St Mary's Catholic Church, Carlton and Selby

15/06/2026

Last week we were delighted to have Complete Clothing Company in the Parish Centre for a fabulous fashion show! It was part of our (Fund)Raise The Roof campaign, to raise funds for vital roof repairs to St Mary's in Selby.

£426 was raised and a great night was had by all. Thank you to everyone who organised it and bought a ticket.

Here are some photos, including some exclusive Behind The Scenes shots from our fabulous models!

16/06/2024

Her are our Communicants all the way back in June 2023.
This was our first group of young people to make their First Reconciliation and First Eucharist since COVID, so it was a very special time.

16/06/2024

On 4th and 5th November 2023, 43 young people made their First Holy Communion.

Here they are with Fr Wilson. A very special weekend for them and their families, and for our parish.

Please continue to keep them in your prayers.

16/06/2024

Last weekend, 8th and 9th June 2024, 36 of our young parishioners made their First Holy Communion.
We were blessed with the weather and we had 2 beautiful masses.
Please pray for them as they continue to grow in faith.

23/05/2023

Congratulations to Harlea-Rae Robson who was baptised at St Mary's on Sunday 21st May.
Here she is with her parents Lauren Day and Christopher Robson, her big sister and cousin, and Godparents Freddie Coughlin, Maria Hoggard, Samantha Haywood and Rebecca Lowe.

Lord, we ask for your goodness and blessings to be poured out on this faithful servant.

27/05/2022

Dear brothers and sisters,
In this weekend’s First Reading, Stephen, the first martyr, asks the risen Christ if he too might pass from death to new life and like Jesus, prays for his executioners. In the Second Reading, St. John describes how Christ’s Second Coming will bring to completion God’s plan for “a new heaven and a new earth.” In the Gospel, Jesus prays for His disciples of all generations. Those who unite themselves to Jesus are united to the Father through Him; thus united to God, they are sent as Jesus was, and for the same mission: to reveal God as love, giving life itself for others.

Weekly Masses are celebrated in our Parish as follows:

In Selby:
Saturday: 6.00pm & Sunday: 9.30am
Wednesday & Thursday: 10.00am.

In Carlton:
Sunday: 11.15am
Tuesday & Friday:10.00 am.

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT - on Tuesday & Wednesday before Mass, beginning at 9.30am.

PRIVATE PRAYER - On Wednesday, our Selby church is open for private prayer after Mass until midday.

EASTER DUTIES - The current teaching of the Church says that we should confess our sins at least once a year and receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter Season.
The so called "Easter Duties" can be fulfilled up to Trinity Sunday.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confessions) - Saturday between 9.30 & 10.30am. (Selby)

Details of Mass intentions, together with a list of those who have died recently and those whose anniversaries occur at this time can be found by following the link to “Newsletter” on the Parish website: www.stmarysselby.org.uk

CAFOD Children’s Liturgy, every Sunday at 10am: with gospel stories, fun songs and craft activities for all the family to join in To register, click here https://cafod.org.uk/Education/Children-s-liturgy

Alternatively, try a new resource - Mark 10 Mission - Liturgies for under 8’s. Visit www.themark10mission.co.uk/little-liturgies
CONGRATULATIONS to Antonio Tangi and Kelsey Lancaster who were married last weekend. May God bless them with many years of happiness together.

PLEASE PRAY for Adam Dockerty and Kally Grady who will be married next month at St. Mary’s, Carlton.

Newsletter/Bulletin/Epistle - call it what you will!
For almost 3 years, this newsletter has been circulated to more than 160 parishioners by email, post or hand delivery. Not having to print as many hard copies as we did in the past has saved the Parish a considerable amount of money and not having to throw away several bulletins each week has been good for the environment! As well as these obvious benefits, more people than ever have been kept in touch with what is happening in the Parish!
However, following the Bishops’ invitation for people to return to Mass and at the request of a small number of parishioners, a printed bulletin will return for a “trial period” beginning on Trinity Sunday (12th, June).
From that date the emailed newsletter will be suspended.
However, if bulletins continue to be thrown away, the email will return and this change will be permanent.

RECENT COLLECTIONS - Offertory: £1309.90; Priests Training Fund: £319.35;
Funeral Collection (Jinks): £140.00; Wedding Donation: £103.00; Candles £110.15. Sincere thanks to all who support the Parish financially.

CHURCHES TOGETHER IN SELBY invite you to join them for a Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at 4pm next Sunday in the grounds of Selby Abbey (in the Abbey, if wet).
There is a similar service at St. Mary’s (C of E), Carlton at 10.00am on the same Sunday.
Prayers for the Queen will be offered at all our Parish Masses next weekend.

God bless
Fr. Wilson.

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21/05/2022

Dear brothers and sisters,
As we prepare for our annual commemoration of the sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, this weekend’s readings give us a small snapshot of how the Church operated in the past and how it continues to operate in the present. The Holy Spirit, the gift of God’s love, is our assurance that we, like our predecessors, the apostles, are not on our own as we to try live out Christ’s teachings and witness to his gift of peace before other people.

