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Welcome to Our Church!
Welcome to Our Church!
Welcome to St Augustine's, a Catholic Parish in the centre of Darlington. No matter who you are, you are welcome in our parish! We are here to give glory to God through prayer, song, and action. We are blessed to have a beautiful church where we gather most days, particularly on Sunday, to listen to the Word of God and to celebrate the sacraments. God calls us to share our faith with others which we do through preaching, faith formation and sacramental preparation. We also share our faith by being here for those in need and accompanying those who struggle. Through a variety of social events, and making space for everyone, our community becomes a growing, caring and expanding family. You are welcome to join us!
Wise & Foolish Virgins.pdfWISE & FOOLISH VIRGINS Today’s parable is depicted in various ways in art. Medieval manuscript missals sometime have the five wise virgins holding up their oil lamps in an upper register and below them the five foolish virgins with their downturned lamps. In the cavernous doors of medieval cathedrals (Magdeberg and Strasbourg for example) statues of wise and foolish virgins stand on either side of the West door making the point that the cathedral is the place that awaits the return of the Bridegroom. Some depictions contrast sleeping foolish virgins with their wide awake counterparts despite the fact that the text says, “all became drowsy and slept”. Some images show the foolish virgins at the point they return to the house and find the door closed against them with Jesus and the wise looking down on them from an upper loggia. William Blake’s watercolour used on the front of the bulletin is probably the most famous depiction of the scene. Here the cry that goes up at midnight has become an angel blowing a trumpet, making the point that this is a parable about the judgement that is coming at the end of the age.
Mass Times
Week commencing Sunday 8th November 2026
32nd Sunday Year A
Sunday 9.00am & 6.30pm
(11.00am at St Teresa's)
Monday No Mass
(Mass at St Teresa's, 10.00am)
Tuesday : 11.00am Adoration
No Mass
Wednesday : 7.00pm
Thursday : 12.15pm
(Mass at St Teresa's, 10.00am)
Friday : 12.15pm Mass
Saturday : 10.00am
10.30am Confessions
Sunday : 9.00am & 6.30pm
(11.00am at St Teresa's)
What's going on in our Parish?
What's going on in our Parish?
Pastoral Strategy Process
PASTORAL STRATEGY: DISCERNING THE FUTURE FOR DARLINGTON
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
At time of writing we had a very successful and well-attended open-meeting on Tuesday and are anticipating an equally successful meeting on Friday.
The meeting began with prayer and then participants were asked to move so that every table had the maximum possible representation of all Darlington parishes. The majority of the meeting was given to table discussion focussed on three questions:
What do you love and value about your parish?
The Partnership Pastoral Strategy Report says, “There was broad acceptance/ agreement that Darlington needs to be one parish with a few church buildings. Some suggested we should have three church buildings, others four.” How do you respond to this?
If we went down to four buildings which should they be? If we went down to three buildings which should they be?
A key element was listening to those with different perspectives and experiences with respect, mutual care and love. There was time for each table to report back on their discussions.
As last week was half term and some people have expressed a preference for a daytime meeting, we plan to have a third meeting on Saturday 7th November, 1:30-3pm at St Thomas’s Parish Hall.
Notes from the table discussions will be collated and the results used to produce a one page questionnaire allowing more people to contribute their thoughts. It is hoped that we will then be in a position to produce a proposal that we can put back to all parishioners. We anticipate holding a final open meeting, all in plenary, before submitting our proposal to Bishop Stephen.
Hogarth Part I Return- Final Draft.pdfFind Our Parish
Find Our Parish
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"I love everything about this parish. There are two masses on Sundays, 09:00 in the morning and 18:30 in the evening. Very thoughtful and accommodating."
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"Beautiful church and really friendly Priest. Wonderful congregation (so very many on a Sunday... proving the church is alive and very well!). Really inventive in dealing with the pandemic and allowing us all to worship remotely through livestreams. Bless you all!"
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"Beautiful icons inside church, very clean, plenty seating, beautiful altar, very nice priest."
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Helping Our Parish
Helping Our Parish
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