Parish Priest Fr. Thomas Mason

Telephone: 01833 631457 Mobile: 07876 308657 e-mail: gainford.stosmund@rcdhn.org.uk  

Hogarth Partnership: 

St Anne, St Augustine, Holy Family, St Mary, St Osmund, St Teresa, St. Thomas Aquinas, SS William & Francis De Sales

Welcome to the Parish Church of St. Osmund’s Gainford

About St. Osmund’s

St. Osmund’s is a Catholic Church set within beautiful surroundings in the village of Gainford, near Darlington Co. Durham. It is a member of the Hogarth Partnership of Churches within the Hexham and Newcastle diocese.

Families are served by two excellent schools St. Mary’s Primary in Barnard Castle and Carmel College in Darlington.

During term time, there is a vibrant Children’s Liturgy every fortnight.                

St Osmund’s will be open for Parish Mass on Sundays at 9.30am and Tuesdays at 10.00am

Mass Times

As noted earlier this year, the new schedule of weekend Masses will begin in May. The principle used is that on the even Sundays of each month (second and fourth) there will be Mass at Gainford at 9.30 on Sunday as now; but on the odd Sundays of each month (first and third) there will be a vigil Mass on Saturday evening at 6.30pm. There will always be a notice on the porch door giving details for forthcoming weeks. It will inevitably take a while to get used to the new pattern, so do take particular care of times as it beds in.

4/5 May (first Sunday of the month) – Mass at Gainford, Saturday 6.30

11/12 May (second Sunday of the month) – Mass at Gainford, Sunday 9.30

18/19 May (third Sunday of the month) – Mass at Gainford, Saturday 6.30

25/26 May (fourth Sunday of the month) – Mass at Gainford, Sunday 9.30

1/2 June (first Sunday of the month) – Mass at Gainford, Saturday 6.30 &c

Peace for the people of Ukraine

We continue to pray that the terrible situation in Ukraine will be swiftly resolved and that peace and justice may prevail.

O God of peace, who are peace itself and whom a spirit of discord cannot grasp, nor a violent mind receive, grant that those who are one in heart may persevere in what is good and that those in conflict may forget evil and so be healed. Through Christ our Lord. (Roman Missal)

Pope Francis has offered a Prayer for Peace in Ukraine

To join in the prayer visit the ‘Prayers’ page on this site