Masses are celebrated in the Parish at the following times:

Saturday: Vigil Mass 6.00pm (Selby) – Family Mass
Sunday: 9.30am. (Selby) & 11.15am (Carlton)
Tuesday: 10.00am (Funeral Mass - Alec McKenzie) - Selby
Wednesday: NO MASS
ASCENSION THURSDAY: 10.30am (Selby) & 7.00pm (Carlton)
Friday: NO MASS

PRIVATE PRAYER – on Wednesday, St. Mary’s, Selby is open from 9.00am. until 12 noon.
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions) – Saturday between 9.30am & 10.30am.

CAFOD Children’s Liturgy, every Sunday at 10am: with gospel stories, fun songs and craft activities for all the family to join in.
To register, click here https://cafod.org.uk/Education/Children-s-liturgy

Alternatively, try a new resource - Mark 10 Mission - Liturgies for under 8’s. Visit www.themark10mission.co.uk/little-liturgies

Please remember that the Rosary is prayed each week for all your intentions and candles are lit.

Details of Mass intentions, together with a list of those who have died recently and those whose anniversaries occur at this time can be found by following the link to “Newsletter” on the Parish website: www.stmarysselby.org.uk

“RETURNING TO MASS AT PENTECOST” - An invitation from the Bishops of England and Wales.
This statement, which was read at all Masses last weekend, is attached to this “epistle”
Please read!

FINANCIAL STATEMENT - I am very grateful to Debbie Boothman who has prepared a statement of Parish finances, covering the past three years. You will find it attached. If you have any questions, please direct them to Debbie - [email protected]

PLEASE PRAY for Antonio Tangi and Kelsey Lancaster who are to be married this weekend and for Adam Dockerty and Kally Grady who will be married next month. Both these weddings take place at St. Mary’s, Carlton.

Ladies Association
A number of “Ladies” have suggested meeting up for a Sunday Lunch.
The proposed date is Sunday 17th July (but that can be changed if found to be not suitable for many people), at the Fat Abbot in Escrick (also tbc as not booked yet!). Please could any Ladies who would be interested in attending contact Clare on 07904 072715.

THE 2021 ANNUAL DIOCESAN REVIEW: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!
Production of the 2021 Diocese of Leeds Annual Review was unavoidably delayed this year … but the online version is out now and available to view via the Diocesan website (www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk)!
Some hard copies of the 2021 Review may be available in due course … but watch out for the 2022 ‘bumper edition’!
Our Annual Review is (usually!) published both in hard copy and online during Advent from information and photographs sent by parishes, charities and schools and from diocesan events.
From the homepage of the Diocesan website, follow the “News and Events” link.

CHURCHES TOGETHER IN SELBY invite you to join them for a Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at 4pm on Sunday 5th, June in the grounds of Selby Abbey (in the Abbey if wet).
There is a similar service at St. Mary’s (C of E), Carlton at 10.00am on the same Sunday.

God bless
Fr. Wilson

Prayers and resources for children's liturgy catechists.

06/05/2022

Dear brothers and sisters,
The image of sheep and shepherd described in the Gospel remains a cherished image of God’s care for us. It also describes the heart of the prayer of contemplation. This intimate encounter with the risen Lord in prayer is a glimpse of what we hope one day to obtain: to be at peace in the presence of the Good Shepherd. Today, Jesus tells us that those who belong to him “listen to my voice” In our busy world, full of distractions, we each need to take time to listen to the voice of Jesus and respond in love to his call.

Masses are celebrated in our Parish as follows:

In Selby:
Saturday: 6.00pm & Sunday: 9.30am

In Carlton:
Sunday: 11.15am
Friday: 11.30am (with staff & pupils of Holy Family School - please note change of time.)

NO OTHER WEEKDAY MASSES THIS WEEK

PRIVATE PRAYER - On Wednesday, our Selby church is open for private prayer from 9.00am. until midday.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confessions) - Saturday between 9.30 & 10.30am. (Selby)

CAFOD Children’s Liturgy, every Sunday at 10am: with gospel stories, fun songs and craft activities for all the family to join in.
To register, click here https://cafod.org.uk/Education/Children-s-liturgy

Alternatively, try a new resource - Mark 10 Mission - Liturgies for under 8’s. Visit www.themark10mission.co.uk/little-liturgies

Please remember that the Rosary is prayed each week for all your intentions and candles are lit.

Details of Mass intentions, together with a list of those who have died recently and those whose anniversaries occur at this time can be found by following the link to “Newsletter” on the Parish website: www.stmarysselby.org.uk

EASTER DUTIES - The current teaching of the Church says that we should confess our sins at least once a year and receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter Season.
The so called "Easter Duties" can be fulfilled up to Trinity Sunday.

