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!
FR HENRY & ST AUGUSTINE HAVE LEFT THE BUILDING! On Tuesday evening Fr Henry left St Augustine’s presbytery for St Mary’s, Forest Hall, Newcastle and for the next stage of his pastoral ministry in our diocese. He (and I) have been enormously touched by the warm tributes and gratitude that parishioners have expressed towards him. He will be greatly missed. We hope we will see him again before too long.
Close on Fr Henry’s heals, and heading in the same direction, was our Fenwick Lawson statue of our patron, St Augustine. On Wednesday morning hauliers came to carefully remove the statue of Augustine from its niche above the West door. The statue has been taken to the Newtonmore in the Scottish Highlands for cleaning and protective treatment. Here you can see the statue resplendent after just its first clean. We are hugely grateful to Alan Coultas for the work he has done to bring about this project.
Mass Times
Week commencing Sunday 11th October 2026
28th Sunday Year A
Sunday 9.00am & 6.30pm
(11.00am at St Teresa's)
Monday No Mass
(10.00am, Mass at St Teresa's)
Tuesday : 11.00am Adoration &
Rosary
12.15pm 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)
Pastoral Strategy Process
Our Partnership Return Form has now been submitted to the Diocese. It can be viewed here.
"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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