welcome and refreshments will be served afterwards.

23/12/2025

Christmas Mass Times: Wed 24 @ 8:00pm (with carols); Thursday 25: 9:15am and 10:30 (with carols).

08/12/2025

Not long to go until our Christmas concert with a fabulous range of songs and performances to get you feeling festive! Do come along if you can! 🎶🎅🧑‍🎄🎶

11/10/2025

As we celebrate the blessing of harvest, Eve and David from Ampleforth Benefice have been reflecting on the importance of supporting Middlesbrough Food Bank, a vital lifeline for so many in the Diocese of Middlesbrough.

Over the last eleven months, total deliveries to the Middlesbrough Food Bank from both Ampleforth Benefice and Ampleforth Hub/ Easingwold Hub combined have included 1704kg of goods and £2,598 in monetary donations, making them the Food Bank’s largest regular private donor.

Read the full reflection on our website https://www.ampleforthabbey.org.uk/news/sharing-gods-bounty

07/09/2025

Imagine their thoughts? Andrea Acutis and Antonia Salzano the parents of Carlo Acutis will witness their son canonized as the first Millenial Saint! Historic!

05/09/2025

The Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) has recently launched a survey aimed at victims and survivors, with a particular focus on how dioceses and Religious Life Groups (RLGs) respond to those who have suffered abuse. The primary focus is on those who have had contact with a RLG or Church since July 2024 in relation to this abuse.

At Ampleforth Abbey, we are keen to encourage survivors and victims to contribute to this survey so that their experiences can help to make a meaningful and positive difference to the support that Churches and Religious Life Groups can offer.

More information about this initiative and a link to the survey can be found on our website, where you can also read more about our commitment to safeguarding and supporting survivors of abuse:

The Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) has recently launched a Thematic Audit on Survivor Engagement and Support, with a particular focus on how dioceses and Religious Life Groups (RLGs) respond to those who have suffered abuse.

24/04/2025

There's been discussion on Social Media about St George's day, and why it was not on 23 April as usual. This is the relevant page from the Ordo, which is the book advising the Priest about which Feast is celebrated on which day. You can see this year, because of Easter, the solemnity of St George has been transferred to 28 April. Just in case you were worried!

22/04/2025

From The Times today.

22/04/2025

Following the death of our Holy Father Pope Francis yesterday morning, the Ampleforth monastic community invite you to join them at a Requiem Mass in the Abbey Church at 9.30am Saturday 26th April.

We heard the news of his death with great sorrow, and pray for the safe passage of his soul as he returns to the house of the Father. May he rest in peace.

22/04/2025

Bishop Terry will celebrate Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral at 9.30am tomorrow (Tuesday) for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis. He also gave this reaction to the news…

I heard the truly shocking news as I switched on the TV to listen to the morning news. Although Pope Francis has been struggling with his health over the last few months, it appeared that he was making progress.
He had made several appearances during the last few days, over Holy Week. And yesterday, Easter Sunday, he appeared on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica to wish the crowds present, and indeed all the world, a happy Easter and gave us his blessing.
So, to hear this morning, Easter Monday, that the Holy Father had died was a genuine shock. However, I truly believe that from the moment he was elected Pope right up until the last breath he accepted the role of Peter, the papacy, as a gift from God and trusted that he would be given all that was needed to fulfil the role.
He was not afraid to show his own weakness and vulnerability right up to the end, believing that God could work through his frailty and teaching us all the lesson that the same is true of us.
He will surely be known as the Pope of the poor and the marginalised, for he spent so much of his ministry for and behalf of them. Francis by name and Francis by nature; he brought a real breath of radical fresh air to the ministry of Peter in the Church of today.
Mass was celebrated at St Mary’s Cathedral this morning by the dean, Canon Paul Farrer, and I will celebrate Mass there tomorrow morning at 9.30am for the repose of the soul of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome.
May he rest in peace and rise in glory.

+ Terence P Drainey
Bishop of Middlesbrough

21/04/2025

Pope Francis died on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.