Pastoral Care

The Hexham and Newcastle Diocesan Deaf Service has been active since the 1970s and provides pastoral care to deaf people in the North East of England, enabling them to participate fully in the life of the Church through the co-ordination of volunteer helpers: preparing deaf children for the sacraments, promoting the faith development of deaf adults, enabling and empowering deaf people to play an active and appropriate part in the life of the church and developing hearing people's awareness of the need and abilities of deaf people.

Weekly Mass

The outstanding event in the life of the Centre is the weekly celebration of the Eucharist in our own Chapel. Fr. Robert Kinlen is the Director and Chaplain to the deaf community; Mass in BSL is celebrated each Sunday evening at 6.00pm in the centre's own chapel.

Reconciliation, Baptism, Weddings, Funerals or hospital visits can all be arranged via Fr. Kinlen, who can be contacted at:

Fr. Robert Kinlen,
St Cuthbert Church,
292 Cowpen Road,
Blyth,
Northumberland NE24 5JN

Telephone: Voice / Textphone / Minicom 01670 363458
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