Parish Services
Masses
All Masses and services are listed in the Parish Calendar of Events and on the specific church's information page.
There is a Sunday vigil Mass at St Bede's, Usworth on Saturday evenings at 5pm. There is also a vigil Mass at St Joseph's church Birtley at 5pm.
There are Sunday morning Masses in three churches:
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St John Boste, Oxclose at 9.30am
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Our Lady Queen of Peace, Penshaw at 10am
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Our Blessed Lady Immaculate, Washington Village at 11am
There are also Masses on:
Mondays at 10am at St Bede, Usworth
at 7pm at Our Lady Queen of Peace
Tuesdays at 10am at Our Blessed Lady Immaculate
Wednesdays at 10am at St Bede
at 7pm at St John Boste
Thursdays at 10am at Our Lady Queen of Peace
Fridays at 10am at St John Boste
Saturdays at Our Bessed Lady Immaculate at 10am
For Masses on Holy Days of Obligation and additional services please see the current Parish Newsletter.
For Masses at St Joseph, Birtley please see the current Parish Newsletter
Please check the current Parish Newsletter for more information about any changes to normal services.
Celebrating Mass Together Safely
We have carefully considered the safety of our parishioners in our Churches and have put the following in place:
Stewards will be available to welcome and guide as necessary.
Sanitiser – we encourage the continued use of hand sanitiser on entering and leaving our churches. Please make use of this facility.
Eucharistic Ministers are available once again to assist with Holy Communion.
We will offer a safe Sign of Peace during Mass.
Altar Servers can once again serve at Mass, using best safeguarding practices.
Please do not attend services if you have COVID.
We apologise but Live Streamed Services from Church Services TV are not currently available.