Welcome to the website of St Gregory the Great, Roman Catholic Parish, Northampton
Please note that following a fire on Friday, 28th November inside the Church premises
the building is currently closed. We are working with our insurance company and loss adjusters and will keep you updated via the Parish Newsletter and CASPAR database on progress. The 9:00am and 11:00am SUNDAY MASSES are now at St Gregory’s Primary School, Grange Road, NN3 2AX
CHURCH FIRE UPDATE – Sunday 15th February 2026
Many parishioners are understandably asking for a progress report on the repairs to our beloved Church following the fire. This is what we know so far:
A professional full clean of the sacristy and hall will take place we hope in the next two weeks. We are currently obtaining a second quote for the electrical works needed to have the lights back on in the church, with a view to have this completed in the next fortnight. The next step is for a full refurb is to appoint a surveyor to provide a program of works which we will then put out to tender. The process is taking much longer than we anticipated as we are in the hands of our insurance company but we are thankful for their help and support. We are deeply grateful to our parish primary school for accommodating us so well during our time of exile. We don’t anticipate that we will be fully back in our Church until the summer but we will keep you updated.
Thank you for your patience and above all for your prayers.
Prayer for Pope Leo
O God, shepherd and ruler of all the faithful,
look favourably on your servant Pope Leo
whom you have set at the head of your Church as her shepherd;
garnt, we pray, that by word and example
he may be of sevice to those over whom he presides
so that, together with the flock entrusted to his care,
he may come to everlasting life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
CASPAR and why it is important
One of the important principles of the management of data is keeping it up to date. When we went into lockdown during COVID the parish tried to keep in touch by telephone, but we found that more than half our database was useless with many having moved house or stopped using their landline telephone. This was the experience of many parishes, and as a result the CASPAR system was developed, in which every user is in charge of their own data. This also reduces the responsibility of data protection for parishes and the diocese, although we are still bound by the rules of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations). The CASPAR system should be more secure than the basic systems that we were previously using. CASPAR is still under development, and will have many additional features. One which is already in use is the reporting to the diocese of bits of data which used to require form-filling. Now CASPAR does it automatically. Please sign up as soon as you can. www.caspar.church/me?ID=56067
Divine Renovation is a Catholic ministry dedicated to parish renewal.
Divine Renovation is a ministry which accompanies priests and lay leaders who desire to see their parish come alive by providing them with the tools and coaching they need to lead their parish from maintenance to mission. We have a vision that we will be a ‘thriving Catholic community’, and in order to do this we must fully embrace its missionary identity by ‘confidently and humbly proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ’. Part of our way of putting this into practice is through the Alpha course
Click here to go to the Alpha page
Gregory Care
You will find at the bottom of the page under ‘Latest News’, a link to the report of last year’s activity of Gregory Care. This represents a lot of work done by very few people, and aims to provide support to any in the parish who are disadvantaged by financial circumstances, ill health, accident or any other of life’s events.
When you read it, you will see the great breadth and scope of their work, which is not just for those of our congregation, indeed, it helps anyone of any faith or nationality. The chief source of funding comes from the parish repository, whose profits last year were shared between Gregory Care and the Hope Centre.
Each week in the Newsletter there is a notice with the telephone number of Gregory Care: if you know of anyone in need, please invite them to ring, and if, reading the report, you think of other needs, or could offer help yourself, please make contact using the same telephone number.
Donations for the Hope Centre may be made on their just giving page:
www.justgiving.com/campaign/helphope , and donations for CAFOD may be put in a clearly marked envelope and put in the CAFOD money box near the office door whenever the church is open.