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THE PARISH OF THE DURHAM MARTYRS
Website Quick Reference Guide for navigating the site menus
Parish webmaster: Leanne Heseltine
To assist those who have previously experienced navigation difficulties, or who would like a comprehensive overview of our digital resources, a complete site map is provided below.
Parish Life - under this subheading you will find:
About us information on the amalgamation of the Parish and the Parish Prayer
Churches information on our three Mass centres, directions on how to get there and information on the accessibility features of each building.
You can also read about St Godric’s War memorial
Thoughts from Fr. Colm taken from the bulletin and audio recordings from lockdown 2020.
A link to a PDF document collated by Margaret Wallace detailing history of the parish and parish group information and contact details. Hard copies have been available at the back of church since its creation in 2023.
Forms for voluntary drivers in the parish to download and complete based on Diocesan directives.
A link to a PDF document of guidelines for stewards re: heating, lighting and car parking for both Church buildings.
A link to a PDF document featuring information for stewards assisting with funerals in the parish.
Information on what Journey and Faith is, and upcoming sessions. Updated when the programme is running.
information on Liturgical Ministries within the parish, a brief description of what they are and who is involved and an instruction to contact Marjorie if you would like to volunteer.
- Readers
Information on the Cemetery in Redhill’s Lane
Information on the Durham Martyrs Mass written by Roger McKone and audio files of the sung parts.
Information on the Durham Martyrs Parish website logo created by Leanne Heseltine.
information on the various groups within the parish, a brief description of what they are and an instruction to contact Marjorie if you would like to join or access what they provide.
- SVP
Photos of our three Mass centres and various parish social events.
information on the sacraments and programmes within the parish
- Baptism
- Marriage
Safeguarding - Under this subheading you will find:
The name and contact details of our parish safeguarding representative Gillian McArthur and the contact details for the Diocesan Safeguarding Team as well as a link to the Diocesan Safeguarding guidance.
Youth - Under this subheading you will find:
Links to our youth related ministries and pages including information on our
Times and activities from Children’s Liturgy at both our Sunday Masses
Information about our three parish primary schools and parish Secondary and weekly news
Information, photos, consent forms and activities from our Youth Group for 7-15 year olds
Parish Support Fund - Under this subheading you will find:
Parish Support Fund Information on the Support Fund, the panel that oversees it in the parish and how to apply if you are in need of support including the forms needed.
Donate Information on Ways of Giving to support the Parish in the work it does and to maintain its buildings.
Services - Under this subheading you will find:
Information on our Masses and Service times (featuring a dedicated Google calendar), Exposition and Confession, upcoming Baptisms and Funerals.
- Mass Readings (From Universalis)
- Baptisms
- Funerals
Bulletin - Under this subheading you will find:
This week’s Bulletin as a readable and downloadable PDF as well as a sign up form to receive it by Email. An archive of previous weeks Bulletins for the past year.
Announcements - Under this subheading you will find:
Parish news and a google calendar dedicated to parish Masses, Services, events and meetings of various groups.
Community - Under this subheading you will find:
Information on The Finchale Partnership and St Francis Friary
Contact Us - Under this subheading you will find:
Information on how to contact Marjorie the Parish Secretary during her working hours via phone, email, in writing and how to contact Leanne Heseltine, webmaster.
The Home page of the website
The Home page contains photos, links to about us, and quick links which provide easy access to Mass times, the Bulletin, the Support fund, parish groups, sacraments, Churches, youth and safeguarding.
Fr. Colm’s weekly note from the bulletin appears on the home page as does Parish news and events. They show three of the most recent posts and you can view all posts by clicking view all news. You can also subscribe to receive the bulletin and parish updates via email by completing the form below. At the bottom of every page are the addresses, contact details and social media information for our parish.
The desktop looks like this
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ON A MOBILE OR TABLET DEVICE The Home Page of the Website
On a mobile or tablet device the home page contains the same things but looks different.
To access the menu you must click the three lines highlighted in the yellow circle.
Parish news and announcements appear as one post and you must tap the arrow to move onto the next one. You can see all posts by clicking view all news.