This Sunday (Good Shepherd Sunday) is the annual Day of Prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life.
A special collection is taken for the Priests Training Fund. Please leave your donations in the basket at the back of church.

PLEASE PRAY for Antonio Tangi & Kelsey Lancaster who are soon to be married at St. Mary’s, Carlton.

FR. PATRICK O’CONNELL was a curate here in Selby from 1937 until 1943.
Born in Cork, he was ordained for the Archdiocese of Cardiff in 1935. Two years later he was seconded to our Diocese and came to Selby. On leaving St. Mary’s he returned to Cardiff and was appointed as Parish Priest of St. Frances of Rome, Ross on Wye where he remained until he retired back to Ireland. He died in Cork on 12th, May, 1991. May he rest in peace.

SINCERE THANKS to the ladies who for the past two & half years have been hand delivering this newsletter. Between them, Mary and Ann delivered 31 newsletters to parishioners still unable to come to church.
The newsletter will continue to be hand delivered (or posted) and so if you know someone who would like one, please let me know.
Someone phoned to express their gratitude for receiving a copy through the generosity of another parishioner who passed theirs on!
Unable to come to church these past two years, this parishioner now feels “in touch” with the Parish once more!

May the blessings of the risen Christ be with you and your loved ones this Eastertide!

Błogosławieństwo Zmartwychwstałego Chrystusa niech będzie z Wami i Waszymi rodzinami w święta Wielkanocne!

God bless,
Fr. Wilson

PS. There will be no newsletter next week.

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29/04/2022

Dear brothers and sisters,
This weekend’s Scriptures tell of the disciples’ determination to proclaim the Good News of the Resurrection despite the cost. The miraculous events in the Gospel remind the apostles of previous similar miracles and strengthen their resolve to follow Christ and proclaim his message.

Weekly Masses are celebrated in our Parish as follows:

In Selby:
Saturday: 6.00pm & Sunday: 9.30am
Wednesday & Thursday: 10.00am.

In Carlton:
Sunday: 11.15am
Tuesday:10.00 am.
Friday: 1.00pm Mass at Holy Family High School. Please report to Reception on arrival at school.

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT - on Tuesday & Wednesday before Mass, beginning at 9.30am.

PRIVATE PRAYER - On Wednesday, our Selby church is open for private prayer after Mass until midday.

Please remember that the Rosary is prayed each week for all your intentions and candles are lit.

Details of Mass intentions, together with a list of those who have died recently and those whose anniversaries occur at this time can be found by following the link to “Newsletter” on the Parish website: www.stmarysselby.org.uk

EASTER DUTIES - The current teaching of the Church says that we should confess our sins at least once a year and receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter Season.
The so called "Easter Duties" can be fulfilled up to Trinity Sunday.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confessions) - Saturday between 9.30 & 10.30am. (Selby)

CAFOD Children’s Liturgy, every Sunday at 10am: with gospel stories, fun songs and craft activities for all the family to join in To register, click here https://cafod.org.uk/Education/Children-s-liturgy
CONGRATULATIONS to the 36 children who received Holy Communion for the first time last weekend. We had three wonderful celebrations and everyone said how nice they were.
Sincere thanks to our catechists - Helen, Jackie, Claire, Teresa, Louise & John - who prepared the children in very challenging circumstances.

CELEBRATION OF MARRIED LIFE - Saturday 14th May, at St. Anne’s Cathedral, Leeds at 12 noon for couples and their families celebrating a significant wedding anniversary this year and for those whose anniversaries occurred during the years of the pandemic.
The deadline for applications is this Tuesday. Forms are available from the Parish Office and should be sent to: Miss Anne Cooke, Bishop’s House, 13 North Grange Road, Leeds, LS6 2BR
or by email it to [email protected]

LAST WEEK’S COLLECTIONS - Offertory: £500.16; First Communion: £848.85; Easter Offerings: £105.00; Change 4 Charity: £35.00; Candles: £81.10.
Standing Orders (April): £1,475.00. Sincere thanks to all who continue to support the Parish financially in these challenging times.

FR. FRANCIS JOSEPH STOKER was born in Leeds in 1903 and ordained in his home parish of St. Patrick’s in March, 1930. His first appointment was as a curate here in Selby, where he remained for 4 years. He later became a Parish Priest in Bradford, Sheffield and Broughton (near Skipton) before ending his days at Dunsop Bridge. He died on 29th, April 1988 and is buried in Killingbeck Cemetery, Leeds. May he rest in peace.

May the blessings of the risen Christ be with you and your loved ones this Eastertide!

Błogosławieństwo Zmartwychwstałego Chrystusa niech będzie z Wami i Waszymi rodzinami w święta Wielkanocne!

God bless,
Fr. Wilson

PS. Since last week, a few more parishioners have been added to the list of those who receive this newsletter. If you know someone who would like to do so, please let me have their contact details (email or postal address)

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